Saddleback Fred Whitton Challenge

2014 Event

The 2014 Fred Whitton Challenge will be held on Sunday 11th May. Details of how to enter will be on this website in early December.

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Plenty of riders who've ridden the Fred Whitton Challenge have taken the time to record their exploits & publish them on the internet. These always make for interesting reading, whether you've ridden the event yourself or thinking of taking it on for the first time, so here's a selection.

2013 Fred Whitton Challenge
The Fred 2013 - A Grand Day Out	The photographer’s view of their day, with some great photos of the riders.
Reet hard!	Graham Carrick's report of his ride in the 2013 event
Recounting the Fred Whitton Challenge	Ian Phillips' report of his ride in the 2013 event

2011 Fred Whitton Challenge
YouTube film of 2011 ride	Film by Paul Crosby, Neil Lawrence & Ivan Scrase of their ride in the 2011 event
cyclosport.org review	Review and images by James Berresford
road.cc review	Pain in the rain (and no fun in the sun)
Bike BIZ review	When the going gets tough, the tough get going
race-pace.net review	A Beginners Guide to The Fred Whitton Challenge
the Bike list review	Fred Whitton Challenge 2011
News and Star report	West Cumbria newspaper report on the event
North West Evening Mail report	South Cumbria newspaper report on the event

Previous Years
2008 - Sahara conditions	Richyboy's cracking write-up of the melting pot that 2008's ride turned out to be.
Big Simon & friends 2007	The 2007 event, by Big Simon. (Need to log onto cyclosport.org to read this.)
Riders smash record for cycle challenge	Tony Greenbank's report of the 2007 event in the News & Star local paper
Of nerves - 2006	A report from 2006, by Andrew Crooks of Stewartry Wheelers
Tandem 2006	Local boys Allan & Konrad ride the 2006 'Fred' on a tandem
Route preview 2006	A recce of the route in April 06 by Allan Nelson including some great images

Thames Velo 2008 Thames Velo 2007 Thames Velo 2006 Thames Velo 2005 Thames Velo 2004 Thames Velo 2003	) ) ) Accounts by the ever present Thames Velo lads ) ) )

Southport CC 2003	A personal account of the 2003 challenge by Mark Wilson
Motorbike 2004	A report on the 2004 event from a motorcyclist's point of view

2013 Fred Whitton Challenge

2011 Fred Whitton Challenge

Previous Years