Welcome again to 'Essex Sportive' - the original home of all major mass sportives in Essex!
In 2019 we have two brand new events brought to you by the Essex Roads Cycling Club - the 'Spring Lambs', and 'Autumn Leaves' Sportives. Our club has been organising these grand tours for over 20 years. They are multiple distance circuits 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 and feature various distances.
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 or pointless medals and goody bags to add to your recycling. Neither do we jet wash your bike and its precious bearings. Our rides are also not for children.
Also, 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 - the Brentwood Centre. We also feed you the exact type of cycling food when and where you need it and it's all in the price you pay.
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 or pointless medals and goody bags to add to your recycling. Neither do we jet wash your bike and its precious bearings. Our rides are also not for children.
Also, 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 - the Brentwood Centre. We also feed you the exact type of cycling food when and where you need it and it's all in the price you pay.
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 (including vegan options) at the finish. We supply High5 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 and those new to cycling.
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 and those new to cycling.
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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 amongst other responsible riders. All our events are backed up by Yellow Jersey Cycles who provide running maintenance on the day as well as a shop at the start for anything you've forgotten in your pre-event haste.
So, get ready to book on to an Essex Roads Sportive. Just click on the passing roundel below. |
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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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