Bike North Century Challenge

Are you ready for The Challenge?

Some Bike North members have never changed a tyre, ridden in traffic, had to find their way or had to pace themselves for a long ride. Some have not ridden 60km, some haven't done a hard 100km, and most have never ridden 160km in a day. This challenge is designed for all of you! The self-sufficiency and navigation required may be as big a challenge for some riders, as fitness and riding skills are for others.

The Bike North Century Challenge (BNCC) is a new Bike North event to be held for the first time on Sunday, 5 May. It is quite different from a normal Bike North ride. Each Riding Group will find that the route is deliberately difficult but this is not a competitive event! The aims of The Challenge are to:

• provide rides to challenge every member;

• encourage self-sufficient riding and navigation;

• learn cycle routes across the Bike North area

How will The Challenge work?

The BNCC is only open to Bike North members (of course, you can become a member and then ride The Challenge). Self-selected Riding Groups, consisting of 2, 3 or 4 members, will ride together - it is recommended that riders be of approximately the same riding ability. Each group must pre-register using the form provided (it is also accessible from our website), and nominate one of the three distance options. Like all our activities, this event is FREE!

On the day, each Riding Group will start separately (several minutes apart) and must follow detailed directions to various checkpoints (where their card will be stamped). The group must always remain together and no group of fewer than 2 riders will be permitted to continue. There will be no ride leaders or sweeps and there will be no on-road support. Accordingly, every Riding Group must be able to navigate, and fix mechanical problems that occur.