Ride from Hassocks to Balcombe via Fletching

On Sunday 6th April we'll we'll be leaving promptly at 10.30 am from the Proper Café in Hassocks at 26 Keymer Road BN6 8AN.    Coffee drinkers, please note: arrive by 10.00 to have a chance of a coffee before departure! 

We'll be riding from Hassocks-Fletching-Balcombe (lunch) and then back to Hassocks via Bolney and Hurstpierpoint

This is a hilly ride - 1,000 m of sometimes steep ascent.  30 miles to Balcombe.  Then another 20 back to hassocks

Options:

1) do the whole ride

2) ride to Balcombe and get train home from there

3)  get train to Balcombe and start there

4)  vary the last part - don’t catch train from Hassocks.  Cycle on from Bolney up and over Dyke; or down the A23 Sustrans route

We're aiming for Balcombe Tea Rooms for lunch.

Please note: It's Brighton Marathon on this day.  Trains and roads might be affected.

Bring a picnic lunch if you prefer that to a café, and find a spot nearby to stop. 

Please contact the ride leader (organiser) via email at the link on this page if you would like to join us on this ride. This ride will be added to our Facebook page as an event.

If you plan to come on any of our rides, please make sure your cycle is in a roadworthy condition. Bring a puncture repair kit, spare inner tube (or as appropriate for tubeless tyres), essential tools, a mobile phone if you have one, something to eat and drink, sunscreen and/or waterproofs and warm clothing as appropriate. Please follow Cycling UK's Covid guidance, and check with the ride leader about the distance and hilliness of the ride if you are unsure. Be prepared to give contact phone numbers at the start of a ride.