Glorius Gravel Lancashire. Not registered. Surly Ogre out-performing all gravel bikes on Salter fell

When is a gravel sportive not a sportive? When it is but you don't enter.
Salter fell in Lancashire.
The surly Ogre out smashed all comers and more.
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#surlyogre
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#gravelbike

[@davidbacon2726]

Had the same dilemma for the Borderlands Gravel sportive a few weeks ago. Couldn't justify paying £50+ for essentially a couple of feed stations. I will ride the route independently and use shops, cafes and pubs if I need food/drink.

[@keepcyclingadventures]

I hear you David. I understand there's an element of paying for local knowledge of the area and route planning. On this occasion the route was straightforward regardless of knowing the area or not. Support local village shops is also very important. Sounds like we have the same mindset.

[@stevehoward985]

This route looks right up my street, I'm hoping to do it soon, maybe next week weather permitting..👍 Keep Up the Cadence..

[@keepcyclingadventures]

Salter Fell is a good BW track. There’s a chunk of road beforehand. Cafe and shop at Wray

[@stephenbrown5844]

Yes did the glorious gravel at the lakes last year,, absolutely fantastic day out met some cracking people 😊😊👍👍🇬🇧

[@keepcyclingadventures]

You're right Stephen in that there's more to the entrance fee. Guess the sweet spot is finding an event within each others budget.

[@theyorkshirewheeler]

Great vid pal. Safe riding 🙌🏻

[@keepcyclingadventures]

Thank you and likewise

[@themoodyteam]

Bit of a cheek doing the route ON THE DAY OF the sportive (and even cheekier making a video about it 😂). However, I think at the end you said that you did about 35km (could have misheard that) and according to the Glorious Gravel website the 2 route options were 70 & 102km, so maybe comparing oranges with apples there. Also, I think that Chris Hall did a similar route (at least part of it), starting at Lancaster Railway Station. So I could have caught the train to Lancaster, go to do the route and found myself in the middle of a sportive. How embarrassing 😳

[@keepcyclingadventures]

Thanks for your comments. I guess this is down to everyone having a different perspective. For me, long as people do not use the feed stations (I didn't), nor use any agreed closed lanes/fields etc (there weren't any on this route) then personally I don't see the issue. Same with making a video, as all public routes or BWs. I did approx 50K in the end, of which maybe 20-25K shared the route. I would have paid the entrance fee and joint if the organisers had kept the event open (closed Thursday of event week).

[@themoodyteam]

@@keepcyclingadventuresSo, very roughly, 50% of yr route coincided with 33% of the med route and 25% of the long route. Are you sure that the routes weren’t via Carnforth, as it was all a bit of a… brief encounter 😂

[@keepcyclingadventures]

Defo from Slaidburn, man

[@themoodyteam]

@@keepcyclingadventureswhoosh…💨

[@SwimBikeRunStu]

Looks like a great place to ride👌

[@keepcyclingadventures]

It's grand. Fells of Lancashire with views of Yorkshire fells Highly recommend the area for all types of riding.

[@JP23__]

What happened to the goddess trail rider at the start 😂😉

[@keepcyclingadventures]

I'm not too sure. Maybe a wrong bike selection. Need to get him on a gravel bike

[@Ken-jp1gr]

You did the right thing, why pay £50 to ride public rights of way you can do for free. There are two climbs out of Slaidburn, Bowland Knotts that I usually do from the Clapham side and Cross o Greet I do from Slaidburn.And of course Salter Fell makes three.

[@keepcyclingadventures]

Cross of Greet. That's the Badger! Thanks. Been a while since I have ridden those parts. Salter Fell was a nice path

[@stephenbrown5844]

Because its all in the fun and organisation of the event, helping them help us ride different areas and do what we all love,,, ride off road and enjoy life,,, well worth 50 quid boys,,, stop being negative and boring 😊👍❤️🇬🇧

[@Ken-jp1gr]

@@stephenbrown5844 each to there own. I prefer to sort out my own routes and save the money.

[@themoodyteam]

Why pay £50? Because some people prefer food stops, signage, GPX files, on-site mechanics, a broom wagon and beer (a beer wagon, now there’s an idea 🤔) I actually think that that’s decent value for money, if that’s yr preference. Obvs YMMV