The Surrey Legs of Steel 2016 is a challenging cyclosportive in the Surrey Hills starting and finishing in Box Hill. The ride will take place on Saturday 1st October 2015, with riders rolling out between 8am and 9:30am. There will be two routes – 81k & 46k – with plenty of hills to stretch your legs on!
The short route at 46k is no easy option with 1020m of climbing – it’s just shorter! Riders taking the short route will experience five major climbs: Ranmore Hill, Leith Hill, Holmbury Hill, White Down Hill (an 18% climb!) and finish with the ZigZag at Box Hill.
The long route at 81k has 1600m of climbing and will take riders up eight major climbs: Ranmore Hill, Leith Hill, Holmbury Hill, Winterfold Hill (an awesome 21% climb!), St Martha’s Hill, Coombe Bottom Hill, Dunley Hill and again finishing with the ZigZag at Box Hill.
The route map is available here, and GPX files are available under the "Resources" section on the Legs of Steel website
The event is held to commemorate Dave Aitchison, a rising star in British triathlon and Ful-On Tri club member who died suddenly in January 2007 aged 29. The Surrey Legs of Steel event, now in its 10th year, will be open to anyone with a passion for cycling and the thigh-burning Surrey hills where Dave did so much of his training for his spectacular 2006 season. All profits from the event will go towards Dave Aitchison SportsAid Fund set up in Dave’s name by his family and the club to assist talented young triathletes in the Triathlon London region. For more details about the fund and to make a donation please visithttp://www.justgiving.com/daveaitchisonfund.
The ride starts and finishes from the Box Hill National Trust building at the top of Zig-Zag hill. You can either chose to drive to Box Hill and park in the local area, or take the train to Dorking or Box Hill Westhumble stations and cycle up Zig-Zag to the start (see route map for station locations).
Trains run from Clapham Junction to Dorking & Box Hill Westhumble and take about 40-50 minutes. There is a train leaving Clapham Junction at 06:54am that arrives at Box Hill Westhumble station at 07:42am. For those arriving by train, there is an option to check a small bag in at registration which you can pick up at the end of the ride (it will be label-matched to your rider number). To check full train time listings, go to the National Rail website: www.nationalrail.co.uk
Due to complaints from the National Trust about car parking congestion, we have been told that our competitors may no longer park at the top of Boxhill unless they are National Trust members. Therefore we would strongly recommend that you take the train or share cars to the event. It is still possible for people to be dropped off at the top of the hill.
If you drive to the event, you can park at car park at the bottom of Zig-Zag next to Ryka’s café, at the Burford Bridge Hotel or in the surrounding streets. Please be prepared to park at the lower car park and ride up Zig-Zag. Please follow the instructions of marshals who are there to assist with parking.