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The Hardest Sportive In The UK? | Struggle Dales

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Struggle Dales is one of the most challenging sportives in the UK, but is it the hardest? The event takes place in the beautiful but brutal Yorkshire Dales landscape, and is not to be taken lightly. After plenty of training, Charles, Kathryn and I attempted the 108 mile, 3300m elevation beast of ride- have a watch to see how we got on!
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21 авг 2024

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@danearl8607 Год назад

Well done all for completing it.

@willcowen2152 Год назад

Thanks 👍

@Specialman1979 3 года назад

Did it a few years ago in the same summer as the Fred Whitton and Dragon Ride 230km and have to say it was the ride that finished me off... IMO the climbs aren't as mental as the Fred, and obvs not as long as DR, but with a horrendous hangover and some lovely northern wind, I literally had not an ounce of energy left; it's a proper relentless course with hardly any respite. Scenery was incredible, organisation was mega. A proper good day in the saddle

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Those other two sound like they'd be well worth doing too! Fair play doing that with a hangover 😱

@Specialman1979 3 года назад

@@willcowen2152 hangover, don't recommend it. I think I'm older and wiser now... I think :) Deffo try the Fred, atmosphere is incredible - it's a real community thing where people line the route and ring cowbells on the climbs, plus it's proper wild in places. Very dramatic scenery. Dragon Ride is great but it's gotten really expensive, the route however is really good (maybe not the first and last few miles through Port Talbot) and it's more about pacing yourself over a longer distance; the 230km route is great, I bailed on the 300km route because of horrific Welsh weather.

@Cathartic_Cyclist 3 года назад

I saw you guys out on the ride. Such a great day, such a great video!

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

We really enjoyed it- glad you had a good ride too!

@mikescothern509 3 года назад

My local roads, lovely to see them on RU-vid, I absolutely hate the Cove Road!!

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Hopefully this video does them some justice- beautiful but brutal!

@andybarrick7925 3 года назад

Great video! really showcased the event well!

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Thanks! 😁

@GogglesTyresandTrainers 3 года назад

What a cracking looking day in the saddle! Looks like you lucked out on the weather as well? Some fair old climbs though to test the legs out!!

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Yeah, got so lucky not to get rained on. Can confirm yesterday my legs felt well and truly tested 🤣

@cancertokona6298 3 года назад

I was at the Dales bike centre on Sunday just along from the bottom of The Stang, looking to head along to buttertubs on a 100 miler this weekend as my longest IM prep ride. Looks a stunner of an event and the scenery is awesome. Nice section of fresh tarmac from Richmond to Reeth and its flat enough to take in the views through the valley :D

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Enjoy it! You doing IMUK?

@cancertokona6298 3 года назад

@@willcowen2152 yea hopefully! Tentatively looking forward to it! haha

@son200219 3 года назад

Quality video will 😃👍 Did this a few years ago and is brutal. You don’t even get out of breathe on them climbs 💪

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Thanks! It's a brilliant event. Luckily packed the right gearing on my road bike 😉

@thisistherefix 2 года назад

@@willcowen2152 what gear set up did you have? hoping my 11-36 does the job on Sunday!

@willcowen2152 2 года назад

@@thisistherefix think I had a compact front and maybe a 28 on the back 🤔

@thisistherefix 2 года назад

@@willcowen2152 haha ok no excuses with a 36 then 😆

@DavidRaynham85 3 года назад

Great video mate, it was a fab day out wasn’t it? Incredible route.

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Yeah, absolutely. Brutal climbs though, was wondering why I'd paid to do it part way up some of them 😬

@DavidRaynham85 3 года назад

@@willcowen2152 haha, the headwind after the last feed took some battling mentally. I attacked the climbs but rode pretty chill inbetween. I thought it was really well organised too but I’ve never done a sportive before so have nothing to compare it to. Hope you got a good pic from Park Rash 😁

@davidmellor5605 3 года назад

Brilliant vid! Looks savage

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Thanks David- some tired legs the day after!

@davidmellor5605 3 года назад

@@willcowen2152 i bet there was!

@themikabrown 3 года назад

You've cycled more of the dales in one day than I have in 27 years of living here

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Next time we're up we'll have to show you around 😂

@themikabrown 3 года назад

@@willcowen2152 hard pass on that 😅

@rmp9097 3 года назад

Great ride out, tron is an immense rider made it look easy

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Cheers! - who's tron?

@Chaz8su 3 года назад

He means me, Tron is my nickname

@robg109 3 года назад

There used to be one called the Bowland Badass 167miles and 5500 metres. Don't Think they do it any more. I got to 107 miles and knee blew up. Should give it a try. Gpx still out there. Good vid thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Will have to see if I can find that one, nearly an Everest ride. Hope your knee recovered ok!

@midsfella 3 года назад

The Yorkshire struggle is a great sportive but IMO nowhere near as hard as the Fred whitton in the lake District, climbing up Hardknott and Wrynose pass with just under a 100 miles in the legs, those climbs are brutal on anyday of the week.. let alone after 99 miles, we rode in twice, once on Saturday and again on Sunday.... Never again 🤣🤣 Ouch

@willcowen2152 3 года назад

Kathryn's done both of those and definitely agrees they're worse than anything on the Struggle. We might have to give the Whitton a go at some point! That sounds like a heavy weekend 😬

@Cathartic_Cyclist 3 года назад

Thanks for the tip. I've rode the Struggle Dales twice now and looking for my next challenge.

@midsfella 3 года назад

@@Cathartic_Cyclist you won't regret it, if you can book some good weather too, that would make it even more fun... 🤣🤣