2026 Annual Lunacy Climbing challenge

[13 rider]

Target 3500 ft , stretch target 4500 ft

Ride 1 May 18th 6421ft ,Moustiers Saint Marie to a Loop in The Verdon Gorge
Ride 2 May 21st 5850ft ,Malaucene ,Bedion ,Mt Ventuex summit ,Malaucene
Ride 3 May 17th 5630ft ,Aix De Provence to Moustiers saint Marie
Ride 4 Apr 19th 5285 ft ,Markfield to Daventry doing a loop before return
Ride 5(New) Jun 29th 5188 ft ,Markfield to Northampton and return
Ride 6 Mar 22nd 4902 ft ,Markfield to Kettering a loop around the back of Kettering and return 107 miles
Ride 7 May 22nd 4708 ft ,Malaucene to Parc des Bonnies Provencales
Ride 8 May 30th 4583 ft ,Markfield south to Daventry ,Southam and back up the Fosse way
Ride 9 Feb 17th 4531 ft ,Markfield out to South Derbyshire and Staffordshire and local loops to complete an Imperial ton
Ride 10 May 20th 4462 ft ,Sisteron to Malaucene
Ride 11 Jun 21st 4072 ft ,Holywell Bay ,Newquay ,St Colomb Major ,Lanivet ,Roche ,Mitchell ,Holywell Bay
Ride 12 Jan 22nd 4058 ft ,Very similar ride to ride 8 but avoided some hills
Ride 13 Jun 14th 3711 ft(New) Holywell bay ,Shortlanesend ,Truro ,Feock ,Chasewather ,Mitian ,Goonhavern ,Holywell bay

 

[geocycle]

Lunacy challenge 13 x 1300 m of climbing

New ride 21 June Cross o Greet, Trough of Bowland, Jubilee Tower, Littledale 89km with 1432 m of climbing

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-7647267


Progress against challenge in order of ascent:

24 May Penyghent, Halton Gill, Arncliffe, Settle. 137 km with 1718 m of climbing
19 April Jubilee Tower, Trough of Bowland, Bowland Knotts. 93 km with 1608 m of climbing
21 June Cross o Greet, Trough of Bowland, Jubilee Tower, Littledale 89km with 1432 m of climbing
26 April Sedbergh and Howgills 105 km with 1430m of climbing
17 May Trough of Bowland, Newton, Chipping. 86 km with 1363 km of climbing
1 February Fellfoot on Windermere 106 km 1360 m of climbing
6 April Stainforth, Langcliffe and Settle, Settle 1341 m of climbing
1 January Circuit around Kendal and Staveley. 102 km with 1328 m of climbing
21 March Cross ‘o’ Greet, Trough of Bowland and Jubilee Tower. 86 km with 1318 m of climbing

 

[Pgd]

Target ascent: 600m

Ride 1, Jan 28th: tour of North London hills. 51.25kms, 663m ascent
Ride 2, Feb 28th: local Ashdown Forest/High Weald loop including Kidds Hill. 51kms, 728m ascent
Ride 3, Mar 18th: Holborn, Sydenham Hill (3 different ascents), New Addington, Tatsfield, Woldingham station. 46kms, 636m ascent

Ride 4, May 24th: East Grinstead, Turners Hill, Balcombe, Staplefield, Bucks Head, St Leonard's Forest, Tilgate, Worth Way back to EG. 57kms, 672m ascent

Ride 5, June 21st: East Grinstead to Crawley Down to pick up the L2B route; peeled off again at Falmer; back to EG along the A275. 54 miles/87 Kms, 1136m ascent

 

[FrothNinja]

Target ascent - 1,032m (stretch 1,053m)

Ride 9, July 12 - down to the outskirts of Bredbury and back via Rawtenstall, Heywood, Ashton-Under-Lyne, with quite a few views of traffic jams on the M60. Engage smug mode. (total 77.3 miles / 124.4 km, plus 1,250m / 4,100ft)
Ride 3, Feb 23 - Brierfield to Burnley to Barrow to Preston to Blackburn to Accrington to Hapton to Brierfield (total 66.9 miles / 107.6 km, plus 1,196m / 3,925ft)
Ride 1, Jan 13 - Brierfield to Whalley to Preston to Blackburn to Accrington to Cliviger to Brierfield (total 62.6 miles / 100.7 km, plus 1,115m / 3,658ft)
Ride 6, Apr 24 - Brierfield, Fence, Ridge, Sabden, Langho, Whalley, Wiswell, Nick of Pendle, Ridge, Barrowford, Nelson, Burnley (total 38.6 miles / 62.1 km, plus 1,105 m / 3,625 ft ascent)
Ride 7, May 22 - Brierfield, Fence, Ridge, Sabden, Whalley, Langho, Whalley, Sabden, Ridge, Fence, Brierfield, Haggate, Thursden Valley etc off road, Nelson, Burnley (total 37.7 miles / 62.1 km, plus 1,095 m / 3,593 ft ascent)
Ride 8, May 30 - L&L Pike Hill, Red Lees, Worsthorne, Thursden, Haggate, Coldwell, Trawden Laneshaw Bridge, Nonya Ford, Cob Lane, Skipton Old Rd, Foulridge, L&L, Steve Burke cycle track, Nelson greenway, Burnley (total 38.2 miles / 61.5 km, plus 1,078 m / 3,540 ft ascent)
Ride 4, Apr 7 -Brierfield, Langho, Salmesbury, Preston, Darwen, Accrington, Padiham, Colne, Burnley (total 63.3 miles / 101.9 km, plus 1,075m / 3,527ft)
Ride 5, Apr 11 - Brierfield, Fence, Colne, Sough, Thornton-In-Craven, Broughton, Skipton (for a good poke around), Crosshills, Calf Edge, Nelson, Fence, Burnley (total 45.9 miles / 73.9 km, plus 1,043 m / 3,425 ft ascent)
Ride 2, Feb 16 - Brierfield to Whalley to Preston to Blackburn to Rishton to Burnley to Brierfield (total 52.1miles / 83.8 km, plus 1,032m / 3,386ft)

