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Smoke Ring Challenge 2024

Name: Smoke Ring Challenge 2024
Start: 2024-07-05T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-05T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Gravesend

 London, United Kingdom  200mi (322km)

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Lost in Prealps 2024

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The Smoke Ring Challenge is a self-supported 200-mile off-road loop around London, aka the Big Smoke…

When

Date: July 5, 2024

Time: 1:00 pm

Details

Cost: £42

Event Website

Organizer: MTB Epics UK

Email: info@mtbepicsuk.co.uk

Where

Gravesend

London United Kingdom

The Smoke Ring is a 200 mile (320km) MTB/gravel route that orbits London (aka the Big Smoke) in an anti-clockwise direction. This long-distance off-road route was created and published by MTB Epics UK back in 2014. For 2024, we are hosting a self-supported bikepacking adventure.

Riding through Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Kent, the many highlights will include some of the best off-road trails in the south-east of England.