Part of the Audax UK calendar these audax events are held on a specific day. They are open to all riders; decide what is right for you and challenge your limits! Unless otherwise stated they are suitable for any type of bicycle (and variants).
May 2022
Big Gert Brevet 1600
Sunday 22nd: 06:00 - Saturday 4th: 21:48
PBP 2015: touring back with ACB talking about LEL the idea of Bristol Glasgow Bristol was born.
Back home I set about its backbone. Fettling ensued, then a test ride et voilà, one Big Gert Brevet!
Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5UY
TYPE: BP
Speed: 5-15kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 0 Pointless
Actual: 1639km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
Apex Grimpeur
Bristol Glasgow Bristol 1600
Sunday 29th: 04:00 - Sunday 5th: 06:25
PBP 2015: touring back with ACB talking about LEL the idea of Bristol Glasgow Bristol was born.
Back home I set about its backbone. Fettling ensued, then a test ride et voilà, one Big Gert Brevet!
Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5UY
TYPE: RM
Speed: 9.6-20kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 1600
Actual: 1639km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
Apex Grimpeur
Jun 2022
Sunseekers & Moonrakers 300
Saturday 11th: 06:00 - Sunday 12th: 02:00
For the Sunseekers! Head to the Isle of Purbeck and Lulworth Cove. Get the ferry across Poole Harbour’s mouth. Chase the afternoon sun across Cranborne Chase. As evening draws in the Moonrakers come out. Rolling with some cracking #wills_hills. Some gravel thrown in for added fun!
Warmley Station, Bristol And Bath Railway Path, Warmley, BS30 5JB
TYPE: BRM
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 300
Actual: 310km
CLIMB: 3594m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
A Mere Century 160
Saturday 11th: 08:00 - 21:07
Head to Radstock and use The Colliers Way making your way through Mere to Shaftesbury & Zig-Zag Hill. Pass through Tisbury to the Wylye Valley and back to Bristol using The 2Tunnels.
Warmley Station, Bristol And Bath Railway Path, Warmley, BS30 5JB
TYPE: BP
Speed: 12.5-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 150
Actual: 164km
CLIMB: 2103m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
I Rode the Road to Rode 80
Saturday 11th: 09:00 - 18:36
Head to Radstock and use The Colliers Way to Nunney. Cut through Frome and across to Rode. Then back to Bristol using The 2Tunnels.
Warmley Station, Bristol And Bath Railway Path, Warmley, BS30 5JB
TYPE: BP
Speed: 8-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 50
Actual: 80km
CLIMB: 1033m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Jul 2022
Plains, Trains & no more Automobiles 200
Saturday 9th: 07:00 - 21:04
Salisbury Plain, steam trains, & neolithic Avebury, Woodhenge & Stonehenge; approach on the byway with the best views and leave on the old closed main road. A rolling route with a few #wills_hills at the end for good measure!
Warmley Station, Bristol And Bath Railway Path, Warmley, BS30 5JB
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 211km
CLIMB: 2189m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Aug 2022
The Giant’s Tooth 500
Friday 26th: 21:00 - Sunday 28th: 09:07
Head to the Welsh coast & Llangrannog; home of Bica the Giant’s tooth! Fast valleys, remote Welsh mountains, old mining towns; it’s all there! Descend the Devil’s Staircase and climb his Elbow #wills_hills galore! Updated route for 2022.
Felix Road Adventure Playground, Felix Road, Easton, BS5 0JW
TYPE: BR
Speed: 14.3-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 500
Actual: 516km
CLIMB: 8250m
AAA: 8.25
Apex Grimpeur
Sep 2022
Slaughtered in the Cotswolds 200
Saturday 10th: 07:00 - 20:24
Time to get ‘slaughtered’ in The Cotswolds! Big hills, little hills and more #wills_hills with chocolate box villages interspersed leading you to The Slaughters. You may use my name in vain.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 205km
CLIMB: 2728m
AAA: 2.75
Bronze Grimpeur
Granny’s Cotswolds Telegram 160
Saturday 10th: 07:45 - 20:52
Remember your granny, you are going to need it! An outing into the Cotswolds; big hills, little hills and more #wills_hills with chocolate box villages interspersed. You may use my name in vain.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BP
Speed: 12.5-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 150
Actual: 164km
CLIMB: 2191m
AAA: 2.00
Silver Grimpeur
Nov 2022
Moonrakers & Sunseekers 300
Friday 11th: 22:00 - Saturday 12th: 18:32
Moonrakers become Sunseekers! Ride through the night under a full moon to the coast. Return via a few Dorset hills passing Glastonbury Tor, use the Strawberry Line to Bristol.
Felix Road Adventure Playground, Felix Road, Easton, BS5 0JW
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 300
Actual: 308km
CLIMB: 2295m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat