@@OllieBridgewood was amazing to have you on board Ollie, and for all your help and advice since and after. Looking into other film-making ideas for the future
Great video , brought back a lot of memories for me. He was good friends with my dad and they used to race together. Paul his son and I repeated it we used to race together, he was a great mate!! Fred was good coach he was always there to part wisdom. Love to Lynn and the family and great film!!!
Love it, such a great event and made by the volunteers and people cheering you on. Best moment was Lynne making me and my mate a cup of tea at the end in 2013. It was wet and freezing, having introduced herself as Mrs Fred, she said 'he would have loved all this' looking around at all the cyclists shaking with cold
Fantastic video! THANK YOU!!! I've got 5 tours of duty under my belt & will return for number 6 at some point. Thanks again for putting this together 😁
Wonderful film, thank you! Did it in 2022 and 2023 then got sick and had to defer my 2024 place. This morning I secured my place for 2025! This video has made me super excited for next May 11th. ❤
That was really well done, Scott. As an American I've only heard little bits about this event, but I enjoyed learning about it here and can see why it's one of those bucket last rides for people. Good stuff!
This was great to watch. After doing the Fred Whitton last year, I was keen to find the whole back story. This was wonderful to watch. Thank you for such a brilliant short film.
A good........... no, this was a brilliant piece worth the wait. Having done the event it felt even more personal, and calming to know how others feel on the day :-) Everyone involved - including us make it what it is - the best day out. see you all in May whether on two wheels or on the roadside :-)
Loved this Scott - it really captures what is great about The Fred, the people who make it happen, and the magical place where it happens. Thank you 👍💥
I love this video so much! Such great background, amazing footage and contributions from current British cycling cultural icons :) Thank you so much for putting this together and posting it - cycling in the Lakes was my escape when I was young......now I have no excuse not to have a crack at the FW! Look out for me sobbing on a fell-side near you soon....
Great video and makes me want to do it again. One of the best days on a bike I have ever had.. I have been lucky enough to ride in some of the biggest European Sportives and this is certainly equal to those. The support you get from locals and volunteers is amazing and you can't believe you are actually in the Uk given what cycling can be like.
Excellent video and captures the essence of the Fred Whitton Challenge , lucky enough to ride it twice, with last year supporting the mountain rescue. Also nice to see me in the video on two separate occasions 😂😂
Brilliant insight into this famous event. I’m a West Cumbrian and have nothing but admiration for all those involved. Makes me want to get out and practice more. I know these climbs well, such a challenge!
Fred introduced me into cycling through the Lakes Road Club and he was a great bloke; A true gentleman. I only got to ride the Fred once and it was difficult but rewarding
What a brilliant film! Was fortunate enough to ride it this year, and it broke me but watching this has done something to my brain, I feel the need to do it again! Oh and sorry for getting in shot behind Barty, oooops :-) Awesome!
Yeah made it to the end intact, but fully cooked. Great video, got me thinking about 2025, some how the pain is forgotten and just the memory of an epic day out remains
I have done the Fred 3 times and on the 3rd time got all the way round without walking on Hardknott, it felt like I had won the Tour! Great event in a great place, run by great people.
Excellent! I've done it a couple of times, 2016 and 2018. Walked Hardknott both times. Saw Ollie at the start in 2018, and Katie just after Fangs Brow. Had glorious sunshine both times, but I bet it can be a bit grim in bad weather. I'm hoping to volunteer in 2025 then ride it again in 2026.
