Riding for UpsnDowns 2021

Welcome to Riding for UpsnDowns 2021.

Please join the UpsnDowns cycling team in July 2021 and support us in taking on another monumental challenge to ride a combined 21,321 miles over 10 days.

Not only will you be supporting UpsnDowns, but you will be helping us raise awareness about World Down’s Syndrome Day that takes place every year on the 21st March. Hence our target this year of 21,321 (21-03-21).

From the 9th until 18th July, riders of all ages and abilities will be cycling as many miles as they can over 10 days.
Whether you are out on the roads, on the MTB trails or at home on your rollers or turbo, we hope that you will join us over these 10 days and help us achieve this goal.

Of course, we are disappointed that we can’t gather for a large cycling sportif as we have done in previous years. But we are confident that this event will be as amazing as 2020, when more than 200 cyclists rode over 24,000 miles, raising over £11,500, making it the most successful UpsnDowns charity cycling sportif ever.

We have set up this event to enable full support of the government's current guidance re Coronavirus. We would encourage everyone to ensure that they follow any government guidance in relation to recreational activities including cycling.

100% of all monies raised, including the registration fee will go to the charity.

Please use www.justgiving.com/upsndowns for all your fundraising.

In a year when many of our key fundraising events have been postponed or cancelled, we are so thrilled that this event will go ahead.

The small print:

• If you are riding outside, please follow the Highway Code. You are fully responsible for your own safety
• If you are riding as a family, please ensure the safety of those around you at all times and follow the Highway Code
• Please check the latest Government Advice in relation to Coronavirus and what that may mean to cycling in groups - you are responsible for adhering to this advice
• We will not authorise any refunds or transfers to other rides if you are unable to ride
• You are responsible for submitting your cycled miles either via the Strava link provided or by submitting your miles via UltraBritain
• Your personal data will not be used for any purposes not related to this ride

Connecting Strava
If you have a Strava account, you can link it to this event and we'll automatically collect your miles.

Click the orange 'connect with Strava' button on this page, Strava will ask you to approve the connection, and you're done.

NB we only request read access to public activities can therefore not see private activities. 

Since we last ran this event a year ago, the interface to Strava has changed and some of you may well be repeat participants.  If this is you, and we report that you're connected to Strava but no activities are showing, please click the 'connect with Strava' button to disconnect and then again to reconnect.