Rain, Shine or Gale Force 9 Logo
Rain, Shine or Gale Force 9 Crewe Train Station Brandon Edgeley
200Km

Summary

209Km permanent cycling event starting from Crewe Train Station.

Controls at

  • Crewe Train Station
  • Frodsham High Street
  • Gobowen Spar
  • Haughmon HIll Cafe
  • Eccleshall High Street
  • Nantwich (Level Crossing)
  • Crewe Train Station

You must use electronic proof of passage (GPS or E-Brevet) for this event

Description

Designed as robust winter routes. The calendar version of Rain, Shine or Gale Force 9 runs anti-clockwise in early December and it is run in in early January as "Restless Legs" in a clockwise direction.
The routes join together over 200km of mainly B Roads and a few sections of A Roads. In the event of cold weather the roads should be gritted with a few small exceptions (see note 1). Long sections of (hopefully) decent maintained roads should make for quicker riding than micro navigation on the country lane network so less time out in the weather. There are plenty of refueling options all around the route, from shops to cafes etc.
The route starts / finishes at Crewe train station, The E-Brevet allows you to start at any point on the route , for Restless Legs you have to customise the E-Brevet to run in the reverse direction (see here for a guide - http://www.peakaudax.co.uk/eBrevet.html).

Note 1: Most of the route is on the relevant council's gritting schedule. There is a short section (3km approx) near West Felton which is on lanes that aren't gritted (between https://w3w.co/distorts.martini.pillows andhttps://w3w.co/helps.miracles.fuse ), if there is the risk of ice being present then you can either a) proceed with caution b) dismount and walk this section or c) join the (busier) A5 to get around this section, please take the time to familiarise yourself with this section by studying the route. There is also a cycle crossing of the A41 dual carriageway outside of Chester (https://w3w.co/moons.plug.abode), this crossing will not be gritted.

Note 2: The attached GPX is for Rain, Shine or Gale Force 9, for Restless Legs you will have to download it from RidewithGPS. The route sheet has both event routesheets

Rain, Shine, Gale Force 9 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45110478

Restless Legs - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49491280

Event Date and Location

  • Date: To be created by the rider
  • Distance: 200 km (209 km) in 14h36
  • Starting from: Crewe Train Station
  • Reversible: Yes
  • Start at any control: Yes
  • FlexStart: Yes

Event Information

Speed:
14.3-30 km/h
Climb:
0m
AAA:
0
Category:
BR
Body:
AUK[P]
Audax Points:
2
Event No:
BE19

Downloads

Route Sheet Gps File