Chiltern Classics Series 2008

By lcs

The ‘Chiltern Classics’ Reliability Rides returns for 2008 with six great events with a different circuit each week different hills and different scenery.

Reliability Trials are not races and long before cycle sportifs became the rage, reliability trials kept cyclist's busy during the 'off season'.

Harp Hilly 100
Sunday 27/01/08
09:00 100km / 50km
Hemel CC Club Room, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9TE
Malcolm Putman 01525 211590 malcolm.putman@talktalk.net

Team Quest
Sunday 03/02/08
09:00 100km
Ickenham Guide Hut UB10 8RE
Paul Doel 020 8723 4221 questbikes@aol.com

Edgeware RC
Sunday 10/02/08
09:00 100km / 50km
Denham Country Park UB9 5PG
Bob Spencer 020 8866 9517 bobmol@btinternet.com

Hemel CC
Sunday 17/02/08
09:00 100km / 50km
Hemel CC Club Room, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9TE
Roger Manley 07796 957386 roger.manley@hemelcycling.org.uk

Willesden CC
Sunday 24/02/08
09:30 100km / 60km
Ickenham Guide Hut UB10 8RE
John Williams 07880 501105 squadra.verde@googlemail.com

CC Luton
Sunday 02/03/08
09:30 100km / 65km
Edlesborough Village Hall, LU6 2HX
Richard Mead 07855 753345 richardmead@mead-estates.co.uk

- No pre-entry - just turn up and ride - entry fee £4.00
- Route fully sign-posted
- It's not a race - just ride at your own pace
- Choose your time band from the following groups - Fast 3h00m-3h30m - Medium 3h30m-4h15m - Slow 4h15m-5h00m
- Route is mostly quiet country lanes with little traffic
- Hot and cold refreshments available at the HQ

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