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AK Sportive
Event info
The AK Sportive, in conjunction with Lovelo Cycle Works, brings you the best local Spring sportive in the area, insured by British Cycling.
This sportive is famous for its pub refreshment stop - think coffee, cake, and a BBQ at the finish!
Taking in a hilly, challenging but scenic route through the Chiltern Hills, the route starts at Lovelo Cycles in Berkhamsted, with refreshment stops along the route at The Russell Arms pub in Butlers Cross.
~ 50k and 100k route options
~ Complimentary refreshments en-route
~ Complimentary BBQ at the finish
~ Goody bags for all finishers
~ Mechanical support at the start and along the course
~ Bike parts and cycling accessories available to purchase on the day
Start/finish is at Lovelo Cycle Works, Berkhamsted. Registration opens at 7.30am, staggered starts from 7.45am.
Entry is £20, registration online at: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/107928/AK-Sportive
Entries available on the day for £25.
More information available at www.aksportive.co.uk
Ah but they're only best practice in NL! The UK is a completely different country. We have different laws, hills, narrow streets, weather, people...
Do what the French do....
"A Norfolk mum on a night out caused £53,000 of damage to a 16th-century pub after crashing her BMW into it as she tried to make last orders. "...
Struggling for news content? Only taken two weeks to report on these overgrown hedges, I hope shes still not stuck on the pavement waiting for them...
Another data point - guilty of causing serious injury by driving dangerously, while unfit through drugs. Driver hit another car while speeding ...
Accident prevention - TBF that's mostly a task beyond the police (though emergency forces are involved with this). They generally react when...
Possibly some training instead though.
The strongest brand in cycling for a long time imo, a lot of respect for what Rapha did. It's not everyone's thing but the quality of presentation...
If you can afford a £3k bike, you can probably afford to pay a real bike mechanic enough to set it up that they won't turn it down just because it...
TBF it's all for views innit....