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The Burgess Hill Spring Classic Cyclosportive 15th March 2009

With the Qashqai, it’s easy to take part in some ‘get-up early’ events, like this Cycle Sportif Spring Classic.  There are three Rides to choose from:-

The Burgess Hill Springtime Cyclosportive 71 miles  with 3 feed stations Map click here

The Burgess Hill Spring Challenge Ride 53 miles with 2 feed stations Map click here

The Burgess Hill Tour Ride 35 miles with 1 feed station Map click here

The routes will be comprehensively marked and marshals deployed at strategic junctions. Three feeding Stations will be provided for The Springtime Classic Cyclosportive and two feed stations on the Spring Challenge ride. The Spring Tour ride will have one feed station. Technical and First Aid Support will be provided en-route and a broom wagon will ensure that all riders return! The Headquarters for the event are at the Oakmeads Community College in Burgess Hill where signing on starts at 7.30am. Changing rooms with showers are available and pre/post event food will be supplied.

Photographer Phil OConner  The renowned cycling photographer will be the Offical photographer for this event.

Please go to the website for further details. http://www.srs-events.cc

And what’s more you can help raise money for the Sussex Heart Charity http://www.sussexheartcharity.org

There’s cycling along the sea front and then there’s cycling across the sea. The sand crabs won’t know what hit them. Described as a fun cycle dash over the exposed sand flats during one of the lowest tides of the year. The ride goes from Brighton Marina to the King Alfred Centre in Hove and beyond (note different details to recent rides!), or as far as you and your bike can make it. The organisers suggest you borrow a bike ‘from a skip’ to do this, which is a sensible disclaimer because salt and and spokes don’t mix. But hey, it’ll be fun.

The ride will set off 15-30 minutes after meeting, so as to catch the lowest tide (6:45pm, 0.4m) and the sunset (5:09pm). Following August 2007’s Low Tide Naked Critical Mash-Up bike ride, the event is clothing-optional.

With the inevitable ‘time and tide wait for no-one’ warning the organisers expect riders to be good time keepers. Skinny-dipping in the sea at the end of the ride is optional. Bring bikes, waterproofs, warm clothes and a set of lights.

Note: This is an evening ride, starting from Brighton Marina!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/lowtidebikeride/

Coming soon!