Super 8 Rules

The ride protocols described in the Rider Guidance document and the Ride Documentation pack must be strictly applied.

The Super 8 SaddleSore is a pre-verified SaddleSore 1000 ride. You need to read and understand the regular SaddleSore 1000 rules and guidance.

The pre-verified route consists of a northern loop (stops 1,2,3) and a southern loop (stops 1,4,5), each verified at over 500 miles. To complete the ride, you must ride and document two loops within 24 hours. That could be both, or either one twice, riding clockwise or anticlockwise.

  1. Esso Garage, Hinckley Rd, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry
    CV2 2QN
    52.42976996545, -1.4391729284461958
  2. Gretna Green Motorway Service Station, A74 Northbound, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Gretna
    DG16 5HQ
    55.00856, -3.08359
  3. Shell Hull, Marfleet
    HU9 5LP
    53.74880, -0.28440
  4. Shell Ipswich, Sproughton
    IP1 5FG
    52.06357, 1.10930
  5. Taunton Deane M5 Southbound, Trull
    TA3 7PF
    50.97664, -3.14421

The basic rules are the same as for other IBA UK rides:

1. Ride the designated distance in the designated time (see below) on a safe route of your choice.

2. IBA UK requires that you document your ride with photographs. The photo must show BOTH the receipt AND your bike's odometer (mileage) reading IN THE SAME PHOTO. Receipts and odo readings must be legible. Record the Start and End details on Ride Documentation 2 and Ride Documentation 3 respectively.

3. Collect fuel and other receipts along your route and photograph each against your odometer. Track them, along with rest stops over 30 minutes, on Ride Documentation 4.

4. Complete all the remaining documentation in the Ride Documentation pack.

5. Copy all completed documentation and receipts and submit the copies, with your name on every sheet.

Additional rules

  1. You must include each of the relevant designated stops above. If the designated stop is unavailable, choose a nearby alternative.
  2. The receipt must be photographed next to your odometer as with other receipts.

This ride was devised by Philip Weston #432 and first certified 2026-07-18