 

[13 rider]

Target 3500 ft , stretch target 4500 ft

Ride 1 May 18th 6421ft ,Moustiers Saint Marie to a Loop in The Verdon Gorge
Ride 2 May 21st 5850ft ,Malaucene ,Bedion ,Mt Ventuex summit ,Malaucene
Ride 3 May 17th 5630ft ,Aix De Provence to Moustiers saint Marie
Ride 4 Apr 19th 5285 ft ,Markfield to Daventry doing a loop before return
Ride 5(New) Jun 29th 5188 ft ,Markfield to Northampton and return
Ride 6 Mar 22nd 4902 ft ,Markfield to Kettering a loop around the back of Kettering and return 107 miles
Ride 7 May 22nd 4708 ft ,Malaucene to Parc des Bonnies Provencales
Ride 8 May 30th 4583 ft ,Markfield south to Daventry ,Southam and back up the Fosse way
Ride 9 Feb 17th 4531 ft ,Markfield out to South Derbyshire and Staffordshire and local loops to complete an Imperial ton
Ride 10 May 20th 4462 ft ,Sisteron to Malaucene
Ride 11 July 22nd (NEW) 4291ft ,Markfield out to Warwick via Southam and return
Ride 12 Jun 21st 4072 ft ,Holywell Bay ,Newquay ,St Colomb Major ,Lanivet ,Roche ,Mitchell ,Holywell Bay
Ride 13 Jan 22nd 4058 ft ,Very similar ride to ride 8 but avoided some hills

Discarded ride
Jun 14th 3711 ft Holywell bay ,Shortlanesend ,Truro ,Feock ,Chasewather ,Mitian ,Goonhavern ,Holywell bay

 

[Pgd]

Target ascent: 600m

Ride 1, Jan 28th: tour of North London hills. 51.25kms, 663m ascent
Ride 2, Feb 28th: local Ashdown Forest/High Weald loop including Kidds Hill. 51kms, 728m ascent
Ride 3, Mar 18th: Holborn, Sydenham Hill (3 different ascents), New Addington, Tatsfield, Woldingham station. 46kms, 636m ascent
Ride 4, May 24th: East Grinstead, Turners Hill, Balcombe, Staplefield, Bucks Head, St Leonard's Forest, Tilgate, Worth Way back to EG. 57kms, 672m ascent
Ride 5, June 21st: East Grinstead to Crawley Down to pick up the L2B route; peeled off again at Falmer; back to EG along the A275. 54 miles/87 Kms, 1136m ascent

Ride 6, July 25th: Polesden Lacey, Westcott, Coldharbour, Holmbury, Peaslake, Shere, West Horsley, Effingham Junction, Polesden Lacey. Just over 51kms, 866m ascent

 

[geocycle]

Lunacy challenge 13 x 1300 m of climbing

New ride 2 August Lonsdale, Garsdale, Coal Road, Kingsdale 119 km with 1661 m of climbing
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-7672218

Progress against challenge in order of ascent:

24 May Penyghent, Halton Gill, Arncliffe, Settle. 137 km with 1718 m of climbing
2 August Lonsdale, Garsdale, Coal Road, Kingsdale 119 km with 1661 m of climbing
19 April Jubilee Tower, Trough of Bowland, Bowland Knotts. 93 km with 1608 m of climbing
21 June Cross o Greet, Trough of Bowland, Jubilee Tower, Littledale 89km with 1432 m of climbing
26 April Sedbergh and Howgills 105 km with 1430m of climbing
17 May Trough of Bowland, Newton, Chipping. 86 km with 1363 km of climbing
1 February Fellfoot on Windermere 106 km 1360 m of climbing
6 April Stainforth, Langcliffe and Settle, Settle 1341 m of climbing
1 January Circuit around Kendal and Staveley. 102 km with 1328 m of climbing
21 March Cross ‘o’ Greet, Trough of Bowland and Jubilee Tower. 86 km with 1318 m of climbing

 

