[Closed] Adventure X (long distance CX'er events) 2015

fancy some stuff like that. strip me old surly down and clog on.

I hadn't heard about the Peak District Pioneer one (thinking of doing the Lakeland Monster), thanks for sharing.

Well me neither (PDPioneer one) last year they did one in Grizedale, that's not in this years so would suggest this caters for the Peak District area, which is excellent.

Wheres Pook? He does the pootle around that area no?

Just to enlighten some..

My first events on the CX'er last year and have to say the event management was first class.. GPX files if you needed them, signage more than adequate throughout though, excellent atmosphere, great riding buddies (make em' as you ride along) totally fantastic venues.
I did mine on the TCX CX'er and it was perfect for the job, a fair good number did it on their XC hardtails and they too were perfect, some on fullsuss (did't honestly see that many except on a couple of steep(ish) downhill sections.
Tyres - Griffos which were again perfect
Tools - well i took a camelpac for the Lakeland Monster and it was too much, it can be done with bottles and some stuff in your jersey pockets (which I did for the following event) and that was perfect.

Of course theres lots in here in the forum that was an event preview/synopsis/post ride chat, take a look.

Absolute hoot they've been and really looking forward to the next events.

😀

Charlie Bikemonger's Dorset Gravel Dash 100 was good last year. Might be worht keeping an eye out for 2015 if he does it again.

^^ oohhh good call !!

I'm missed that last year due to SRAM's bloody brake recall 😈

There's an 'SDW in a day' CX Sportive on the July 4th. No suspension, 40mm or less tyres.

wessex 150:

150 miles in the kingdom of wessex. 😉

longest day of the year.

Why do you have to be over 16 to do these i can race DH which is much much more dangerous but not a andveture X?

^^ SDW in the diary 😉

^^ The Wessex 150 I'm gonna check out, I did the Wesex Ridgeway early Nov and over 2 days cos it was a bit of a chillax rideout.. 😀

^^ no idea, only spotted that on the Peaks advert too... 😐

SDW? Enlighten me, please?

South Downs Way

Peak District one looks interesting and looks relatively easy to get to from London, would've done the Afan one but mtb'ing in RSA that week 😀

What`s bakewell like for a weekend away?

Thanks monkeychild

I'll see you on the Moors and Shores, I'm riding and running with a Niner RLT running it singlespeed so should be an interesting adventure.

Liking the look of some of these , cheers for the heads up 🙂

I'm sure the "DrP brighton-London-brighton" jaunt will take place again this year too 😉

DrP

*agrees with the dr*

Yay.... 🙂

DrP

3 Peaks CX is a monster X sportive for most and has to be the best.
The Pennine BW from Kirkby Stephen to Helwith Bridge is a good day out on a CX, using the train to get back or start.

3 peaks cx is a race dammit.

^^ Ive been considering the Pennine BW, shall research this more. I expect I'll link it up with a 2 day ride/overnight stop.. You know cos' I fancy that.. Cheers for the pointer.

Glad to see DrP's BLB is back in scope, this I had to mist on last year due to the bloody SRAM debacle but if I can be fitted in then I'd really love to do this.

The SDW I've done to death, think I need to take a break from this now. I've done it 7 times in the last 2.5 months just because I've had the opportunity and it's a great training ground for other events I'm planning. From me it's just a 20 min ride to a start point 8miles in from the start (at Winny) then just hideout the rest, to be honest I've stopped at Brighton and caught the train home twice, which stops at a station just 10mins up the road from me..
It's a great ride and holding up well considering all the rain we've had. I'd recommend anyone hacking out on it at the moment, plenty of bailout points close to train stations if you need them.

Might have a crack at the Lakeland Monster again, well I say again, didn't get to ride last year as I buggered my back royally the week before.

I'm on Afan Avenger this year. Still have painful memories from Monster Miles a couple of years ago.

Anyone know where I can get the up to date GPX files for the route? I found some online, but I don't know if it's this year's route.

Ohh thread resurrection !

Well ^^ nope no idea, tried Strava?

As for events to date, well I did the South Downs CX thingy Stinger in March and did rather well in it, great route, planned well, rode hard.. Duncton area and the GPX file is on Strava if anyones interested in riding it one day..

Bailed out on the last event they ran, the Cranliegh Gravel thingy.. same day as P-R so that put a stop to that.. fancy holding it on P-R day 😆

I've done the STW 4 times since Feb and almost made up the slower sections to average out my attempt at a one day blast.. Coming along nicely, dry and running fast at the moment if anyones interested in riding the STW.

Only road rides planned for the next couple of months, DrP's IOW tour and his B-L-B thingy too..

Suns out, looking great out there 8)

I'm considering building up a Planet X London Road this year so I can have a go at some of these Adventure Cross events.

They look like they have a good level of challenge for someone like me who'll never be a good Enduro/DH rider but likes hills, bridleways, etc

Well each one I've ridden in has been really friendly and a superb variety of course/terrain.

Think back to when you used to ride for pleasure and a giggle.. That's what these are.

I have entered the peak district event also and will be riding my TCX SLR1 with stock tyres. Rode the HONK on it last weekend and now looking forward to some more events.

Well ^^ nope no idea, tried Strava?

I got them from here: http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NTQyMjk=

But like I said, I have no idea if that's going to be this year's event or not.

Bollocks. Just got an email saying Afan Avenger is cancelled. 🙁

🙁 indeed.

You could ride it on your own or with a Mate.. 😀

I'm considering it, but I'm wondering if there may be a problem with part of the route. The reason they gave for cancelling it wasn't exactly descriptive.

