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

[livpoksoc]

I haven't checked this personally but it looks about right:

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4555705

Thanks, it s close enough

 

[sleaver]

I'm just going to ask this. For anyone who did it last year, what do you do with your bike if you need a loo break either at the start or during, Just prop it up against the side? I assume there isn't really a need for a lock?

Also, what is the secure bike park like at the end and what time can you leave your bike there until? Depending on time, I would like to watch the end of the pro race and I get the feeling I wouldn't be popular standing there taking up room with a bike. Also, the magazine says it is in the secure area but I assume you must be able to pick it up once your outside the secure area?

 

[vickster]

I would certainly use a cafe lock at any sportive. What's to stop a rider preferring your bike to theirs for example

I have one of these, tiny and much easier than the abus ones

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Giant-Surelock-Airslock-Loop-Combination-Cable-Lock_68329.htm

 

[ianrauk]

I would certainly use a cafe lock at any sportive. What's to stop a rider preferring your bike to theirs for example

I have one of these, tiny and much easier than the abus ones

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Giant-Surelock-Airslock-Loop-Combination-Cable-Lock_68329.htm

Yup,
I use similar all the time, whether at a cafe stop or just popping into a shop.
They are not the greatest of locks but does give a little piece of mind when leaving the bike momentarily.

 

[sleaver]

For those who live to far away, this video of the hills may be of some use.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDb6-8CTIIE

 

[rvw]

I might have underestimated Newland's Corner. It's not steep, but by goodness it's long.

Where's the "dislike" button when you need it?!

 

[srw]

I'm just going to ask this. For anyone who did it last year, what do you do with your bike if you need a loo break either at the start or during, Just prop it up against the side? I assume there isn't really a need for a lock?

I'm intending to leave it with the stoker... and will do the same for her.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I'm just going to ask this. For anyone who did it last year, what do you do with your bike if you need a loo break either at the start or during, Just prop it up against the side? I assume there isn't really a need for a lock?

I believe the official line, and most of what I've heard is 'it'll be OK, don't worry. But there have been a few people saying 'stick a lock in' and I think I'll be carrying the knog Party Frank with me, just to dissuade opportunist bike nabbers (especially if any old Tom, Dick or Harry ends up just riding the closed roads for a laugh.) There is an official bike park at the finish and supposedly a secure area (as in riders only) at the start so I'd be a bit less worried about those, but just the idea of leaving the bike unlocked is an anathema to me anyway (too long riding in London already) so I'd just be panicky if I tried it and I'd prefer a little more weight to a lot more stress.

 

[sleaver]

Another one of my "questions with a probable simple answer" question, but are you allowed to put a backpack inside the kitbag? I've been able to do that in other events so hopefully this is the same.

I'm staying in the Premier Inn so will need to take extra stuff and that's before I start considering what cycling clothes I will need to cater for the ever predictable British weather.

 

[Norry1]

Sleaver - taking a backpack was one of the things I said I would do differently this year. I had to cycle to the start holding the kitbag. This year I'll put kitbag in rucksack and then at the start, put the rucksack in the kit bag.

 

[laurence]

thanks for all the shared advice on this.

i wouldn't have thought to take a small lock, but it does make sense, especially as the ride will be more well known than last year there is always the chance of some chancers targetting it.

my main worry is the cut-off times. i'm starting reasonably late, so there's not much margin for error. my plan is to take it easy until Newlands, but the worry of the broom wagon may change that and i'm not sure i'll be much good if i go out too hard. at the moment the plan is to ride to Leith and worry about the rest after that - it will be 'homeward bound' from there, so i'm trusting my brain will just go into safe mode and pedal (i will have to remember not to turn right at the top of Coombe Hill and go for the real home).

i've also stopped worrying about sponsorship so much now. i had gone for a target of £725, which was the higher one set by Red Cross. if i reached that i received a jersey. as the minimum is £575 and i have achieved that, then i'm not fussed about a jersey. i shall be clad is Euskaltel Euskadi orange (as usual).

good luck to you all. see you in Green Park afterwards for a mass hug.

 

[EltonFrog]

thanks for all the shared advice on this.

i wouldn't have thought to take a small lock, but it does make sense, especially as the ride will be more well known than last year there is always the chance of some chancers targetting it.

my main worry is the cut-off times. i'm starting reasonably late, so there's not much margin for error. my plan is to take it easy until Newlands, but the worry of the broom wagon may change that and i'm not sure i'll be much good if i go out too hard. at the moment the plan is to ride to Leith and worry about the rest after that - it will be 'homeward bound' from there, so i'm trusting my brain will just go into safe mode and pedal (i will have to remember not to turn right at the top of Coombe Hill and go for the real home).

i've also stopped worrying about sponsorship so much now. i had gone for a target of £725, which was the higher one set by Red Cross. if i reached that i received a jersey. as the minimum is £575 and i have achieved that, then i'm not fussed about a jersey. i shall be clad is Euskaltel Euskadi orange (as usual).

good luck to you all. see you in Green Park afterwards for a mass hug.

You'll be fine, don't worry and stress yourself about the time. As I have said before if Boris Johnson can do it almost anyone can. You would be wise to take your own advice and take it easy until Leith Hill, after that you are over half way. Drink plenty of fluids, eat little and often, and keep pedalling.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

keep pedalling.

That's the best advice. Don't spend too long at rest stops, keep nibbling away at the miles you'll do fine.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

You reckon that the registered riders don't represent any risk?

I reckon they pose less of a risk. Your world seems to have much more black and white in it, mine more grey areas.

 

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