12th GREAT SPRINGBOARD BIKE CHALLENGE

ONLY FOOLS & HANDLEBARS PRESENTS THE 12th GREAT SPRINGBOARD CHALLENGE.
SUNDAY 5th JULY 2009.

A 47mile SPONSORED BIKE RIDE - FROM ALLENHEADS to ROKER ALONG THE C2C ROUTE.
The £12 entry gets you :-
>Transport for you and your bike to the start.
>Stewarding and signposting.
>Help stations and support vehicles.
>Commemorative T-shirt and end of ride party.
>Free BBQ and drink to all entrants.

This ride is a verry popular ride. Now in its 12th year and its getting bigger year on year. This year we hope to attract a record over 100 riders and raise lots of money for springboard sunderland or your chosen charity. The £12 entry fee just covers the costs. So we encourage you to raise as much as you can in sponsorship.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:-
Gillian Sinclair on:- 0191 5155301 or
Email :- gsinclair@springboard-ne.org

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Comment by psycho on July 8, 2009 at 10:59am

we were driven to the start by wor trev so no bus worries . but the lack of organisation at the start really got on my tits. no one seemed to know what was happening .
and very little signage on route added to the tiniest route map known to man and me without my glasses.meant we added many miles to the ride.

we reckoned we could drop our time to 3.30 but I like to chill a bit rather than tool along all the way.

Comment by ray on July 8, 2009 at 10:39am

pleased you enjoyed it psycho & john. This was my third year riding in this event and loved it again also got my PB time of 2hrs 57mins. The only issue i had was what was the bus driver sniffing. He took over 2 hours to get there from sunderland to gateshead centre to newcastle centre to hexhen centre then to a closed road the wrong side of allenheads at 10.30 when we were told to walk half a mile to allenheads lodge to find out half of the riders set off at 10am and i set off at 10.50 no mass start like other years. other than that the rest of the ride was mint with a nice BBQ at the end and a nice T shirt for the effort. its in my diary for next year hopefully the driver has been sacked by then.

Comment by psycho on July 7, 2009 at 4:52pm

me and John really enjoyed this ride ,only 2 mapping disputes lol adding 10 miles to the intended course and an extra huge climb ,
just over 4 hours of lovely riding and a bbq at the end what a belter.
definately in the diary for next year .also had a crack with a few of the long distance c2c riders on route including quite a few of here lol,small world.

Comment by psycho on May 21, 2009 at 10:24am

might have a dibble at this with John

Comment by ray on May 20, 2009 at 5:04pm

Done this ride the last two years and it is a great day out on the bike. Good friendly atmosphere lots of lots of banta. You can ride it at whatever pace suits you. Last year about 20 riders stopped for a cuppa at parkhead st hotel at the top of waskerly way. For £12 its an absolute bargain and the organisers really look after you at the start and finish. Free mars bars bottled water and bananas at the start and Free T shirt drink and BBQ at the end. Great day out its a one not to miss.