Ahh this gives me lots of memories of home. Have ridden many of these roads whilst out training but never in one go, maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to ride The Fred
Based on the awesome effort you made, and how tremendously appealing and motivating it was to me, I’ve been accepted for next years challenge. You are entirely to blame for the next months of solitude training, my wife missing me, my dog getting shorter walks and last but not least the expense of a newer bike😀😀😀🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for sharing the video. OMG I can see my self on the video clips one on the starting line and one on the feed stop. It was amazing experience for me and my friends finishing the FWC 25th anniversary. I’m planning to join again in 2026 if I got lucky in the Ballot
Lovely video. Really inspiring to hear all those stories, especially the non cyclists coming back year after year in memory and support. Amazing effort by anyone who gives that a go! 🙂
I couldn’t get a ticket this year so I did it solo the day before as it has always been an ambition to complete the route. Fantastic route. Pretty tough. (Although I thought the original struggle moors was a bit harder… but they’ve tamed that route now). I watched your videos before doing it, and had also completed Lakeland loop and all the other climbs in shorter rides. Great video feature👍
There's always the charity place to guarantee entry. Granted it's more money - but it does go straight to them on the Presentation day. Thanks for you kind words
Really enjoyed this, Scott (despite the unflattering image of me trying to walk at the finish funnel). Great contributors (what was going on during Katie K's bit, did she have the builders in?!) and great content, really captures the feel of the event and the footage around the route is representative of the beauty of the Lakes. Hopefully, be doing this with you next year (some way back)!
Oh is it! Thanks! I thought that was wrynose in the distance that's what threw me. That Blea Tarn descent is not nice with the gravely bits on the bends, especially when you've had your fill of terror descending for the day already 😂
Great video and representation of Fred. Anyone interested in cycling would know of The Fred and how tough it is. Well done to everyone that has ridden it. I know how tough Hardknot pass & Wrynose is having ridden them both. And that was on a motorbike 😉😂
Great video😊. I’ve done it off my own back and it’s a truly great route. I’d love to do the event but I’m out off by the videos I see of people of the climbs all over the road
Great film. This is a proper bike ride . No doubt about that . If I had been recording my times over all that time I think the best thing is to cat them under old course - new course distances so you do get that accurate comparison .
Rode this way back in 2002 when it was just a local ride. Over the course of a few years I got close to sub 7. Hardknott after 100 miles - no man's land. Gotta be done!
mega work scott. proud to be a small part!
@@OllieBridgewood was amazing to have you on board Ollie, and for all your help and advice since and after. Looking into other film-making ideas for the future
Thank you for a very inspiring film.
@@bruce.KAY-bike-drifter it was my pleasure!
Great work on this video Scott. Was a pleasure to be involved with and making me super excited for next years event
you are a natural born entertainer :-)
@@PW-CreakySaddle I try 😆
@@PW-CreakySaddle he's good for quotes, I know that much!
Great video , brought back a lot of memories for me. He was good friends with my dad and they used to race together. Paul his son and I repeated it we used to race together, he was a great mate!! Fred was good coach he was always there to part wisdom. Love to Lynn and the family and great film!!!
Awesome, glad I could bring back fond memories. I've heard a lot of lovely things about Fred.
Love it, such a great event and made by the volunteers and people cheering you on. Best moment was Lynne making me and my mate a cup of tea at the end in 2013. It was wet and freezing, having introduced herself as Mrs Fred, she said 'he would have loved all this' looking around at all the cyclists shaking with cold
That sounds about right!
Loved this video! Amazing editing and loved hearing from Fred’s wife, friends and participants!
you can tell from their words how he was such a genuine nice person
That's lovely to hear, thanks! Kinda what I set out to get across. 🙂
LOVE this! Was lucky enough to ride it in 2022, great to get more of the background. A MASSIVE thanks to the organisers and marshalls for all they do.
Was my first year too - it's so well run!
Fantastic video! THANK YOU!!! I've got 5 tours of duty under my belt & will return for number 6 at some point. Thanks again for putting this together 😁
@@simongreen4573 5?! Nice! Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you! ☺️
Wonderful film, thank you! Did it in 2022 and 2023 then got sick and had to defer my 2024 place. This morning I secured my place for 2025! This video has made me super excited for next May 11th. ❤
So many parallels - 2022 was my first, 2023 my second and couldn't do 2024 as I tore my meniscus. See you there!
@@CycletheNation can't wait! Some great memories from your film. See you there :)
That was really well done, Scott. As an American I've only heard little bits about this event, but I enjoyed learning about it here and can see why it's one of those bucket last rides for people. Good stuff!
I'm glad I could be a part of bringing it to you. Hope to be out in the states at some point with my bike 🙂
Exceptional Video. Captures the history and spirit of the event. I love how it provides an insight into Fred through his family and friends.
