First run in 2007, the Princes Risborough St. George’s Sportive is a cracking early season ride!
Make no mistake, this is challenging course. Check out the route stats and the figures may not look too daunting to the seasoned eye, but don’t be fooled. Take another look at that buzzsaw profile. Those climbs just keep on coming! There’s no single route defining monster climb here (although a couple of detours off the ridge will stretch you on the way back up), however, the Chilterns don’t lie down flat for long, so you’ll be climbing and dropping like you’re on a mini mountain stage!
It’s a stunning area of the countryside though, so the surroundings will help take your mind off the gradients. The Chilterns in Spring a great place to be out on a bike!
The shorter routes will follow much of the same course, so the hilly nature applies to these too, however they will cut out the second descent and climb back up to the main ridge, which will save you some energy. The 80k option works out as a great day ride and a superb introduction to cyclosportive riding!
Not a picture of my bike but a video worth watching for some https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsbJojnbdYY
There could be personal injury claims included in that sum.
OK Steve.
I just want to see him descend more.
That child's face on a seat cover is wrong on so many levels.
My friend was wearing one of those soft and brittle polystyrene cycling hats - it never stopped him from being killed by a car driver.
Sorry to ruin it. I don't spend a lot of time being drafted. When I ride with the fast guys, I end up hanging onto the back. When I ride with...
What an idiotic waste.
After the vids had been passed around the county the sixweek limit had expired, so unfortunately the police were unable to prosecute ?...
If you look at the photo of his bicycle, you can see he only locked the front wheel. It is as if he was trying to make it as easy as possible to...