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Velo Birmingham 2017 route map.jpgEntries for Velo Birmingham sportive close today
Entries for Velo Birmingham, a 100 mile closed road sportive offering spaces for 15,000 riders, are closing today.
The event, which takes place on 24 September 2017, will start and finish in Birmingham City Centre, heading through Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Staffordshire in between.
Riders can expect around 2,000m of climbing in rolling countryside and towns. There are King and Queen of the Mountains challenges at 85 miles, and the usual pit stops and toilets and water stations en route.
Details released of 100-mile Vélo Birmingham sportive, coming in September 2017
Riders can choose from two entry options: General Entry and Fast Track Entry, the latter starting in the first three waves of the day, home delivery of the event race pack, and guaranteed car parking a short ride from the start line.
All entry options include free event photos, exclusive GCN training videos, full tech and nutrition support on the course, four Rider Pit Stops with live music as well as a goody bag and medal. Vélo Birmingham have also teamed up with Visit Birmingham to offer discounted hotel rooms in Birmingham city centre exclusively for event participants.
Launched at the Cycle Show at the NEC and jointly organised by CSM Active and Birmingham City Council, the event will coincide with the return of the HSBC UK BikeFest.
Find out more and enter now at www.velobirmingham.com. Organisers haven’t said at exactly what time entries are closing, but it’s expected to be later today.
Laura Laker is a freelance journalist with more than a decade’s experience covering cycling, walking and wheeling (and other means of transport). Beginning her career with road.cc, Laura has also written for national and specialist titles of all stripes. One part of the popular Streets Ahead podcast, she sometimes appears as a talking head on TV and radio, and in real life at conferences and festivals. She is also the author of Potholes and Pavements: a Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network.
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Lucky too - if they misjudge their cut and hit the battery... you'll be scraping their charred remains from the windows of next door.
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But... the last is only not the case with drivers on normal roads because driving on the cycle path / footway / rolling a vehicle up there is seen...
- mdavidford 3 hours 52 min ago
I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....
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Thanks. I guess the question is "need". If the road is busy, it sounds like it is a desired route between places? In which case (given this an...
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- Rapha Nadal 4 hours 59 min ago
I'd buy a motorbike fo rthat kind of money!
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100 miles on closed roads...that's like a dream. Howerver, the price is a bit steep.
Thinking about it though, why not just make the price reasonable and have 2 events instead.
If real thought was put into this caper they could get more buy in. There's not much going on in Birmingham, but closing the roads once a month for cyclists (on a particular route) would make it one of the best cities in the world.
Or, why not 1000 or so people just turn up and ride a route, like when people apply to have a march or that kinda thing. We could get a police escort
meh
I notice the site is still open for entries, entries have not closed, and not even sold out.
Why is Roadcc acting to increase the hype about this event? Is the organiser paying for this service, or is it free?
How can entries be 'closing,' shirley they are just selling out? What a fuss they still haven't sold. Perhaps a saner price and build up next time.
This is an interesting route!
Stop moaning about the cost of stuff. Just enter another ride.
I've ridden the Prudential ride 100 for the last three years and always thought that was a tad overpriced but this blows that out of the water.
For that reason this thrifty Yorkshireman has only one thing to say....
I'm out
Medal?
Was Dick Dastardly in charge of the goody bags?
£120.75 to ride on public roads - bargain