Welcome to 'Essex Sportive' - the home of all major sportives in Essex!
In 2018 we have two glorious events brought to you by the Essex Roads Cycling Club - the 'Spring Lambs' Sportive, and our brand new 'Autumn Leaves' Sportive. Our club has been organising these grand events for over 18 years. They are multiple distance courses catering for both on and off road riders and are 'built by cyclists for cyclists' offering unbeatable standards and value for money. These events are suitable for both club and non-club riders.
Our sportives as featured by Cycling Weekly are not like those of our competitors. For starters - we are not a commercial organisation putting profit first, neither do we bombard you with advertising and pointless medals and goody bags to add to your recycling. Did you know that our competitors regularly charge participants up to £40 to enter their sportives!? Being a cycling club we know where the best roads are to be found, and we use one of the highest quality sports venues in Essex. We also feed you the exact type of cycling food when and where you need it.
So that you are not hanging about we operate fast-track booking-on systems with minimal queing. All rider information and numbers are given to you on the day. Our feedstops are laden with both High5 energy and volume food, and we feature seated hot food catering at the finish. We supply energy drinks at our feedstops – not just water, and we employ the latest timing systems to increase rider identification as there is nothing worse than registering a ‘no time’. We know Essex roads better than anybody as we cycle them all the time – we know the twisty little tracks and roads and we add them to increase your rider experience away from main roads which other sportives tend to stick to. What's more - unlike other sportives, we don't charge you for any extras*.
Our sportives see competitors from all over the UK and abroad. We provide facilites for all participants - our sportives do not favour lads in lycra and we are equally popular to women.
So that you are not hanging about we operate fast-track booking-on systems with minimal queing. All rider information and numbers are given to you on the day. Our feedstops are laden with both High5 energy and volume food, and we feature seated hot food catering at the finish. We supply energy drinks at our feedstops – not just water, and we employ the latest timing systems to increase rider identification as there is nothing worse than registering a ‘no time’. We know Essex roads better than anybody as we cycle them all the time – we know the twisty little tracks and roads and we add them to increase your rider experience away from main roads which other sportives tend to stick to. What's more - unlike other sportives, we don't charge you for any extras*.
Our sportives see competitors from all over the UK and abroad. We provide facilites for all participants - our sportives do not favour lads in lycra and we are equally popular to women.
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Our sportive routes are legend - unlike many organisers we actively seek out topography which is both scenic and challenging. These are roads that we as a club know well. We don’t permit children either on our events as we want to give you a safer more responsible experience.
And, just to whet your appetitie even further for our events in 2018 we have got together with the Billericay Brewery to bring your our very own Essex Sportive Golden Recovery Ale for sale from our new beer tent. What a great way to finish your perfect day! |
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So, get ready to book on to an Essex Roads Sportive. Just click on the passing event roundel below to start your experience on Essex roads!
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Just to let you know that none of the sportives on this site are associated with UK Cycling Events, nor Evans Cycles, who have been known to run events with very similar names.
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