The Bike and Triathlon Show Sportive
For maximum hardness points among your cycling buddies, what better than a
new sportive out from Manchester and back on the second morning of the show.
The Bike and Triathlon Show Sportive has two routes on offer, one of 46
miles, the other 77 miles, starting at 7.00am on Sunday 17th February at
Manchester Central.
Registration for each ride costs £30, which includes a ticket to the show
after you finish, with bike storage available at the venue. The price of
entry also includes an event T-shirt, while both routes feature feed
stations stocked by USN, one on the shorter ride and two on the longer
route.
The shorter route has been specially chosen to be suitable for riders with
a range of abilities, and features 1,181 metres of climbing; the longer
course, unsurprisingly, is much tougher, taking in the area where the
Pennines meet the Peak District, with 2,625 metres of vertical ascending.
While the shorter itinerary turns south at Tintwistle to head the quick way
to Glossop, the longer one also takes in the Torside Reservoir; it rejoins
the former at Hadfield, then after Glossop, the two routes diverge again,
with the 46-mile one turning back towards Manchester, while the 77-mile
version starts a loop that includes Edale, Hope, Castleton and
Chapel-en-le-Firth.
Places are going fast so book now at British Cycling:
