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Devon Grit

Bicton College, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7BY

MMCM+7G Budleigh Salterton, UK

Sun 28th August 2022

Starting at 08:00

5 races

£34.00 - £39.00

COVID-19 INFORMATION

This event operates a full Covid-19 plan & risk assessments

C-19 PLAN
Sportiva Events has provided covid-19 safety information for this event.

Organiser's Description

Our gravel event returns for a third year. It’s ideal for gravel bikes, MTBs, cyclocross bikes & ebikes & takes in the best gravel trails of East Devon.

All five routes take in some of the best sections of Woodbury Common. Highlights include Woodbury Castle & some great single track on the common, a section of the Exe Estuary path, a climb up for views of the sea at the top of Beacon Hill and also Mutter Moor.

The routes are designed to be ridden on a gravel bike but a cyclocross bike or a lightweight XC mountain bike will be almost as quick. E-mountain bikes are also welcome. The ride is not suitable for road bikes & we recommend a minimum tyre width of 35mm. Although we will put out some markers this event is self-nav so you will need a Garmin, Wahoo or phone for navigation purposes. Don’t underestimate these rides! You need to add at least 50 percent onto the distances to get the ‘road’ equivalent in time & energy required to take them on.

We are now able to offer camping at Bicton College over the bank holiday weekend.

New for 2022 is the Devon Grit Micro route which is shorter. It is also nearly all off-road so suitable for slightly younger children accompanied by a responsible adult

Races

  • Devon Grit Extreme

    £39.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

  • Devon Grit Full

    £38.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

  • Devon Grit Standard

    £37.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

  • Devon Grit Mini

    £35.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

  • Devon Grit Micro

    £34.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

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  • Devon Grit Extreme

    £39.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

  • Devon Grit Full

    £38.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

  • Devon Grit Standard

    £37.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

  • Devon Grit Mini

    £35.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

  • Devon Grit Micro

    £34.00

    Sun 28th August 2022

    Booking for more than 1?

What's Included

Quality cotton T-shirt
Professional chip timing
Free event photographs
Full Covid-19 plan & risk assessments
4 route options (100K, 76K, 58K, 36K)
GPX files & detailed route descriptions
Feed stations with water, energy drinks, gels, bars, fruit, cake, crisps etc but all in sealed individual packs.
Fully insured
Professional First Aid
Bike & rider recovery service
West Coast Caterers at finish proving hot food & drinks
On site camping or camper van parking on Fri, Sat & Sun night (additional charge)

How to Get There

Google Maps tends to take you down narrow lanes & through the narrow back entrance straight into the path of runners. The best way to avoid this is to install the free What3Words app on your phone & use the location https://w3w.co/torched.broth.earpiece with google maps. It’s a spot on the main drive & should ensure you arrive at the main entrance.

Parking

There’s plenty of free parking at Bicton College. Just turn right at the top of the drive & park in the main car park.

Location

Bicton College, Woodbury Common, East Budleigh, EX9 7BY

navigation

We had a long think & decided not to mark the Devon Grit routes with Arrows. Marking a 100km off-road single loop thoroughly is a huge job. It’s also extremely prone to tampering. It only needs one arrow turned the wrong way or removed to send everyone off course! For example, for the Exmouth Triathlon we organise locally, we checked all the arrows on the 20km bike course at 6.30am on the day of the race. By 8am, when the first riders arrived, a crucial arrow had been removed by someone & a number of riders went off course.

Self Navigation
Devon Grit is self-nav. We’ve decided to put our time & effort into producing excellent, accurate GPXs & course descriptions. And to providing technical support to make sure everyone arrives at the start line with the correct route loaded on their device of choice!
That said, based on feedback from last year, we will be putting out some arrows, particularly on the first section, where your Garmin or other device may not have locked onto the correct route.

Read our article Read our Navigating with GPX article for more information.

Route Maps

Here are the routes for the Devon Grit. It's all rideable & all surfaces will be OK on 35mm or wider tyres (38-40mm recommended). We have made some minor changes to the route, particularly the Woodbury Common sections, which will improve navigation.

Just click on the bike icons on the map to see the 4 route options outlined. We're also adding an extra feed station for 2021.

View the routes

Route Manual

Participant Information & Sportive Manual

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Bicton College, East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7BY

28 Aug 2022

£34.00 - £39.00

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