Le Grim Pierre & Malcolm Eccles Trophy
A big week for the club ahead with the Malcolm Eccles Trophy and Le Grim Pierre.
The Malcolm Eccles trophy is a two stage TT competition between a number of local clubs. On Tuesday the RRC Hapton course is used and on Wednesday the North Lancs Bashall course. Sign on from 6.30pm RRC M65 Business Park, Hapton and NLRC Edisford bridge car park. The more riders the club can get taking part the better, so please come along and give it a go. This year for the first time there is also a separate trophy for the women’s teams, kindly provided by 360 coaching. £5 entry on the night for each event. Clubs taking part:
RRC
NLRC
Nelson Wheelers
Pendle Forest
Bury Clarion
Green Jersey
East Lancs RC
Clitheroe Bike Club
Blackburn & District CTC
360 coaching
Le Grim Pierre is a tough day out, tackling the region’s biggest and toughest climbs for the ultimate challenge. Nearly 3000m of climbing over 114km, including beasts like Mytholm Steeps and Nick O’Pendle. One for the bucket list! Meet at Kay Street Car Park at 9:00AM. There are options to cut the ride shorter if you don’t think you can do the whole thing. It may be split in to different groups depending on speed. A pub stop is factored in to the route near Wycoller. Please comment on this post if you have any questions. Current and new members welcome, no cost.
Full route details: Le Grim Pierre - Strava
London-Edinburg-London
Club member Damian Ludlow completed one of the toughest ultra distance bike races on the planet, London-Edinburgh-London. 1600km and 14,400m of climbing in just 67 hours. Amazing! Hats off to Damo.
Thursday group ride and Saturday Salida will both go ahead as normal.
