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There is much more happening than we could list on the flyer, but it gives you an idea. From Rollapaluza, live music and food stalls to face painting, bouncy castle and cycle clothing.

Loads of free stuff to do at North London's finest family-orientated cycling festival.

VeloCatso

But count yourselves lucky as last year I accidently made the route 217km instead of the advertised 200km. This year was much kinder!

The official 2014 distance was 215km, which is I think permitted for a 200km audax.

h2o

@Shannonball @VeloCatso
Quick question - this may have been me forgetting to grab the newest GPS route, but what was with the offroad segments? I managed to get so much mud in my fenders on one of them that the wheels wouldn't turn, had to stop and scrape it all out with a stick. Generally had a great time, but those two segments were a bit awkward.

You had an old GPS. We emailed the latest one out. Where did you get it from?

The first sector stayed. That had potholes. The second was more like a First World War trench. I recced it (and got the 4th fastest time on the Strava segment), but it had to go for sanity sake. Kudos for doing it.

Thanks for all the comments. Not quite the biggest BR event, but we printed more brevet cards than any audax outside of L-E-L. There was a lovely party atmosphere all day, so thank you to everyone who helped create such a great buzz.

There's a ton of pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/islingtoncc/sets/72157650639395494

And some more here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/islingtoncc/sets/72157652991397136

We'll be back next year with the third Great Escape and are looking at staging a 100km event (The Escape - geddit?), which will start from a north London park. Maybe June...

7 places left.... grab them quick!

Just 32 places left

Grab 'em at: http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/15-251/

Thanks for all the entries, just 90 places left now...

After rolling with some cool people, I have decided not to make an offer for this bike.

We have now sold half the places

Is the DVD available yet?

Here's our poster

Good stuff +amey

We've sold about 100 of the 400 places already - the ride will most likely sell out, do grab a place while you can.

dan

Same old tight clearances though. When I had mine I could barely get 25's and raceblades on it. They're nice bikes and would be ideal winter bikes if you could just get 28's and proper guards on them.

I have switched to 23s and the fender work better

Rob's auntie did a great job with those flapjacks. If she's available, we'll ask her to bake again.

This is a 200km ride that starts and finishes at Look Mum No Hands! (Old Street, London EC1) and takes in lots of lovely lanes and villages in Essex, including the Knead Cafe at The Blue Egg in Bardfield.

Sunday 17 May 2015

It costs just £7-£10 to enter, which you can do here: http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/15-251 and also see the route sheet.

All 225 places were sold last year, so this time there will be a field of 400.

Here are photos of the 2014 event: https://www.flickr.com/photos/islingtoncc/sets/72157644582420438/

Dibs if still available

Islington Council are recruiting an assistant cycling officer to help grow cycling in this exciting central London borough.

For full details and to apply go here.

The closing date is 07.09.14.

Nice one +amey

It's a decent ride - looking forward to some decent winter miles

Here's mine (not added mudguards yet):

Now I own two Canyons. Got a Roadlite 6.0 which will serve as my winter trainer. Kind of a bonkers time of the year to acquire one. I will add some Race Bkade Longs in the autumn. It is nowhere near as sumptuous or speedy a ride as my Ultimate CF 8.0, but it is pretty nippy nonetheless. And the aim was to have a winter bike that has components that were not too costly to maintain.

I really like the font size. I would find a smaller point size harder to read.

Take a bow +Velocio and the team!

Thanks for all your hard work getting us here.

Persona is easy and Microcosm rocks

My club have been using it for 9 months now.

Check it out at: http://forum.islington.cc

Amey - seriously. Your use of asterisks is so annoying. Stahp pls!

It's the apostrophe (mis)use the gets me.

I hope the 25s and 105 brakes work with the Raceblade Longs, but if not, it to would be fine for me to switch to 23s.

I think it will be an awesome winter trainer!