Date: NOT currently scheduled
Closing Date:
Entry Limit: 20 riders !
Difficulty/Climbing (from * to *****) **
Organiser: Ronnie Moore
Address: Ronald Moore, 54 Elm Mount Road, Beaumont, Dublin 9
E-mail: altabanthegr8@gmail.com
Entry Fee €6
Optional ACP or Audax Ireland Medal €7
1-day Licence if required €10
Payment Details:
Please include Entry Fee, Medal Fee (Optional) and 1-day Licence Fee, if required.
By PayPal to paypal@audaxireland.org
Or by cheque/PO/post (payable to Audax Ireland) to
Andreas Voigt
12 Brookville Park
Malahide Road
Artane
Dublin 5
D05 F6T2
Whether by post or PayPal, please make sure to include your name, and which event you are entering with your payment !
As this is a winter spin it is a FULL MUDGUARD event.
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This is a very flat event. Apart from a few gentle rolling roads there are no climbs. Leaving Whitehall Church at 7.00am. The route heads to Dunboyne, Kilcock, on to Fore (halfway point) by way of Newtown (nice view of Newtown before the descent to it), Longwood, Drumcree. From Fore the route heads back to Athboy, then Garristown via Dunderry, Bective, Kilmessan, Drumree, Dunshauglin and Trevet. From Garristown there is a nice gentle descent to the Broadmeadow river, then across the Swords/Ashbourne road on to St. Margarets, and the Finish back at Whitehall.
Distance 210kms
Map: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/10575153
CONTROLS
LONGWOOD : 68km
ATHBOY : 130km
KILMESSAN::153km
INFO CONTROLS at 55km (on route), 110km (ruin of Fore Abbey), 163km (Drumree), 184km (Garristown). Details on the day. You will need a pen.
If like me you are a full value rider you may need a torch for the info controls at Drumree and Garristown
The route is run mainly on 2nd and 3rd class roads.
Lights, tools, spare tyres, rain gear etc and warm clothing. Don’t forget them !
Make sure your lights are good enough for a 200km event on dark unlit roads.
It is a fairly remote road from Kilcock to Longwood. Very little if any in the way of shops or Banklink machines (about 38km), so if you need to stock up on provisions Kilcock is your final chance.
It is the same from Longwood to Fore and on to Athboy. There is a coffee shop in Fore but the opening times are very erratic (they do lovely chocolate cake when it is open). There is a pub in Fore.
The distance calculations include the track (GOOD SURFACE) into Fore Abbey (info control) and back out.
This is a CATEGORY 3 COW event !
See also
- Abandoned Churches 200
- Adrian Nealon 200 (& 100)
- An East Clare Meander 200
- Angel of Mons 200
- Ardattin 200
- Ardattin 200 Night Ride
- Audare 200
- Big Fella 200
- Birr 200
- Bravest of the Brave 200
- Cancelled – Old School 200
- Dark Hedges 200
- Dying Light 200
- Effin 200
- Excelsior 200 Permanent
- Faceless Monk 200
- Fermanagh 200
- Gheimhridh 200 (Winter 200)
- Gimme Shelter 200
- Jack Hackett 200
- Killeshin 200
- Kingsmountain 200
- Larne Round the Lough 200
- Long Heron/4 Aquaducts 200
- Mayo 200
- Mayo XTRM 200
- Mick Byrne 200
- Midleton 200
- Miners Cross 200
- Naomh Barrog Deirdre Wright Memorial 200
- Northside Lowlander 200
- Orwell 200
- Paddy Reilly 200
- Pink Elephant 200
- Queen of Connemara 200
- Rambo 200
- Sligo 200
- Temporary Fever Hospital 200
- Titanic Torr 200
- Tubbercurry Offroad 200
- Vanishing Battalion 200
- Wolftrap 200
- Yola 200