Three Peaks Cyclocross – Two Weeks Today!

Just when you’d forgotten the wind, the steep grass climbs and unforgiving rocky descents of the Greatest Cyclocross Race In The World, it’s time to suddenly get that flutter in your stomach again. While the race itself isn’t until Sunday September 27th 2015, the entry forms for this year’s race are released on June 1st. And that is in two weeks’ time!

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This start line from 2004 shows no sign of disc brakes.

 
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Make sure your spare-wheel holder is wearing something suitably bright

 
Thankfully, unlike some events where it’s the quickest mouse-clicker who gets to enter the race, the Peaks is more civilised, giving you a couple of weeks to get your entry form in, complete with your previous attempts and your palmares in order to justify your application for a place at the hardest, most revered and certainly one of the most ridiculous, ‘cross bike races in the world.
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Start the ‘what tyres’ wondering now

 
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Look closely and you’ll see how hard it can be on bikes

 
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Riding Lycra in the shadow of the Harry Potter Ribblehead Viaduct? What’s not to like?

So, keep your eyes on this website address and set your alarms for June 1st. Best of luck and we’ll see you there!

Mr. Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's ex-Editor At Large

With 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps holds the record for the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Chipps stepped down as Editor in April 2026 after 25 years at the helm. He's now wondering what to do next, while riding his bike in the French Pyrenees, where he also runs some gites.

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