Thank you - hopefully that means I've got across what I wanted to 😊
Highlight ride of the year. Love it. Great video too 🫡👍
Awesome, isn't it?! (and thanks, appreciate that)
What a great film, and a fantastic event.
Found it moving and inspiring.
Keep up the great videos👍🏻
Thanks, means a lot!
This was great to watch. After doing the Fred Whitton last year, I was keen to find the whole back story. This was wonderful to watch. Thank you for such a brilliant short film.
That's really kind of you to say - thank you.
A beautiful film. Thank you for taking the time to make it.
Thanks, it's been a joy to put together.
What a beautiful film! What an event! What amazing people that keep this event alive!
This captures the reason why we love cycling 😊
Chapeau Scott 🙌🏼
Thank you!
A good........... no, this was a brilliant piece worth the wait. Having done the event it felt even more personal, and calming to know how others feel on the day :-) Everyone involved - including us make it what it is - the best day out. see you all in May whether on two wheels or on the roadside :-)
I'm all signed up, so I'll see you there!
Loved this Scott - it really captures what is great about The Fred, the people who make it happen, and the magical place where it happens. Thank you 👍💥
My pleasure! 😁
I love this video so much! Such great background, amazing footage and contributions from current British cycling cultural icons :) Thank you so much for putting this together and posting it - cycling in the Lakes was my escape when I was young......now I have no excuse not to have a crack at the FW! Look out for me sobbing on a fell-side near you soon....
I'd love to say I'll have the camera ready, but I'll be trying hard and possibly not filming much in 2025 - but I'll try nonetheless!
Great video and makes me want to do it again. One of the best days on a bike I have ever had.. I have been lucky enough to ride in some of the biggest European Sportives and this is certainly equal to those. The support you get from locals and volunteers is amazing and you can't believe you are actually in the Uk given what cycling can be like.
Thank you - and that's interesting to hear. I'd love to get out and do some in Europe (and elsewhere).
Great film Scott. Captures everything about the event brilliantly. Thank you.
Loved making it, thanks!
Excellent video and captures the essence of the Fred Whitton Challenge , lucky enough to ride it twice, with last year supporting the mountain rescue. Also nice to see me in the video on two separate occasions 😂😂
Awesome! Thanks for being a part of it!
Brilliant insight into this famous event. I’m a West Cumbrian and have nothing but admiration for all those involved. Makes me want to get out and practice more. I know these climbs well, such a challenge!
You know what to do! Get in the ballot on 02/12/2024 and get training! 😃
I’m tempted! I’ll be 67 years old but I guess that’s merely a number .
@johndawson5718 that's the spirit!
Brilliant movie Scott! Inspiring and touching.
@@michaelschaaf4926 thanks ever so much ❤️
Fred introduced me into cycling through the Lakes Road Club and he was a great bloke; A true gentleman. I only got to ride the Fred once and it was difficult but rewarding
A universally loved guy!
What a brilliant film! Was fortunate enough to ride it this year, and it broke me but watching this has done something to my brain, I feel the need to do it again! Oh and sorry for getting in shot behind Barty, oooops :-) Awesome!
You're not the first to say that! 😆 Thanks for your kind words.
well done , very moving and great photography , again well done , enjoyed it
Thanks! ☺
@@CycletheNation well deserved, ive known that the fred existed, but didnt know thw background , enjoyed it
Amazing, thanks for making this. Sums up the event so well
Thank you! That was the aim. 🙂
What a great video. Thanks for making and uploading it.
Thanks, it was a pleasure!
What a fantastic film Scott! Thank you!!
I holiday in The Lakes every year and it would be a great achievement to take on the FWC.
@@phil_d keep a look out for the ballot, 2nd December. Glad you love it here, lucky to call it my home
Done it twice and said never again but this video reminds me how beautiful and special the event is.
We've all said that!
A treat of a video. Congratulations.
@@gilesbyford3773 glad you think so ☺️
Chap lying on the ground at 38:55, that’s me. Can confirm it’s a grand but brutal day out.
@@quincyme2066 hope you're OK and you made it to the end in tact!
