Event Calendar 2014
| Date | Event | Venue | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2014 | |||
| 9 Feb | Saddle Skedaddle Spring Series 1 | Tunnel Hill, Surrey | Classic venues and courses from the popular winter events based in the south of England. |
| 13-16 Feb | The London Bike Show | Excel, London | Including the Triathlon Show. |
| 15 Feb | Cycle Chilterns Brewery Ride 3 | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire | Our third brewery ride, starting at Lovibonds Brewery with a recommended road route, returning to the brewery for a free pint. |
| 23 Feb | Winter Classic | Cannock Chase | Low key, fun event organised by Run & Ride. |
| 23-28 Feb | Andalucia Bike Race | Andalucia | Fourth running of the 5 day, 6 stage mountain bike race. |
| 27 Feb -2 Mar | Cyprus Sunshine Cup | Cyprus | Popular season opener. |
| March 2014 | |||
| 2 Mar | Saddle Skedaddle Spring Series 2 | Crowthorne Wood, Berkshire | Classic venues and courses from the popular winter events based in the south of England. |
| 8-9 Mar | Street Velodrome | Bike & Tri Show, Manchester | First of the new event format. |
| 2-14 Mar | Yak Attack | Himalayas | The highest mountain bike race on earth, 8 stages covering 400km. |
| 23 Mar | Whinlatter MTB Challenge | Whinlatter, Lake District | Featuring the Altura Trail and 30 miles of endurance mountain biking around Whinlatter Forest Park. |
| 23 Mar | Saddle Skedaddle Spring Series 3 | Frith Hill, Surrey | |
| 23-30 Mar | Absa Cape Epic | South Africa | The magical and untamed African mountain bike stage race – 8 days, 750km |
| April 2014 | |||
| 4 Apr | Copshaw Cracker Hill Climb TT | Newcastleton | A 4 mile individual hill climb TT from the village up to the county border to ring the Bagdad Bell. |
| 5-6 Apr | Newcastleton Cross Border Classic Sportive | Newcastleton | A two-day sportive with a range of distances, riding one day in Scotland and one day in England. |
| 13 Apr | Saddle Skedaddle Spring Series 4 | Porridgepot Hill, Surrey | Classic venues and courses from the popular winter events based in the south of England. |
| 10-13 Apr | Sea Otter Classic | California, USA | A celebration of sport! Everything you can think of that involves bicycles. |
| May 2014 | |||
| 2 May | 18hrs of Fruita | Fruita, Colorado | 10th annual 18 hours of Fruita at Highline State Park. The famous midnight start and an all singletrack course. |
| tbc | Gorrick Kawasaki 100 Enduro | change of venue! | Choose from 2, 3, 4, 5 or the ultimate 7 lap event covering up to 100km. |
| 9-18 May | Trans-Portugal Garmin | Portugal | The ultimate mountain bike endurance race across Portugal. 9 days, 1150km from Braganca to Sagres |
| June 2014 | |||
| June | Mountain Mayhem | Gatcombe Park | 24 hour mtb race |
| 29 Jun -5 Jul | TransPyr | Spain | The coast to coast mountain bike epic |
| July 2014 | |||
| 20-26 Jul | Trans-Alp | France | The original ‘trans’ mtb stage race |
| 26 Jul | Bontrager Twentyfour12 | Newnham Park, Plymouth | One of the biggest and best endurance weekends in the UK using the popular venue of Newnham Park. Combines a 24 hr mountain bike race, and 12 hour. |
| 19-20 Jul | National XC MTB Champs | Hoptons Woods, Shropshire | tba |
| 26-31 Jul | Singletrack6 | Canadian Rockies | The new format for the retired Trans-Rockies event. |
| August 2014 | |||
| early Aug | Schlaflos im Sattel | Germany | 10th Anniversary! A bike race, at night, in Germany. And there’s some beer… |
| tbc | Brighton Big Dog | Stanmer Park, Brighton | A 6 hour race around the amazing parkland trails of Stanmer Park featuring tough climbs and awesome singletrack. |
| 9 Aug | Leadville Trail 100 | Leadville, Colorado, USA | Famous 100 mile out and back mtb race starting at 10,000ft! |
| 22-23 Aug | Grand Raid Cristalp | Switzerland | 25th edition of the Swiss Mountain Bike Race Marathon. |
| 24 Aug | Gorrick 12:12 Torq In Your Sleep | Minley Manor, Hants | A 12 hour enduro at the classic Minley Manor venue. The 8 mile figure of 8 course will be a typically ‘Gorrick’ affair. |
| 30 Aug- 8 Sep | Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge | Mongolia | 7 stages, 900km, Yurt and Private tent accommodation. Sounds epic doesn’t it! |
| September 2013 | |||
| tbc Sep | Euro Cup XCR | Lisbon, Portugal | The fourth year of this well known event with 12 hour and 24 hour options. |
| tbc | Langkawi International MTB Challenge | Langkawi, Malaysia | The second year of the 6 day stage race on the island of Langkawi. |
| October 2013 | |||
| 9-13 Oct | Roc d’Azur | Roc d’Azur, France | Classic season closer. |
| 24-26 Oct | La Ruta de los Conquistadores | Costa Rica | The toughest mountain bike race on earth. Epic 3 day mtb stage race across Costa Rica |
Building on its first year success “The Endurance Series” is back for 2013. A collaboration of popular and established endurance events forming a series, riders score points in each event with Endurance Series Champions being named at the end of the year. Cash prizes!
The events that form the series are:
- 24th March – tbc
- 5th May – Gorrick Kawasaki 100 (7 lap race)
- 10th August – tbc
- 25th August – Torq In Your Sleep 12:12 (12 hour solo)
