| WHEN |
@ 13
April |
 |
 |
| LOCATION |
Winchcombe |
| START
TIME |
9am |
| ENTRY
COSTS |
Roughly
£7.00 for adults and £3.00 for under 18 year olds. |
| CLASSES |
None its not a
race |
NUMPLUMZ.COM |
| ENTRY INCLUDES |
Route card, and now map,free cakes and teas at stop |
| EVENT TIPS |
| Entries in advance are
preferred, so that they may make adequate catering arrangements. (ummm cakes )
|
| Any biker can compete, on any
type of bike. |
| This "reliability trial" starts
and finishes in Winchcombe and uses a combination of tarmac, "white" roads and
bridleways. 100 km and 50 km route options are available for participants and a
food stop at 40km is provided by the PHAB charity (great cakes ..). The event
regularly attracts an entry in excess of 500 riders, on everything from vintage
bikes to brand new full suspension MTBs, with tourers, cyclo-cross bikes and
less exotic MTBs in between. The route is changed every year, to test the
participants' navigational skills by reading off of a route card. |
| Mass start behind a police
motorbike before it lets rip in the open countryside |
| Can't recommend it enough for a
good spring starter event, as fun or as serious as you like. Great
cakes |
| Numplumz have entered and even
lead at one point as the fast boys charged off into the distance up the wrong
route lead by National Champ Barry Clarke, those boys were like Headless
Chickens. Watching the cross bikes on some of the best Bridleway descents in
the South was a great laugh. |
|
| LENGTH |
100 km and 50 km |
| CLIMBING |
Plenty to warm
you up |
| TERRAIN |
Combination of
tarmac, "white" roads and bridleways. |
| WEB
SITE |
HONC |
| ENTRY
FORM |
Direct from
their site here |
| Closing date |
Entries may be accepted on the day, but are subject to
a surcharge of £1.00. |
| POSTAl ENTRY |
|
| FACILITYS |
| Plenty of parking, on
grass. |
| Showers available after
event |
| Some catering at the
finish. |
| Winchcombe Town is close
by |
| Route completed certificate on
completion |
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| PHONE/FAX |
Phn
Fax |
| Reports |
|
| 2001 report |
| 2002 report from singletrack |
|
| Jon Whytes view of HONC 03 on BIkemagic |
Photos of previous events
from Brian Donnan Photography, |
| USEFULL LINKS |
HONC. |