Yeah made it to the end intact, but fully cooked. Great video, got me thinking about 2025, some how the pain is forgotten and just the memory of an epic day out remains
4 weeks until ballot time...........😁😆
Great watch, thanks for sharing. I remember Fred with great fondness.
Thanks - he certainly seemed to only leave good impressions on everyone around him
Absolutely loved this, such a brilliant event, well done to everyone involved.. a very worthwhile story to be told… “a good effort” 👏🏼💛
Thank you very much!
I have done the Fred 3 times and on the 3rd time got all the way round without walking on Hardknott, it felt like I had won the Tour! Great event in a great place, run by great people.
Nice one! I didn't walk last year (or get off the bike), but managed some very strategic 'stopping and leaning against things' instead.
Super film Scott feel proud to have experienced it back in 2005/6&7. Thank you for sharing.
Was a pleasure to make. You coming back?
@ I don’t think so at 72 my knees won’t let me climb such steep hills anymore 😂
Excellent! I've done it a couple of times, 2016 and 2018. Walked Hardknott both times. Saw Ollie at the start in 2018, and Katie just after Fangs Brow. Had glorious sunshine both times, but I bet it can be a bit grim in bad weather. I'm hoping to volunteer in 2025 then ride it again in 2026.
I'm yet to experience a 'bad weather' Fred bar a little mizzle - we're long overdue one.
What a great video. Loved every minute of it.
That's kind of you to say, thank you!
Ahh this gives me lots of memories of home. Have ridden many of these roads whilst out training but never in one go, maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to ride The Fred
December 2nd is when the ballot opens...you know what to do!
I would say an Excellent Effort, loved every minute of it, learning the history of the ride that every cyclist talks about. Well done
Thank you!
Great video. I did it this year for the first time. By 'eck, it hurt!!!!
@@ianmiller5540 it never stops hurting! 🤣
Brilliant Scott, didn't plan on it but I'm feeling inspired to go again and better my 2023 result...
Brilliant video of a great event. Many thanks.
My pleasure!
Based on the awesome effort you made, and how tremendously appealing and motivating it was to me, I’ve been accepted for next years challenge. You are entirely to blame for the next months of solitude training, my wife missing me, my dog getting shorter walks and last but not least the expense of a newer bike😀😀😀🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@beautyandthebeast2740 awesome!
I am 100% not sorry. 🤣
Amazing video!!! What a legend 👍
@@stevenbird1431 indeed, so pleased that so many people now know why this amazing event exists
Great vid. Have put a reminder in my calendar for the ballot as a result. 👌♥️
Good man!
Great video, worn out watching it. Inspiring. Well done all.
@@stevekas3469 thank you! There's many inspired to get in the ballot, which is lovely to read. ☺️
Outstanding editing 👍👍👍
@@beautyandthebeast2740 thank you! It was a lot of work but I enjoyed it all.
Loved that and kind of glad I wasn’t in it given the state I was in - fantastic work 👏
You might be in the many hours of footage that didn't make it though! 😂
Thanks for sharing the video. OMG I can see my self on the video clips one on the starting line and one on the feed stop. It was amazing experience for me and my friends finishing the FWC 25th anniversary. I’m planning to join again in 2026 if I got lucky in the Ballot
My pleasure! I remember seeing you waving at the start! Glad you enjoyed it and good luck with getting back in 😊
Fantastic, thanks!
@@OGillo2001 pleasure! ☺️
Loved this insight......now it's on my 'to do' list
Yes! This is the way!
Impressive video production and really inspiring 🌞
Also fun to be in the film 😊
Hi Erik! That hug with Steve simply had to go in - summarises a couple of mates getting it done so nicely!
@ agree … a really wonderful friendship summarised in a five second clip ❤️
Excellent video Scott. Well done 👍
Cheers!
Beautiful video Scott well done, after watching this i must put an entry in for the ballot in December very inspirational thanks 😎🚴♂️👍
Thank you! Indeed you must.
Lovely video. Really inspiring to hear all those stories, especially the non cyclists coming back year after year in memory and support. Amazing effort by anyone who gives that a go! 🙂
@@onemorecyclist they're amazing people, certainly inspiring me to volunteer after 2025's effort
Fantastic film Scott. Can wait for the Fred again next year 😬
Thanks! Me and you both!
