Welcome to the SURLY100, a 3 day Bikepacking event based at Buckshead Farm in the heart of the Cotswolds.

We are super excited to bring you the 2025 SURLY100 bikepacking event, run over 3 days. You’ll get the chance to enjoy the fantastic Cotswolds and it’s many fantastic landscape and views. With fresh routes for 2025, great food, a bar and more, you’ll really get enjoy this great annual event.

Both routes have been updated from 2024 and offer even more great trails, with a very different type of trailm for each day.

As mentioned, the event is now over 3 days, Friday, Saturday ride days with Sunday being a day to chat, chill and checkout the event sponsors goodies.

The campsite will have showers and more toilets this year, food will again be offered by us but will be charged for this time around. It means you get to pay for what your actually want food wise. A bar will hopefully be on hand this time around also.

Ride info:

• Format: a self supported bikepacking adventure over 2 days, with a 3rd day to chill out.

• Terrain: Cotswolds singletrack, woodland, country lanes, gravel ups and downs and maybe some mud, (Who knows).

• Navigation by suitable GPS device or phone. (Make sure your battery will last the day) You will supplied a pub guide, which shos distance and establishments on route.

• Start time: The ride starts at 9am on Friday 4th July. Its not a race so you don't have to rush to start but we ask you to leave before 9.15am.

• Halfway Campsite: To be confirmed.

• The Routes: 100 miles, 50 per day. For 2025 there is a special feature on the second day. “The Dunk”! This was the late, Duncan Kennedy’s idea for the 2025 event, Duncan passed away in July 2024. It seems only fitting to name this after him. Day 1 route is tougher than day 2, details and route will be emailed to you a week prior to the start date.

• Alternative route: If you feel you've had enough after the first day, you can return too the start finish and sit out the rest of the weekend and enjoy a beer, whilst others suffer, or not as ther case might be. 

KIT list:

• A Bike: If your bike is suitable for riding offroad over rough terrain and can carry everything you need for the weekend then that’s the bike for this event. And yes a Gravel bike will be fine if you are used to rough terrain. (SORRY. NO E-BIKES) Ebikes really complicate things with charging batteries, bike specification (ie not homemade) It just adds complications, staff, workload and insurance costs.

• Gear you must have: A reliable bike, a cycle helmet, lights, front and rear, a means to carry enough water, first aid kit, phone or GPS for navigation, multitool, tool kit, puncture repair kit, spare inner tube, tent/bivi bag/tarp. 

• Proper outdoor clothing to cope with all manner of conditions, last year we had rain one day, blazing sun the next.

• Snacks for the journey.

• Action cameras/drones, optional. All footage is welcome for the official video.

Timetable:

• Site open from Thursday 3rd, 3pm

• Sign on from 7.30am Friday 4th July 2025

• Friday Rider Briefing, 8.55am

• Friday Ride starts, 9am. Note - You have 15 minutes to leave, it’s not a race. Please make sure you leave by 9.15am.

• Friday evening food from when the first riders arrive until who knows...

• Saturday Breakfast from 7am.

• Saturday ride start. 9am No later than 9.30am.

• Saturday night, afterparty from 6pm till 11pm.

• Sunday, breakfast from 7am. Chill out day, checkout the sponsors goodies, chat about the previous 2 days, exchange phone numbers… whatever floats your rubber ring.

  IMPORTANT. IF YOU ARE RUNNING LATE, OR WANT TO PULL OUT OF THE EVENT. TELL US PLEASE!

  A contact number is on the Pub guide, which is sent to you with the route a week before the start.

Event. Location:

Buckshead Farm Campsite, Cranham in Gloucestershire. What3words - ///waltzed.dimes.node

To Get there:

Nearest train: Gloucester train station. Route to campsite from station, on komoot - scan QR code

The Rules:

• Be respectful to your fellow riders and members of the public. The second day includes riding on a two path, please be courteous.

• Do not litter, drop gel rappers or anything else. Leave no trace, even when riding.

• Wear a proper cycle helmet.

• You must have working lights on your bike. Yes it’s summer but even on a major busy road you should at least have your rear light on.

• You must contact us if you wish to withdraw from the event. We do not want to be hunting for you for days. Our contact details will be supplied at sign on.

• If you are injured your first contact should be the suitable medical service, not us. It just slows things up. This also applies should you find somebody in need of assistance.

• No Electric bicycles/E-bikes. It really complicates things should you have power issues. Very sorry.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:

• By entering this event you are aware that the route is offroad and contains rough downhill sections, some road crossings and is a distance of 100 miles or 100k, depending on what you choose.

• You understand that you and you only are responsible for yourself and your bike for the duration of the event.

• You understand that you are responsible for the clothing you wear, your helmet being attached and fastened correctly.

• You are responsible for the condition of your bicycle and equipment.

• You agree that the event organiser is not liable for any injury you may suffer due to taking part in the event.

• You agree that by entering the event you accept full personal responsibility for your actions.

• You understand that you are responsible for navigating yourself via the GPX route file supplied via your navigation device, the device chosen is your choice.