Devon Grit

Our gravel event returns for a sixth year. It’s ideal for gravel bikes, MTBs, cyclocross bikes & ebikes and takes in the best gravel trails of East Devon. The event now starts in Exmouth which adds a few flat, traffic free miles along the excellent and very scenic Exe Estuary Trail to the Extreme, Full, Standard & Mini routes. nb the Full is only 12K longer than the Standard but they are twelve very tough kilometres including Core Hill which is the toughest climb of the whole ride! For 2025 the timing is neutralised for the first 3.3km and the last 3.3km. This is because the Exe trail can be crowded with dog walkers & slow cyclists.

All routes take in some of the best sections of Woodbury Common. Highlights include Woodbury Castle & some great single track on the common, a section of the Exe Estuary path, a climb up for views of the sea at the top of Beacon Hill and also Mutter Moor.

The routes are designed to be ridden on a gravel bike but a cyclocross bike or a lightweight XC mountain bike will be almost as quick. E-mountain bikes are also welcome. The ride is not suitable for road bikes & we recommend a minimum tyre width of 35mm and 40mm+ will be best. For 2026 the Mini route is fully marked. The Mini includes all the Woodbury Common sections of the course where it is easiest to miss a turn. For the three longer routes you will need a Garmin, Wahoo or phone for navigation purposes although we are going to add a few arrows at a couple of key junctions. Don’t underestimate these rides! You need to add at least 50 percent onto the distances to get the ‘hilly road’ equivalent in time & energy required to take them on.

What’s included:

• Quality cotton T-shirt
• Professional chip timingEvent photographs
• 4 route options (110K, 82K, 70K, 42K)
• .FIT & .GPX files & detailed route descriptions
• Feed stations with water, energy drinks, quiche, homity pie, gels, bars, fruit, cakes etc
• Public Liability insurance
• Professional First Aid
• Bike & rider recovery service