CC Jodrell Bank Run Spring 2012 - SUNDAY 22nd April

[potsy]

Ha ha... I'm inspirational, LOL.

You're inspirational to me Skolly, never seen anyone eat a huge full English at a cafe stop then go back for cake before

 

[lanternerouge]

I'm in

 

[JuanLobbe]

I'm hoping to come along if you'll have me! Missed out last year.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Never been on a CC ride and fancy joining in but worried about being a tad slow , what sort of speed do you go at. (did the Manchester 100miler last year and got an ave of 17mph)

 

[Edwards80]

Never been on a CC ride and fancy joining in but worried about being a tad slow , what sort of speed do you go at. (did the Manchester 100miler last year and got an ave of 17mph)

If that's slow then I'll have to hold onto your Jersey. I'm planning to do my 1st 30 miler this weekend so I'll await replies and see if I will be up to this ride

 

[Hacienda71]

Never been on a CC ride and fancy joining in but worried about being a tad slow , what sort of speed do you go at. (did the Manchester 100miler last year and got an ave of 17mph)

The last Jodrell one was about 14 to 15 mph so nice and leisurely.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

The last Jodrell one was about 14 to 15 mph so nice and leisurely.

I like the sound of that, count me in if thats ok

 

[Judderz]

Can I bring a friend along?

 

[Hacienda71]

Can I bring a friend along?

Only if you teach him the secret CC handshake

 

[Judderz]

I don't even know it...does that mean I can't come either (I have given him a CC sticker for his bike though)

 

[Edwards80]

I don't even know it...does that mean I can't come either (I have given him a CC sticker for his bike though)

Walk forward with your arm out straight in front of you, hold your hand up vertically with your palm facing you. Lower your Pinkie, ring, index fingers and your thumb. I do this to every other cyclist I see just in case they are on CC but I've not had a single friendly response

 

[potsy]

The last Jodrell one was about 14 to 15 mph so nice and leisurely.

Or flat out for some of us

This is meant to be a social ride you know, nobody left behind and the faster lads will wait for us slowies

 

[ColinJ]

Never been on a CC ride and fancy joining in but worried about being a tad slow , what sort of speed do you go at. (did the Manchester 100miler last year and got an ave of 17mph)

I don't know why the message just doesn't seem to come across about what most CycleChat forum rides are like! People seem to imagine that they are like sportives - they are not! If you want to ride fast, join a club and race, enter a lot of sportives, or take on some hard audax rides and try to complete them at the maximum permitted average speed of 30 kph (19 mph).

Pretty much every single time that I organise a forum ride I insert this block of text ...

Usual ride ethos - an easy sociable pace, and lots of chatting, with relaxed stop at the cafe. Nobody will be left behind but if anyone wants to climb ahead of the slower riders, feel free, just wait at the summits for me and the rest of the rear guard!

It will be slow, slow, slow. Don't come along and complain about it being slow. IT WILL BE SLOW! (We won't be riding quickly ... )

... yet I still get people saying that they would like to come along but they don't want to hold the rest up! Including the cafe stop, my last forum ride only averaged about 9 mph!

I used to do the Manchester 100 at 17 mph but I am much slower these days. Nearly every 'slow' rider who has come on one of my rides blows me away as soon as the road goes uphill. Even the ones who didn't at first, end up doing it a few rides later (potsy, Steve H et al)!

Come and have a go even if you don't think you're hard enough!

 

[totallyfixed]

Come and have a go even if you don't think you're hard enough!

It's getting to the point that I am tempted to offer a forum ride with an average of 16mph [not flat] and see how many turn up

. Is it me or is the forum speeding up? I've done I think 7 forum rides to date bur have yet to do one with any seriously quick people, maybe Fossy's fixed ride a couple of years ago is an exception where everyone seemed pretty strong.
Shocking as this may sound but could it be there is a tiny bit of internet exaggeration going on? Looking forward to both rides up north. Off out now to meet the boss on her 23 mile mini alpine commute.

 

[ColinJ]

It's getting to the point that I am tempted to offer a forum ride with an average of 16mph [not flat] and see how many turn up

. Is it me or is the forum speeding up? I've done I think 7 forum rides to date bur have yet to do one with any seriously quick people, maybe Fossy's fixed ride a couple of years ago is an exception where everyone seemed pretty strong.
Shocking as this may sound but could it be there is a tiny bit of internet exaggeration going on? Looking forward to both rides up north. Off out now to meet the boss on her 23 mile mini alpine commute.

I don't know how quick some of the riders are because my 4.5 years on CycleChat have coincided with me being fat and unfit so I've slowed most of them down!

TBH - if I got my fitness back to where it once was, I'd love to do a hilly forum ride at 16 mph but I feel that it would be a bit unfair of me to do that if people wanted/needed to ride slowly. Everybody has waited for me, so I think it is only fair if I do the waiting when my day comes! I think what I'll do is to keep on doing the kind of rides that I do now, but when I'm fit enough, PM various people to arrange faster rides in smaller groups.

Getting back on topic ...

If there is any way I can get a lift over for this Jodrell bank ride, I'd love to come along. I'll have to ask The Usual Suspects!