You can do a great gravel loop around Afan - or even an out and back to the pub at Llanwonno along the high-level sustrans route is a good day out. Its just down the road from here - if you want a ride out let me know.

Don't forget Crossmountain in November - last years event was excellent.

I do Afan (and Glyncorrwg) from time to time, but there's a ton of it I've never touched. All virgin territory to be looked forward to.

Haven't heard of Crossmountain. Will have to look it up.

The Lakeland monster , really is that.I would want plenty of gears. 😉
I'm tempted by the Peaks one and....
The Soltice 100 looks interesting - I just need a gprs as it's not fully waymarked. Don't know if I could trust viewranger on my phone for 100 mile....

http://www.mtbepicsuk.co.uk/events/

Echo comment above the 3peaks CX is a race not a bloomin sportive (spits in disgust )

Tour de Black Country

Bah, did the Afan Avenger route today, was awful. 95% fireroad, just pure tedium. Only two descents of note, which is bizarre given you're smack back in the middle of all the trails that come off Glyncorrwg and Afan. They could have even included Blue Scar as you passed the start of it and the end of it... and it's nothing beyond what a CX is capable of handling.

Glad I didn't end up paying for it in the end.

This is new for 2015 looks good fun
http://flanrou.com/

I was not expecting anything other than gravel roads, not a mtb event after all - were you on a mtb or cx. Why was the event cancelled?

It's not an MTB event, but all the same, Monster Miles had tons of really good descents on grass, mud and even a few rock chutes. A significant quantity of singletrack too. This had about 50 meters worth of singletrack, and I suspect that was because I'd taken a more direct route than they had intended. Monster miles also had a couple of technical climbs, which this was completely lacking in (unless you count the rocky fireroad that's part of Afan's Blue Scar).

No idea why it was cancelled, though I suspect it was because there's a locked gate on the route that they may have not had permission to open (we had to carry over).

Grizedale Grizzly's back on, on the 12th of July for anyone that's interested.

There is an underground event this weekend, only one entrant so far.... South Downs Way Double Double. Come out and watch, come out and ride a bit - just bring food, Red bull and machsticks. Approx 50 hours in the saddle and 40,000 feet of climbing.

Free to enter too.

Best of luck with SDW x2 thingy.. I may come over to watch but catching you along that route will be very difficult indeed.

All the best.

As for me, I've not done a long CX event for a little while. Shame that Afan thingy wasn't upto much. I agree that CX'er are fit for anything MTB's can do except the rocky decents, even then we'd just get off and carry the thing down which in itself is quite fun.
Fire roads I like but again they can be dull, best to try and get an event that switches on/off these over the course, fine if yo have to do a mile or two but even then thats a long time on the big ring slogging it.

I shall be seeking out some long CX rides soon.. I have the Grand Union Canal to do later this week, then a mate who wants us to do a two day event with an overnight stop somewhere nice.. Looking for inspiration on that, thinking Dartmoor ATM or Exmoor... we'll see.

I'm not doing Wiggle SDW 100, don't fancy mixing it up with a whole load of walkers, families and horse riders and possibly 100 blokes on bikes hacking it.. just too much angst I feel. I may pop on over to see the event ride over Harting Way then peel off and have fun in the Downs.

If anyone has an event they think would suit it would be good to hear from you.
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Looking for inspiration on that, thinking Dartmoor ATM or Exmoor... we'll see.

^^ Thats sounds great.. Route sorted ? care to share ? I can come up with one easily enough but nice to have some local knowledge.
Hotels for us, think a bit like "The Trip" and you have us down to a T.

If you want a really great route for 'adventure Cx', I'd suggest getting the train from HAnts out to Dorchester (Or Bridport), and simply riding the NCN route 2 back...
I't stunning, passes through lovely towns and countryside, and has several ferries on the route!

You might remember [url= http://www.drpidgeon.co.uk/blog/plymouth-to-exmouth-to-bournemouth-to-brightonmouth ]I rode all the way from Plymouth[/url] a year or so ago, but always thought the final day (Bridport to Worthing) would make a great 'unloaded' ride too'.
You could finish by Hayling, as the ;ast leg is simply road.

It's got lovely sections through the new forest and some of the purbeck woods!
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DrP

Was picking through OS maps and (I think) Aidan Harding posted something similar, an offroad coast to coast avoiding the more obvious Tarka Ttail / Granite Way options.. I probably got the link from one of your threads in fact! All felt tip pen at the moment but if I get something workable I'll post it for local critique.

I spend a fair bit of time round there, but I'm more local to you than there (N. Hants) - that Wessex Way route goes within a mile or two of my house, and thats another thought for a weekend, WSM to home.

Has anyone managed to get the supplied Peak District Pioneer gpx file to work? Doesn't seem to want to play ball.

Would anyone be up for a 200km, single loop gravel 'race'. They happen elsewhere, so just interested whether long non-tech off road has demand in the UK?

@boxelder - yes!

yep, for sure if it is in off season (Oct-Feb)

So like a gravelly audax?

kilo

I've got it working in memory map and on my phone what software you using

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Yeah, like he said?

disco_stu - Member
So like a gravelly audax?

Sounds good, count me in 🙂

More like a spring time 'gravel' marathon.

If it was Borderish then I might be tempted and know a few other CX types who might too...so long as there was no silly minimum tyre size rules

....maximum tyre size rules- do some events specify UCI cx width only?

No I said minumum, I looked at Kielder 101 event but I can't fit a 40mm in the back of my CX.

Anyone else doing the Galloway Gallop in September?

Have dilemma which bike for this. Was planning for it to be my last ride on my cross bike but went out on my rigid scandal last night and really enjoyed it. Given the weather looks awful and my mates will be on MTB. Would I be better on the Scandal