One of our two March challenges for CW5000 riders was to do a ride at sunset or sunrise and then send in photo evidence. Designed not to inspire big mile riding but instead to think about your routes and perhaps find a new location where you might, with a weather window, capture the perfect moment. It's a challenge we ran last year, and the photos were amazing. Scroll through the gallery below to see who rose to the challenge this time around.
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Dave Cooper took an early morning ride out to Hayling Island on the south coast(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
CW5000 sunset sunrise photo challenge
Jacques van Wersch is never far from the Singapore coastline(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
Kelvin Knight Captures the sunset at St Bees Head, Cumbria(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
George Wall finds a place to stop on the A356(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
Lew Lawton finds the sun setting near Swindon(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
One of two pictures from Kevin Meldrum(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
Suzanne Sharp rode across a field to grab this image(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
Newcomer to the CW5000 Lionel Martin Spooner got stuck straight in(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
An urban skyline from Carolyn Taylor(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
Mark Swanson grabs a Tennessee sunset(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
Another great shot from Kevin Meldrum(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
Purple haze over Rutland Water from Sean MacAuliffe(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
Stephen White found a perfectly placed gate for this shot in Bourton on the Water(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
There was still frost on the ground when Dave Vallis grabbed this shot in early March(Image credit: CW5000 riders)
There's still plenty of time to get a photograph and send it in. And as the weather improves and the evenings stretch out toward the end of the month there should be more opportunities.
But it's not that easy. First you have to ride to a suitable spot with a view east or west facing, then keep an eye on the weather forecast, and finally hope for a clear sky or gap in the clouds.
If you get a photo you can send it to us at cycling@futurenet.com or post it to the CW5000 Facebook group. We'll add more pictures to this gallery at the end of the month.
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Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.