I couldn’t get a ticket this year so I did it solo the day before as it has always been an ambition to complete the route. Fantastic route. Pretty tough. (Although I thought the original struggle moors was a bit harder… but they’ve tamed that route now). I watched your videos before doing it, and had also completed Lakeland loop and all the other climbs in shorter rides. Great video feature👍
There's always the charity place to guarantee entry. Granted it's more money - but it does go straight to them on the Presentation day. Thanks for you kind words
This film is amazing.
@@steventhompson9319 ❤️ thanks. I adored making it
Really enjoyed this, Scott (despite the unflattering image of me trying to walk at the finish funnel). Great contributors (what was going on during Katie K's bit, did she have the builders in?!) and great content, really captures the feel of the event and the footage around the route is representative of the beauty of the Lakes. Hopefully, be doing this with you next year (some way back)!
@@lornsmith643 Katie's interview was filmed at Pop-up Bikes in Manchester, people talking, fixing bikes and a coffee machine going! See you in May!
Great film, got me thinking about giving the Fred another go 👏🏻👏🏻
Seems to be a common theme! 😂
Great film! even spotted myself doing some rather slow descending of hardknott at 35:41 haha. Cannot wait to do it again next year 🫡
That's Blea Tarn mate. :)
Oh is it! Thanks! I thought that was wrynose in the distance that's what threw me. That Blea Tarn descent is not nice with the gravely bits on the bends, especially when you've had your fill of terror descending for the day already 😂
Brings back memories Riding the Fred..
@@chiragpatel2167 all good, I hope! ☺️
Great video and representation of Fred. Anyone interested in cycling would know of The Fred and how tough it is. Well done to everyone that has ridden it. I know how tough Hardknot pass & Wrynose is having ridden them both. And that was on a motorbike 😉😂
Thank you!
Lovely Movie. Chapeau Scott. Sorry for ruining bits of it. 🙄
🤣
Great video. Did it this year and said never again. Video inspired me - causing me a lroblem. Thanks
😆 Yeah - that's a thing!
Great video😊. I’ve done it off my own back and it’s a truly great route. I’d love to do the event but I’m out off by the videos I see of people of the climbs all over the road
Thanks! It's not that bad really (in my opinion) - just 'tough in bits'!
Great video! Have a run up hardnott the other day, reminded me of my FW many years ago.
Thanks! Running though?!
@ was a detour that I couldn’t resist. easier than walking up in cleats like the last time I did it, haha
What an amazing video, see you on zwift soon!
Thank you! I'm on there more and more now the weather's closing in!
Great video. I'm from Barrow and I've obviously heard of the challenge but never knew the back story.
Best go and try sign up hadn't I!! 😬
The ballot closed last week! 😔
Next year!
@CycletheNation Just seen that haha
Oh well... More time to train I guess 👍
@@LeethecumbrianThat's the spirit!
Well done on the video
Thanks! 😊
Great film. This is a proper bike ride . No doubt about that . If I had been recording my times over all that time I think the best thing is to cat them under old course - new course distances so you do get that accurate comparison .
Ta! I've only managed to do the 'current' route.
Brilliant video .
Cheers! 😊
Brilliant !
😊
Rode this way back in 2002 when it was just a local ride. Over the course of a few years I got close to sub 7. Hardknott after 100 miles - no man's land. Gotta be done!
What a watch 🎉 well done
❤😁
Excellent film.
Thank you!
Cracking video 👍
Thanks!
@28:55 That poor guy falling over - kinda sums up the brutality of Hardnot Pass 😮
@@Nehpets1701G that's near the top of Wrynose - it's a bit more 'level' there but you're near the end and really tired!
love it at 20:50 and The Gates of Mordor 😂
No script - a happy coincidence!
It was tough. Final climb went on forever
Miiiint 👍
Best cycle ‘race’ in the uk 🙌🚴🥰
lets say event :-)
'Race' but it's not a race! 😁
Barrow Central Wheelers.
Certainly plenty from the club each year!
I knew of the challenge, but I never knew Fred was a Barrow Legend!