London to Southend my first ever cycling event advice please

[cm2mackem]

OK
Signed up for this tonight. I wont be whizzing along with you guys and expect to be out on the road for about 4.5 hrs

The hard bits are up past Grange Hill tube to Lambourne End,Tysea Hill and West Hanningfield, the rest is pretty flat and car free,

 

[Ian193]

Anyone got the route for this from previous years

 

[cm2mackem]

http://www.bike-events.co.uk/Ride.aspx?id=551
Bottom of the page

 

[Tiny01]

should be a good day really looking forward to this one

 

[cm2mackem]

should be a good day really looking forward to this one

Yep if its warm my wife has a picnic out for us on Stock village green , if you see us as you pass stop for some cake, there was 10 of us last year , some others thought it was an official feed station, watch out for the pub at hanningfield who pretends to be a feed station but charges

 

[Tiny01]

Will do just that kind of you thanks ,I like cake !

 

[jefmcg]

I feel like joining in, to keep an eye on you guys. Except I'm so slow, I'd never seen any of you.

Plus I don't do sportives.

(My grandfather left Southend in family shame for Australia well before WWI. In 17 years, I've never been there. I must make a visit).

 

[cm2mackem]

I feel like joining in, to keep an eye on you guys. Except I'm so slow, I'd never seen any of you.

Plus I don't do sportives.

(My grandfather left Southend in family shame for Australia well before WWI. In 17 years, I've never been there. I must make a visit).

Having done it few times now its not a race and its just nice to be out seeing the sights , there are some great sights especially the guy who does it on a chopper in his beach shorts and flip flops, even when it chucked it down a few years ago

 

[Tiny01]

I feel like joining in, to keep an eye on you guys. Except I'm so slow, I'd never seen any of you.

Plus I don't do sportives.

(My grandfather left Southend in family shame for Australia well before WWI. In 17 years, I've never been there. I must make a visit).

Yes come on you should do it , you could do London - southend - London - southend then back to London to make it just like one of your normal rides !

 

[DaggersJeff]

The hard bits are up past Grange Hill tube to Lambourne End,Tysea Hill and West Hanningfield, the rest is pretty flat and car free,

That first one is a bit of a drag.....used to do that dip on a training ride....many moons ago!

 

[Lee gg]

OK
Signed up for this tonight. I wont be whizzing along with you guys and expect to be out on the road for about 4.5 hrs

Well done looking forward to it

 

[Tiny01]

Think Mrs Mackem going to need more cake at this rate !

 

[cm2mackem]

Well done looking forward to it

Just for info the feed stations are at stapleford abbots and mountnessing

 

[Lee gg]

Parking a van at southend then getting the train to the start. Where is best to park for the day ? Obviously I can/will cycle a couple of miles outside of the main front.

 

[cm2mackem]

Parking a van at southend then getting the train to the start. Where is best to park for the day ? Obviously I can/will cycle a couple of miles outside of the main front.

The park we finish in has the carpark open early plus the overflow bit, I've been talked into riding back to Chelmsford from Southend