| The
Harp Road Club was founded in 1938. In the past the Harp RC
was a thriving cycle racing club with members participating in both
road races and time trials as well as
promoting several events each year. Now the club's
energies
are restricted to promoting the well known early season
reliability trial,
the Harp Hilly
Hundred, with
procedes from the
event donated to charity. A record of the the numerous past and present
members can be found here: The Harp Hilly Hundred is a 100 km reliability ride, with an option of a shorter 50km route for those riders not upto the demands of the standard distance, and forms part of the Chiltern Classics series of reliabily trials. The ride starts in Kings Langley, Herts and follows a challenging route through the Chilterns via Chesham, Berkhampstead, Whipsnade, Ivinghoe & Tring. It then returns through Ivinghoe and Berkhampstead to finally finish back in Kings Langley. The major ascents include the climbs of Bison Hill near Whipsnade, Aston Hill just outside Tring and Ivinghoe Hill past Ivinghoe Beacon. Events that the
Harp Road have promoted in past years include the Jim
Bird Memorial '25', the
Harp Road Race
and a series of club '10's. |