Unless specified in the ride details below, all rides will start from outside the front of St Mary’s Flower Park on Bury New Road [ MAP! ] . Rides will end back in Prestwich where we usually have an optional post ride “refuel” at a pub/cafe.

We run two “categories” of rides but we don’t do the usual “A,B or C” stuff. They are our ‘Standard Ride’ (“Stn” in the Category section on the rides list) (around 30-40 miles with hills | pretty hard) and our ‘Big Ride’ (“Big” in the Category section on the rides list) (approx 50-60miles plus, loads of hills & hard). The big rides will be slightly smaller in the winter months of December, January and February – more akin to the Standard rides. If you’re unsure on your fitness or worried about the bigger distances, then come down and join us for one of our ‘Standard’ rides first and see what you think.

‘Standard’ rides don’t usually have a cafe stop halfway round (unless the mood really takes us) but we always stop for lunch/snack on the ‘Big’ rides.

We also create events for each of our rides over on Facebook. You can find the events on our Facebook page.

Please check here, our Facebook or Twitter channels periodically, and especially the day of the ride, to ensure nothing has changed. We sometimes have to make weather enforced changes to start times or in extremes may even have to cancel rides.

N.B. All our routes are free for anyone to use but if you are a club or group and use one of our routes exactly as is then please give a nod that we actually devised the route. We take a lot of time and put a lot of effort to create all our routes from scratch and take a lot of pride in doing so.

NEXT RIDES

Full details of the next one or two rides. Checkout the full Ride Calendar

2018 Sep Standard Ride – Until You Can’t See Land – Sat Sep 15 **9am**

Route Link: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28511525
Strava Event: https://www.strava.com/clubs/112552/group_events/381022
Distance: 50 miles
Elevation: 4,00ft approx.
Moving time: Approx 3.75 – 4.25 Hours // Total Time approx 4.25 – 4.75 Hours.(very approximate dependent on rider pace and general stops – allows for brief stops/traffic)
Start: 09:00 at St Mary’s Flower Park, Prestwich
Post Ride: The Woodthorpe, Prestwich. Approx. 13:30

## RIDE SUMMARY ##

Slightly longer (and slightly hillier) than the usual 45 miles but I think it is worth it. If the slight extra distance and elevation concerns you, especially if you are new to the club/was thinking of coming down for the first time, then just drop me a message and we can have a quick chat.

Think the vast majority will be totally on board with the route though. A bit of a suburban drag to get out there but we’re head out towards Mottram Moor then Padfield where we’ve got a nasty little drag up a hill we’ve descended up a few times and then onto the Mark Leigh sponsored Devel’s Elbow. This takes us out to the Woodhead where we turn off to ascend the reverse Holme Moss climb. Real tough one, hopefully we get a nice clear day so we can enjoy the views and scenery.

Brilliant but hairy descent down here, so don’t be a hero and make sure you are anticipating the hairpins.

We’ll stop for a very brief coffee(if we are making good time) at the foot of the descent before heading out passed the reservoirs onto the A635. Expect we’ll have a bit of a slog with a headwind in our face over the A635 but the descent will be totally worth it. My personal fave descent down the Isle of Sky ride. Really enjoyable.

Then it’s a meander back out to Prestwich where we will stop for the post ride drink at Woodthorpe.

## NAVIGATION ##

If you have a GPS device, please download the route so that you can follow it.

Polite request to not ride off of the front if you either do not have the route or you have not studied it.

Safety & Ride Updates:

Here’s a link to some important information/safety stuff about our rides, please have a read before attending our rides. https://allezprestwich.co.uk/ride-information-safety-tips/

Also, please visit the website, Facebook or Twitter channels periodically, and especially the day of the ride, to ensure nothing has changed. We sometimes have to make weather enforced changes to start times or in extremes may even have to cancel rides.

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2017-2018 Ride Calendar

These are the upcoming rides for 2018. We’ve introduced a difficulty rating to help you gauge the rides severity. Not all standard rides are created equally for example.

Date	Time	Ride(Click for Route Link)	Category	Dist./Elev.	Difficulty (*****)
Sat 16 Dec 2017	09:00	Manctucket Sleighride	Winter	40 miles / 3,000ft	***
Wed 27 Dec 2017	9am	Mark’s Post Xmas Pick Me Up III	Winter	47 miles / 3,300ft	***
Sat 06 Jan 2018	09:00	So this is the new year?	Winter	41 miles / 3,000ft	***
Sun 21 Jan 2018	09:00	The Road Goes Ever On	Winter	43 miles / 3,300ft	***
Sat 03 Feb 2018	09:00	Pennine Panopticon Peregrination	Winter	44 miles / 2,900ft	***
Sun 18 Feb 2018	09:00	More More Moor	Winter	45miles / 3,300ft	***¼
Sat 03 Mar 2018	09:00	**CANCELLED**	Winter	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC
Sun 18 Mar 2018	09:00	Boothy Bowler Round Two	Winter	41 miles / 3,000ft	***
Sat 31 Mar 2018	09:00	Affetside by Affetside	Standard	40 Miles / 3,100ft	***
Sun 15 Apr 2018	08:00	Skies of Blue On	Big	57 miles / 5,500 ft	****
Sat 28 Apr 2018	09:00	Pickup Bank Rewind	Standard	42 miles / 3,000ft	***
Sun 13 May 2018	08:00	The Eagle	Big	65 miles / 5,500ft	***¾
Sat 26 May 2018	09:00	Los Anglezarke	Standard	42 miles / 3,200ft	***
Sun 10 Jun 2018	08:00	ConOnCas GPX	Big	70miles / 4,500ft	***¾
Sat 23 Jun 2018	09:00	Neighbourhood #1 (Chunal)	Standard	44 miles / 3,200ft	***
Sun 08 Jul 2018	08:00	Nick O’Pendle v2	Big	65 miles / > 5,000ft	***¼
Sat 21 Jul 2018	09:00	TBC	Standard	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC
Sun 05 Aug 2018	08:00	Shirley Crabtree & The Grizzly Bear	Big	67 miles / > 6,000 – 6,500 ft	****¼
Sat 18 Aug 2018	09:00	TBC	Standard	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC
Sun 02 Sep 2018	08:00	Peak-Ed	Big	80 miles / > 6,500ft	****¼
Sat 15 Sep 2018	09:00	Until You Can’t See Land	Standard	50 miles / 4,000ft	***¼
Sun 30 Sep 2018	08:00	TBC	Big	55-70miles / > 5,000ft	TBC
Sat 13 Oct 2018	09:00	TBC	Standard	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC
Sun 28 Oct 2018	09:00	TBC	Winter	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC
Sat 10 Nov 2018	09:00	TBC	Winter	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC
Sun 25 Nov 2018	09:00	TBC	Winter	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC
Sat 08 Dec 2018	09:00	TBC	Winter	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC
Sun 23 Dec 2018	09:00	TBC	Winter	35-45miles / 3,000ft	TBC

PREVIOUS RIDES

You can find a list of our rides from previous years on this page. They include links to previous courses, so please feel free to use this.