RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2014!!!) Anyone?

[Norry1]

Had mine with beetroot

 

[rvw]

For some reason the Ts&Cs I've signed up to (which, naturally, I didn't read), don't seem to be easily accessible from the site. I suspect we may have to ask the charity concerned to confirm the position, if they're interested in the proposal.

I think @rvw might balk at getting a leg amputated or her eyes put out to get a disabled place...
(Oh, and my phone's on the blink again)

The general Ts&Cs don't make any mention of tandems, but they refer to the event conditions - which aren't available yet. Searching the whole site just gets a reference to "Blind Dave" in their case studies, so if they do want to exclude tandems, they're being very inefficient about it. Does anyone from this year's ride have a copy of the event conditions they could check?

 

[EltonFrog]

Had mine with beetroot

Turns it pink don't it? It must be thirty odd years since I last had salad cream, since I went all posh, I never bothered with it. I'd forgotten how much I liked it.

 

[JoeyB]

Registered in the ballot this morning.

 

[Andrew Br]

Does anyone from this year's ride have a copy of the event conditions they could check?

Tandems were specifically banned this year except for those with a crew containing a visually impaired rider. It wasn't stated that the rider with the worse eyesight had to be on the back.

I couldn't see any reason why tandems shouldn't have been allowed unless they were worried that they'd jam the ascent of Leith Hill and then scare the bejasus out of the rest of us on the descent.
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[Nomadski]

Tandems were specifically banned this year except for those with a crew containing a visually impaired rider. It wasn't stated that the rider with the worse eyesight had to be on the back.

I couldn't see any reason why tandems shouldn't have been allowed unless they were worried that they'd jam the ascent of Leith Hill and then scare the bejasus out of the rest of us on the descent.
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I believe the organisers wanted, in the inaugural year, to have as many guaranteed finishers as possible in the 9 hour limit. That's why there wasn't the same range of bikes as you might expect from a carnival type cycling event, such as the London to Brighton. They were very aware there was a pro Classic chasing us 4 hours after our start so a little more emphasis was put on fitter / serious riders over casual or party cyclists - if that makes sense. I only saw 1 tandem, and that was a Blind Dave bike, so they were made an exception. I didn't see any recumbents either. On the other hand, they also banned aero bars etc for health and safety reasons.

In our first ballot we weren't just asked if we had completed L2B or the other event they listed this time, they wanted to know what races we had done, and what time we had done it in, it was a bit more in depth.

I think they were trying to learn as much as possible year one, and rules and regs will update and morph as years go by.

 

[Snail Bait]

I believe the organisers wanted, in the inaugural year, to have as many guaranteed finishers as possible in the 9 hour limit.
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But they let me in and srw & rvw can kick my behind on their tandem (and probably any other bike you care to mention too).

 

[Andrew Br]

But they let me in and srw & rvw can kick my behind on their tandem (and probably any other bike you care to mention too).

The organisers didn't know that ;-)


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[Spally]

application for bliss charity has been sent off again . to raise the charity money going to not go round and ask for sponsorship, what i will do is i want to give up or at least cut down on smoking. So instead of buying a pack of ciggies every day, every other day the money will go in a box towards the charity. This way come 2014 i will have more than enough to cover the charity cost.

 

[EltonFrog]

application for bliss charity has been sent off again . to raise the charity money going to not go round and ask for sponsorship, what i will do is i want to give up or at least cut down on smoking. So instead of buying a pack of ciggies every day, every other day the money will go in a box towards the charity. This way come 2014 i will have more than enough to cover the charity cost.

Good plan.

 

[Iain M Norman]

i want to give up or at least cut down on smoking

Come on have some balls and say you ARE going to give up, not give yourself that "or cut down" get out clause.

*encouraging smile*

As Yoda said, "Do, or do not, there is no try"

 

[Nomadski]

application for bliss charity has been sent off again . to raise the charity money going to not go round and ask for sponsorship, what i will do is i want to give up or at least cut down on smoking. So instead of buying a pack of ciggies every day, every other day the money will go in a box towards the charity. This way come 2014 i will have more than enough to cover the charity cost.

Great idea, just don't forget to treat yourself as well with the money you save on cigs.

Agree with Ian, no half measures with cigs, kick em into touch if you want to stop. This is coming from someone who smoked from 14 till I was 38 and gave up last year.

Good luck with it!

 

[Peddling pixie]

For the miles, just get miles under your belt in the next year. When you can comfortably do 60 miles you should be ok on the day to do the 100, although I am sure there will have been plenty doing over 50 for the first time last week. I would say to make it easy for yourself, get the bike out as much as time will allow.

As for the charity, bit weird imo them saying that, makes it a bit of a lottery? Charities have guaranteed places on offer, so wait until the ballot comes through, if you get in, you can pick any charity you want to represent, and raise as much or as little as you want. If you fail to get in, there are loads of great charities to choose from that have a place set, you just need to raise xx amount minimum for them.

Totally agree re miles, I started in feb from a. 20 mile ride start, by end of July with willing ride partners to having done 5 x 65 mile rides in the Cotswolds, made ride 100 doable, enjoyable, tho tough, you just need miles and not maybe 100 depending on where you live,

 

[Peddling pixie]

Come on have some balls and say you ARE going to give up, not give yourself that "or cut down" get out clause.

*encouraging smile*

As Yoda said, "Do, or do not, there is no try"

Entered ride 100 cos my bro said would be good I got in, he didnt, I had smoked 20 a day for 25 years, this gave me the reason to give up, ok I didn't do immediately but when I did I found I flew up hills and could afford a garmin, bloody tough, but do it

 

[Peddling pixie]

Memories of Leith Hill!

Nice lady on left at 6mins 58secs, that's where I got up to before I touched the wheel of a fella in front who just stopped. Nearly came off the bike, so pulled up next to the lady and ate a banana. She even took the skin away from me to chuck in bin. If shes there next year, give her a wave!

I love this cos I thought I would walk, I love the fact I cycled up, not as fast as you, but no walking!!