Struggle

Outside being one of the UK's hardest sportives, Struggle Dales combines excellent organisation with detailed riders considerations to make it one of the best sportives out there.

Struggle Dales riders aspire to achieve against this challenging parcours - then come back year on year to smash their PR. Struggle Dales is a sportive for cyclists - by cyclists - with an awesome atmosphere created not just by our friendly team but by our like-minded returning riders who we love to see on the start line year on year. Here's our non-exhaustive list of why we believe Struggle Dales has become an iconic sell-out Yorkshire sportive. 

Find your complimentary pain face and awesome new profile picture to show off your achievement.

Find your image in real-time specific albums based on when you climbed Rosedale Chimney.

Images by the awesome Dan Monaghan of Cadence Images.

Here you'll find the official chip timing results from Struggle Moors 2018. The course record is still intact, set in 2017 by Jimmy Parvin at 06:09:45. 

If you’re heading to Express Sign-on this Saturday at Giant Store York, why not enjoy the day in the cycling-mad city of York. Here’s our top tips for cyclists on what to do in York.

Giant York

Express Sign-on is held at Giant York from 12 – 4pm on Saturday 7th July. Our friends at Giant York have kindly offered to provide free pre-ride bike checks. Grab some last-minute spares, nutrition or kit and check out the latest top-end Giant bikes on display. Parking is available at Monk Bar Car Park, St John’s...

We head into the Yorkshire Moors to carry out our pre-event check - and we thought we'd take you along with us. Check out the stunning views and listen to Struggle Events' Matt give you a run down of the climbs and how to tackle them.

Check out our Rosedale Chimney recon video or find out more and enter Struggle Moors sportive.