Winchcombe Cycling Club


audax riding

Falling Leaves 2006	100km \| Sunday 01 October \| 09:00 start
* route sheets and Tracklogs file now available – see below * Winchcombe Cycling Club has run this 'Brevet Populaire' event for several years. The route takes you into the heart of the Cotswold hills using many of the small lanes in the area. Among the highlights along the way are the pictoresque towns of Bibury (an ideal lunch stop) and Bourton-on-the-Water. It is a hilly and rewarding 100km ride taking place on Sunday 01 October. Low gearing is recommended. Again, we are providing the route in digital form for use with a Garmin GPS computer (see below). This is created using Tracklogs mapping software - the same technology we use to map the HONC. > Download the route sheet (requires Acrobat reader) > Download the Tracklogs .trl file (for use with a GPS computer and Tracklogs software) > Click here to obtain an entry form (from the Audax UK site).

Falling Leaves 2006

100km | Sunday 01 October | 09:00 start

* route sheets and Tracklogs file now available – see below *

Winchcombe Cycling Club has run this 'Brevet Populaire' event for several years. The route takes you into the heart of the Cotswold hills using many of the small lanes in the area. Among the highlights along the way are the pictoresque towns of Bibury (an ideal lunch stop) and Bourton-on-the-Water.

It is a hilly and rewarding 100km ride taking place on Sunday 01 October. Low gearing is recommended.

Again, we are providing the route in digital form for use with a Garmin GPS computer (see below). This is created using Tracklogs mapping software - the same technology we use to map the HONC.

> Download the route sheet (requires Acrobat reader)
> Download the Tracklogs .trl file (for use with a GPS computer and Tracklogs software)
> Click here to obtain an entry form (from the Audax UK site).

Audax events are popular among club members. There are several events run in the Winchcombe / Cheltenham area on an annual basis. The table below is a programme of selected rides that are taking place locally. The list is not comprehensive - visit the Audax UK website for a complete calendar.

Ride	Distance (k)	Starting from
Windrush Warm-up	100	Cirencester
Cotswold Corker	100	Bishops Cleeve
Cheltenham Flyer	200	Bishops Cleeve
The Elenith	300	Kidderminster
Brevet Cymru	400	Chepstow
Brian Chapman	620	Chepstow
Mid-Wales Desert (see below)	200	Brecon
North Cotswold	200	Redditch
Vale of Evesham	100	Redditch
PB S(t)imulator	600	Langley (W of Saffron Walden)
Falling Leaves	100	Winchcombe

Mid Wales Desert 2006 (Saturday 28 May, 08:30 start)
This 200km event is being organised by club member Pete Morris. The ride sets out from Brecon taking a scenic route across the Brecon Beacons to Llandovery from where it then traverses the Cambrian Mountains - the green desert of Wales from which the event takes its name - to the small welsh speaking town of Tregaron. It then follows the Valleys of Ystwyth and Elan, the home of the Red Kite and renowned for its scenic mountain scenery and reservoirs to Rhayader. The final leg tracks southwards following the luscious valley corridor of the River Wye before returning to Brecon. It has become a classic must-ride audax. As one rider said in last year's event "if you only ever ride one 200km audax this has got to be the one". >> Click here to obtain an entry form

Mid Wales Desert 2006 (Saturday 28 May, 08:30 start)

This 200km event is being organised by club member Pete Morris.

The ride sets out from Brecon taking a scenic route across the Brecon Beacons to Llandovery from where it then traverses the Cambrian Mountains - the green desert of Wales from which the event takes its name - to the small welsh speaking town of Tregaron. It then follows the Valleys of Ystwyth and Elan, the home of the Red Kite and renowned for its scenic mountain scenery and reservoirs to Rhayader. The final leg tracks southwards following the luscious valley corridor of the River Wye before returning to Brecon. It has become a classic must-ride audax. As one rider said in last year's event "if you only ever ride one 200km audax this has got to be the one".

>> Click here to obtain an entry form

audax riding