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Ride Across Britain like events

  • 17-09-2018 11:01AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭


    Accidentally discovered a bunch of videos an event called 'Ride Across Britain' doing the length of.. well Britain, and it looks like a well organised setup. It's more of an expensive biking holiday than a true gritty ride, but sure, even with that, all that 1000s of miles of supported cycling looks great. I am sure it's expensive too. :o

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X13UTOCgtw

    Are there any events like this here in Ireland? And/or perhaps somewhere a bit more exotic like France or Spain?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭mh_cork


    positron wrote: »
    Accidentally discovered a bunch of videos an event called 'Ride Across Britain' doing the length of.. well Britain, and it looks like a well organised setup. It's more of an expensive biking holiday than a true gritty ride, but sure, even with that, all that 1000s of miles of supported cycling looks great. I am sure it's expensive too. :o

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X13UTOCgtw

    Are there any events like this here in Ireland? And/or perhaps somewhere a bit more exotic like France or Spain?

    Tour de Munster, a 4 day 600km event in, well, Munster

    Several foreign ones, Hot-Chillee run a few: London-Paris, Alpine Challenge, etc.

    A few hard-core ones - Haute Alps, Haute Pyrennes, etc.

    Plenty of ones in Mallorca, where you get to ride with Sean Kelly or Stephen Roche.

    Lots of training camps, a Google search will find some.

    In short, lots of choice, just depends on how difficult you want it to be!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,990 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Wild Atlantic Way Sportive, if it ever runs again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭positron


    Doh! It never occured to me that multi-day sportives here are similarly organised and supported - I always thought it was riders own friends / family doing the bag drops and stuff to hotels.

    Having said, if there's a supported 3 day Ride Across Ireland (Mizen head to Malin head) might attract a fair few riders I would think. I better google before I assume there isn't one.. there probably is.


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