Rapha Hell of the North VIII

Rapha's Hell of the North (London) is a homage to Paris-Roubaix, the real Hell of the North, and takes place on the same day as the legendary race. The idea is that you spend the day riding round the lanes, bridlepath, footways and gravel paths of Hertfordshire and then catch the last two hours (or less, depending on your speed) of the real Paris-Roubaix on the television in a Barnet pub.

The Hell of North London is roughly a 100km ride, with a different route each year. 

Setting on from Pond Square in London's Highgate (almost outside Kate Moss' front door, trivia fans!) it takes in plenty of cobbles and gravé around Barnet, Hertfordshire and north London.

The event ends at a pub in north Barnet where a free Belgian beer and portion of frites is on offer for all registered riders, as well as the screening of Paris Roubaix.

Riders are recommended to bring decent 25mm or wider tires (we rode on 28mm tires with no issues last year) and plenty of spare inner tubes. There will be a feed stop at approximately 60km and knowing Rapha it will involved large quantities of high quality caffeine and some excellent flapjacks.

Read a ride report on Hell of the North 2014.

How to enter

There are 300 spaces for this year’s ride, with 200 allocated to the Rapha Cycling Club (RCC) and 100 available to the public. All UK-registered RCC members will be sent an email on March 9th at noon with the ticket link. RCC members can purchase spaces on a first come first served basis. Not a member of the RCC? Find out more.

The remaining 100 public tickets are drawn by a random lottery. Riders will be able to enter the lottery via a form on the Rapha Hell of the North page that will go live at 2pm on March 9th. Entries will be open for 24 hours. The lucky 100 riders will be informed by March 13th. Any unclaimed places will be redrawn until every space is filled.

Tickets

Tickets to ride this year’s Rapha Hell of the North are priced at £15 and include a special edition Hell of the North cap (handed out at the beginning of the ride), free sustenance at the feed stop, as well as Belgian beer and frites at the finish / pub.

Hell of the North VIII collection

In celebration of Paris-Roubaix and their annual tribute ride, Rapha have produced a special edition collection comprising a jersey, cap, socks and musette. The kit will be available in late March.