The 15th South Downs Lemming Trail takes place on the 4-5th September, and is now open for booking at trailbreak.co.uk.
In early 1996, mountain bike event pioneers Trail Break sat down with local authorities to discuss their plans for an organised mass bike ride along the South Downs Way. Then Trail Break approached map makers Harveys to suggest a single sheet map covering the whole South Downs Way.
In September of that year, Trail Break staged the South Downs Way Lemming Trail (named for its spectacular cliff top finish location at Beachy Head) and 200 bikers in the garish clothing of the day discovered the joys of this epic ride.
Today, while the ‘official’ cycle-able route is still not carved in stone, the South Downs Way is an established icon in mountain biking culture, and bikes are as commonplace as hikers along its length. The South Downs map is Harvey’s best selling product and Trail Break’s now classic South Downs Lemming is celebrating its 15th staging.
Largely unchanged in format the event aims to do what it always has; offer you the best level of support available as you tackle this famous challenge.
Every aspect of the weekends’ logistics is taken care of, leaving you to concentrate on the ride. The two day Lemming Trail package provides you with full route marking along the whole 100 miles (in addition to the permanent SDW signs), a choice of start points for 100 or 80 mile overall distance, on the trail checkpoint and feed station support, luggage transportation to the overnight stop, a choice of hostel bed or camping space, Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast, plus a packed lunch option for Sunday, coach transport option back to the start from the finish and a free finishers t shirt.