[geocycle]

Lunacy challenge 13 x 1300 m of climbing

new rides 15 August Bowland Knotts, Slaidburn and Cross ‘o’ Greet. 93 km with 1362 m of climbing
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-7680154

Progress against challenge in order of ascent:

24 May Penyghent, Halton Gill, Arncliffe, Settle. 137 km with 1718 m of climbing
2 August Lonsdale, Garsdale, Coal Road, Kingsdale 119 km with 1661 m of climbing
19 April Jubilee Tower, Trough of Bowland, Bowland Knotts. 93 km with 1608 m of climbing
21 June Cross o Greet, Trough of Bowland, Jubilee Tower, Littledale 89km with 1432 m of climbing
26 April Sedbergh and Howgills 105 km with 1430m of climbing
17 May Trough of Bowland, Newton, Chipping. 86 km with 1363 km of climbing
15 August Bowland Knotts, Slaidburn and Cross ‘o’ Greet. 93 km with 1362 m of climbing
1 February Fellfoot on Windermere 106 km 1360 m of climbing
6 April Stainforth, Langcliffe and Settle, Settle 1341 m of climbing
1 January Circuit around Kendal and Staveley. 102 km with 1328 m of climbing
21 March Cross ‘o’ Greet, Trough of Bowland and Jubilee Tower. 86 km with 1318 m of climbing

 

[Dogtrousers]

Target 1,300m
Rides 7
Total distance 716.0km
Total ascent 9,982m
Overall pct 1.39%


Ride 4 02-Apr 1,511m (1.4%) 105.5km Otford, Seal, Plaxtol, West Peckham, Mereworth, Teston, Chart Sutton, Lenham, Doddington, Detling, Peter's Bridge, Ryarsh, Wrotham, Otford.
Ride 6 06-Jun 1,469m (1.4%) 104.0km SE4, Crystal Palace, Titsey, Westerham, Four Elms, Chiddingstone Causeway, Igtham Mote, Seal, Otford, Knockholt, Downe, SE4
Ride 7 New 15-Aug 1,463m (1.5%) 100.8km SE4, Crystal Palace, Titsey, Tatsfield, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Ide Hill, Bough Beech, Chiddingstone Hoath, Edenbridge, Toys Hill, Clark's Lane, Titsey, Hayes
Ride 2 01-Feb 1,417m (1.4%) 100.6km SE4, Crystal Palace, Addiscombe, Selsdon, Farleigh, Beddlestead Lane, Limpsfield, Edenbridge, Hever, Markbeech, Penshurst, Chiddingstone Causeway, Ide Hill, Brasted, Clark's Lane, Hayes.
Ride 1 10-Jan 1,381m (1.4%) 102.0km SE4 Hayes, Selsdon, Warlingham, Beddlestead Lane, Pilgrim's Way, Star Hill, Knockholt Pound, Pratt's Bottom (tee hee), Cudham, Knockholt Pound, Ide Hill, Emmett's Lane, Clark's Lane, Titsey, Hayes
Ride 5 04-May 1,376m (1.4%) 100.4km Sittingbourne, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Warren Street, Sheldwich, Chilham, Petham, Wye, Challock, Doddington, Sittingbourne
Ride 3 14-Mar 1,365m (1.3%) 102.7km SE4, Crystal Palace, Titsey, Clackett Lane, Lingfield, Cowden, Pensurst, Chiddingstoone Causeway, Hildenborough, Ivy Hatch, Seal, Sevenoaks

 

[13 rider]

Target 3500 ft , stretch target 4500 ft

Ride 1 May 18th 6421ft ,Moustiers Saint Marie to a Loop in The Verdon Gorge
Ride 2 May 21st 5850ft ,Malaucene ,Bedion ,Mt Ventuex summit ,Malaucene
Ride 3 May 17th 5630ft ,Aix De Provence to Moustiers saint Marie
Ride 4 Apr 19th 5285 ft ,Markfield to Daventry doing a loop before return
Ride 5 Jun 29th 5188 ft ,Markfield to Northampton and return
Ride 6 Mar 22nd 4902 ft ,Markfield to Kettering a loop around the back of Kettering and return 107 miles
Ride 7 May 22nd 4708 ft ,Malaucene to Parc des Bonnies Provencales
Ride 8 ( New ) Aug 16th 4708ft ,Markfield to Birmingham and return
Ride 9 May 30th 4583 ft ,Markfield south to Daventry ,Southam and back up the Fosse way
Ride 10 Feb 17th 4531 ft ,Markfield out to South Derbyshire and Staffordshire and local loops to complete an Imperial ton
Ride 11 May 20th 4462 ft ,Sisteron to Malaucene
Ride 12 July 22nd 4291ft ,Markfield out to Warwick via Southam and return
Ride 13 Jun 21st 4072 ft ,Holywell Bay ,Newquay ,St Colomb Major ,Lanivet ,Roche ,Mitchell ,Holywell Bay


Discarded ride
Jan 22nd 4058 ft ,Very similar ride to ride 10 but avoided some hills