IoW - turbo boys ride out

[berty bassett]

I'll bring my aero wheels if you do


There are a couple of big hills on the iow . I could get in trouble

they go down as well you know !i will be fully expecting you to scream away

 

[kipster]

Brockenhurst to Lymington is roughly 5 miles. 122ft of elevation change, quick blast even for me :

That's direct, I never go direct

 

[berty bassett]

I've seen the efforts you've been putting in on Strava Berty. We'll all be queuing up behind you don't worry about that!

our attention should be on Carl ! i tried a few minutes on bkool other night with a whorty ghost !! soon gave that up

 

[Whorty]

our attention should be on Carl ! i tried a few minutes on bkool other night with a whorty ghost !! soon gave that up

I think that's Bkool being kind and me getting my technique right, as much as anything else

 

[Whorty]

Just checked times and distances etc and I'm 90% likely to go straight to Lymington and park up there at the ferry terminal rather than Brockenhurst. Save my little fat legs for the IoW climbs

 

[berty bassett]

Just checked times and distances etc and I'm 90% likely to go straight to Lymington and park up there at the ferry terminal rather than Brockenhurst. Save my little fat legs for the IoW climbs

starting half way round the course and on enhancing drugs you should change your name to lance

 

[Whorty]

starting half way round the course and on enhancing drugs you should change your name to lance

You'll be saying I can't use my ebike next

 

[rob01792]

what kind of percentages r these climbs after the DD I said I don't want to see 20% unless I'm in a motor vehicle

 

[berty bassett]

what kind of percentages r these climbs after the DD I said I don't want to see 20% unless I'm in a motor vehicle

from what i can remember its nothing like the DD
one was steepish and the other shortly after seemed to go on for a bit
we'll be fine

 

[CXRAndy]

If you look at kipsters iow ride, you'll see his speed never drops to 3-4mph on the two big ish hills. 6-7 mph are the slowest he recorded and not very long periods. So 10% I would say is the max for very short periods, nothing like DD

 

[<Tommy>]

what kind of percentages r these climbs after the DD I said I don't want to see 20% unless I'm in a motor vehicle

You'll be fine mate. A couple of bumps in the road, most of it pan flat.

 

[kipster]

You'll be fine mate. A couple of bumps in the road, most of it pan flat.

The first 30 miles are deceptive, it's constant rolling hills, nothing steep or long but it isn't pan flat. I think I recorded about 2000ft of climbing in that first 30. The second half of the ride has two proper hills, again nothing steep, they are just a bit longer, after the second hill there is a long down hill / flat road (Military road) if we get a tail wind it'll be great, if it's a head wind it is grim, sea to the left, countryside to the right, nowhere to hide.

 

[kipster]

By way of an update, it appears there is a cycle festival on the IoW the weekend we will be there. It starts on the Saturday, there is a 'vintage' bike ride on the Saturday and a sportive on the Sunday, so we shouldn't be affected much at all. There is a cycle village being set up which might be worth a visit (possibly in Cowes).

However I think we should book the ferry tickets soon, we'll be foot passengers. So we can either book separately or I can book in bulk and you can transfer the money to my account. If it's the second option I need to know final numbers. The tickets are £15.40 and we'll be sailing on the Lymington to Yarmouth @ 10am, returning on the 5:05pm.

https://www.visitisleofwight.co.uk/whats-on/festivals/cycling-festival

http://www.iwcyclefest.com/

 

[CXRAndy]

I'm in Paul please get my ticket, I will pay you via PayPal or send cheque, upto you.

 

[Breedon]

And I'm in, same as Andy let me know how you want paying.