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Whilst we've been sitting at home during lockdown, we got thinking, what is the most amount of elevation we can pack into a 100km ride, from our front door, without using the same road twice? We looked at our favourite routes on Strava and made a list of our favourite climbs, and got to work.
We then thought this would be a great way to motivate ourselves to ride some hilly routes together when lockdown ends.
We want to see your routes. How much elevation can you pack into a 100km ride without overlapping? Send us your routes, and we'll select 5 entries at random who will win our new Pro Ascent Jerseys of your choice.
Reminder, there are no prizes for having the most amount of elevation. This is about giving you a challenging route to ride, and making it fair for everyone from Colombia to Quebec.
Even better, if you're in the UK, we'll select one route at random to come and ride with you after lockdown (and when it's safe) and give you a full Band of Climbers kit to ride with.
Here's one of our attempts, from BoC Chief Rouleur Stuart. We're sure you can do better. Get the route here:
https://www.strava.com/routes/26550776
To enter, head to your favourite route planner online, such as Strava, Ride With GPS etc and plot your route, following the rules above. Then complete the form below to submit your entry.
We'll select 5 lucky jersey winners from across the world, plus 1 UK winner at random from the entries, by the end of June 2020. Winners will be contacted by email.
All entries must adhere to the rules above. By entering you allow Band of Climbers to contact you. By entering you also permit Band of Climbers to publically share your route on our social media channels.
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Nice! When does it end?
Created a loop on my Garmin, said it was 4100 metres vertical in 86 km. Sounded a bit much so I rode it, turns out it was 50 m shy of 3000. Doh!
Submitted route – actually rode it but had to turn as a full tar coat being put down on the road – Chris Richardson did the full 100km 2000m that i submitted. i am going to have to do it too once road open – 30% of Whiterock Road as the last climb mind you!
Quite difficult to stay in the 100km and not ride the same road twice as some peaks here do just have one road going up. But there are still some amazing views to be had on the route
this was awesome..rules are simple but planing this “one loop”course not..
im living in my town for 35years but i never been in some parts of this city.now i was ;)
great idea…thank you..
‘Always Up’ for a challenge!! I had an unplanned tilt at this the other week and just made up the route as I went.. Never short of a climb or two in the Peaks! Loved the ‘no cross’ challenge – really made me think on where to head next.. Just a shame I went 2 miles over the limit!!
Now for a shot at my planned route.. bring it on BoC!!
‘Always Up’ for a challenge!! I had an unplanned tilt at this the other week and just made up the route as I went.. Never short of a climb or two in the Peaks! Loved the ‘no cross’ challenge – really made me think on where to head next.. Just a shame I went 2 miles over the limit!!
Now for a shot at my planned route.. bring it on BoC!!
‘Always Up’ for a challenge!! I had an unplanned tilt at this the other week and just made up the route as I went.. Never short of a climb or two in the Peaks! Loved the ‘no cross’ challenge – really made me think on where to head next.. Just a shame I went 2 miles over the limit!!
Now for a shot at my planned route.. bring it on BoC!!
Crete is a cycling paradise
Route submitted! Now to ride the thing!
that was harder than i thought. So easy to plot yourself into a corner with no way back home in the required distance. Great challenge
Hey Craig, as many countries around the world are in lockdown, it would be irresponsible of us to set an outdoor cycling challenge right now. So, we thought a good use of lockdown time would be to plot a route that you can then ride after lockdown, or when it’s safe. It’s something to look forward to. Hope that helps.
Submitted! That was a lot of fun actually. All roads I use locally but never put them together to try work out the Maximum gradient I could achieve. I’ll need to ride it at some point.
Hope you´re fine as we in Austria – Keep safe and stay health – we´ll see us on strava :) :)
Have I understood this correctly? Just design a route with loads of climbing and submit it, without riding it! What’s the point of that!
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March 11, 2021
Muchas gracias. ?Como puedo iniciar sesion?