Singleton & Slindon

An 85km hilly ride for experienced riders which starts at Havant, goes via Singleton for Coffee and then onto Slindon Forge for lunch, finishing at Westbourne (GPX above).

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An easier but faster ride out to Singleton on familiar local roads via Funtington and Lavant for the coffee stop.

Then heading via Dunction hill, Barlavington to Sutton Common, West Burton and onto Houghton just west of Amberley.

We join the busy and hilly B2139 for approx one mile to Whiteways roundabout, where extra care will be required (breaking into at least two groups), before taking the Madehurst road down to Slindon for lunch.

Post lunch a short loop to the A27 underpass at Fontwell and the onto Westergate and Oving and then Chichester.

Hilly, some busy traffic but the sun is promising to come out!

Bookings for this ride/event

Booking is required for this ride. Please let the ride leader know if you want to join. Please do not turn up for the ride unless you've had your booking confirmed or your name appears below.

There are 8 spaces available for the leader and riders. Of these, 2 are left.

Bookings recorded for this ride (Log in to see rider names):

• A PCTC member
• A PCTC member
• A PCTC member
• A PCTC member
• A PCTC member

To ask to join this ride, please use the 'Contact us about this ride' link above to send an email to the ride leader.

About faster rides

Our other rides go at the pace of the slowest rider or we will split the ride to accommodate a slower rider. 'Faster rides' go faster than other rides and people joining are expected to keep up.

We're not talking about professional or even 'club' riding speeds, but trying to ride at any speed faster than you can manage is an unpleasant experience.

If you want to join a faster ride, but uncertain whether you can keep up:

• Consider trying one or two of our other rides classed as A (Demanding) or B (Hilly) first. If you're able to keep up without difficulty that's a good indication you're ready for a faster ride. The chances are you'll be riding with other members familiar with faster rides that can help you with your assessment.
• In any case, contact the ride leader and discuss your experience to date with them. Bear in mind, however, that subjective assessments of average speed and cruising speed are notoriously unreliable even for those that routinely use cycle computers.

Before you join a faster ride, please review the route and prepare to make your own way back if you're struggling to keep up - and we all have bad days. We will not, however, intentionally drop slower riders; nor will we leave riders without first checking they are confident with getting back.