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CTC Calderdale invites you to take part in its Spring & Autumn Audax Events
Starting at Salem Community Centre, Hebden Bridge
Sunday 18 April 2010
..for racing,touring and fitness cyclists
111 hilly kilometres (with 2 café stops and a slightly revised route), taking you from the heart of West Yorkshire into the foothills of the Yorkshire Dales, and back again, with a generous time allowance for completion of 9 hours 15 minutes based on a minimum speed of 12 kilometres per hour.
Brief route details : Hebden Bridge - Oxenhope - Stanbury - Laneshaw Bridge - Earby - West Marton - Gargrave - Cracoe - Burnsall - Bolton Abbey - Halton East - Draughton - Silsden - Keighley - Oxenhope - Hebden Bridge.
Start 9:00am Entry fee £3.50
..Scenic ride for club and leisure cyclists
54 hilly kilometres (with 2 café stops and a revised route), from Hebden Bridge into Airedale, and back again, with a generous time allowance for completion of 6 hours 23 minutes based on a minimum speed of 8 kilometres per hour.
Brief route details : Hebden Bridge - Oxenhope - Scar Top - Slippery Ford - Keighley Tarn - Keighley - Oxenhope - Hebden Bridge.
Start 10:00am Entry fee £3.00
Sunday 3 Oct 2010
Challenging Touring in the Yorkshire and Lancashire hills
A 100km hilly Randonnee for experienced cyclists, with 2555 metres of climbing and 3 Audax Altitude points, but a generous time allowance for completion of 8 hours 20 minutes, based on a minimum average speed of 12 kph (7.5 mph).
Brief route details: Hebden Bridge – Heptonstall – Long Causeway – Fence – Padiham Heights – Nick of Pendle – Clitheroe – Waddington – Waddington Fell – Slaidburn – Chatburn – Roughlee – Nelson – Coldwell - Widdop – Hebden Bridge
Start 9:00am Entry fee £3.50
Touring in the Yorkshire and Lancashire hills
With 1200 metres of climbing and 1.25 Audax Altitude points in its 50 km., this ride covers quite a bit of hilly terrain, but there is a very generous time allowance for completion of 6 hours 15 minutes The minimum average speed required is only 8 kph (5 mph).
Brief route details: Hebden Bridge – Heptonstall – Long Causeway – Cliviger – Coldwell – Widdop – Hebden Bridge
Start 10:00am Entry fee £3.00
Last year more than 200 riders entered the Spring Events and over 100 entered the Autumn events. Why not join them?
Further details are available from:
Chris Crossland, 14 Stanley Street West, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 1EF
Tel: 01422 832 853
Email: chris.crossland@halifaxctc.org.uk
CTC Calderdale also organises other events for cyclists of all abilities. See the CTC West Yorkshire District Association 2010 CYCLING EVENTS PROGRAMME and SPECIAL EVENTS pages for more details.
Also look at our West Yorkshire Audax website
for route sheets, photographs and more.