The Great Escape 2017 - 200km - LMNH! Old Str to Essex

The 2017 edition of Islington Cycling Club's The Great Escape, will be on Sunday 14 May.

This year, we are running the event under British Cycling (as a non-competitive, reliability trial), and not AudaxUK, however the usual atmosphere, cake and post-ride celebrations are guaranteed!

The 200km route will take you from the heart of London to the rolling countryside of Essex and back via quiet roads and picturesque villages. There are two great rest stops at Great Bardfield (the Knead Cafe at The Blue Egg) and at Great Dunmow.

We again partner with Look Mum No Hands! where our ride starts in Old Street, so join us there for a pre-ride breakfast and post-ride celebrations.

Like previous year's sell out editions, 2017 will have a field of 400, so tell all your friends and family that this is the cycling challenge to set yourself for next year.

Enter on the British Cycling website - here.

Some pictures and videos from the 2016 event can be found here and here.

You can also read about the event on Look Mum No Hands! blog, here.

I missed it last year, so I'm in already.

Hopefully I will be able to schedule my collarbone plate removal surgery around it.

Hopefully I will be able to schedule my collarbone plate removal surgery around it.

Always a good move.
Great ride last year, and I'm sure it will be even better this year.

obvs in

in with the BCC crew

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I got back on the bike today, with plenty of work to do to get back in shape.. hopefully I'll join you guys for a ICC ride soon

Places are going fast!

A week in, and we have 50 riders already signed up. Gotta be in it to win it.

Entered. Sounds good.

Buy one of the super cool caps I got done for this thing. Sign up for the ride too, obvs. Almost half the spots are gone!

https://store.islington.cc/collections/warmers-caps-and/products/tge-cap

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About 100 places up for grabs - get yours now before it's too late!

Enter here: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/157350/The-Great-Escape

Tempted to ride this - I need a distance goal. Do you print route sheets in the Audax tradition?

Yes, we'll have route sheets, in addition to the .gpx file.

The only difference really, is that we will not have brevet cards.

Great. I like paper routes, might try loading the gpx as a backup.

Just over 50 places left!

If you haven't already, enter here!

@spj7

When are the caps going to be available? @croft

You ordered some right? And selected collection, drop me a mail to pick a time. Bit odd since you're not a member of the club, and collection is only meant to be available to members ;).

I said collection cause you said it was cool :)
Also, I live 5min from your place, I thought it would make sense to collect
Will text you

Signed up for this, will be riding with Brixton CC, but if it is super sunny I will crack out the forum sexy skinsuit!!!

I'm riding this too. It would be good to ride with some friendly faces, mind if I tag along for some of it?

Just as long as you don't drop us it's all good! ;)

Just social miles for me that Sunday. Will be good to catch up.

If anyone is registered to do this and can't go then please do PM me, I'd love to do with with my GF. Not sure if you can even transfer entry but I figured it's worth an ask

Hi - the riders list is final now, and we cannot process transfers of places at this time.

Thanks.