The Battle in the Bowl takes place at Matterley Bowl near Winchester on June 12th, and is inspired by both it's location's history and geography. Matterley Bowl was used as a troop base in WW2, and in the run up to D Day, Eisenhower chose the venue to address his gathered forces. The huge natural Amphitheatre has a few kilometers of fast gravel track running around it's perimeter, an undulating grass basin that will accommodate over a mile of taped off technical course and a soaring track climbing around the rim of the horseshoe bowl some 60 metres above the floor of the bowl. All of which will feature on the massive four mile lap, joined up by a flying forest descent to get you back down to the main arena.
Battle in the Bowl will feature a full schedule of races, headlined by the two hour Elite Super CX. This will be an endurance test for event the most seasoned cross racer; the course is going to be (mostly) fast throughout, but the scale and duration of the race will test how well you can sustain that speed. The Elite race will be open to cross and gravel bikes only, but will be preceded by Open Warfare - the 5 lap (20 mile) Open Category race for bikes of all stripes, including MTBs, 29ers or whatever you care to pitch up on. There are even specific single-speed and fat bike categories, plus bravery awards for those choosing the most outlandishly inappropriate steeds! The day's schedule will also feature junior races and CX skills sessions, with more to be announced!
Battle in the Bowl promises to be a spectacular day of racing, on a breathtaking course for both riders and spectators. 90% of the circuit will be visible from the main arena, so there will be plenty to watch while you're not actually racing, plus family and friends will be welcome to come for the day and cheer you on!
I'm not a Lance fan at all but the snarky tone of this is just dumb.
Is it just me or is there a link or embed missing for the image of the Dublin bike lane from Ola Løkken Nordrum?
How can anybody reject the beauty of that? It's a wonderful mix of modern tech yet absolutely functional.
Not unless theVED is made eye wateringly expensive....
My mum always told me I'd inherited her 'hobbit feet', though as far as I'm aware we don't have any family in New Zealand.
Hyponatremia is a real risk even for an amateur cyclist or runner in hot weather. I've bonked from it before, and I was drinking Gatorade the whole...
in the UK we have policing which to a greater or lesser extent relies on assistance from members of the public......
Just wanted to share a quick thank you to everyone who helped out in this thread....
So...don't cycle on it. Lots of other routes around that area. Source: I used to work there.
My photochromic specs have just turned up in the post today