Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
yep, they've closed it, for bikes only, before 7am.
RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2014!!!) Anyone?
- Thread starter jdtate101
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michaelcycle
Senior Member
- Location
- London
Well, I've got the ibuprofen part down...
I think you're right about the RICE suggestion. Hoping it will just go away might not be the best strategy!
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Read this, it will show you where the official drop off points are. From Stockwell you should aim for the drop offs at Jamaica Road or Blackwall lane.
http://www.prudentialridelondon.co....n-Surrey_100/Rider_Info/Transport_Options.htm
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
I'm much more worried about out on course than at the ends, there are going to be marshals and the like all around, the finish has a secure bike park, the start is going to have people checking for event numbers etc. There might be thefts there, who knows, but it feels a lot less likely because they'll be checking who is there so the opportunist will have a lot more difficulty.
Out on the route if I need the loo I'll have to leave the bike. This might not happen, but I figure be prepared. At that point you could go for asking someone to watch it, but I can't see the helpers being willing (too many bikes) and competitors aren't going to want to commit to time necessarily. So that's when I'll be locking it up. I'll probably just have a long cable lock and a padlock to stick through the disk (ala a motorbike disk lock). I'll lock it to something if I can, but even just immobilising it will be a start. Again it's playing the odds, I think someone is a lot less likely to walk off with a bike that can't roll a wheel, they'll just nab the unlocked one next to it.
It's almost definitely over thought paranoia, but as I won't go more than two paces from my bike in London normally and it's never left anywhere in public it seems kind of silly not to take some precautions.
vickster
Legendary Member
Depends what's causing it...overuse? Then the R bit is key here
michaelcycle
Senior Member
- Location
- London
Depends what's causing it...overuse? Then the R bit is key here
Lol - yes, that's the most likely explanation. I have been relatively careful but I guess it's a blessing in disguise that it has coincided with my taper week.
I am really looking forward to Sunday and it would be incredibly annoying if this dampened my day (apart from the expected rain that is...)
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
Yup, sadly I'm almost looking forward to that bit more than the rest of the ride :-) I've changed my travel plans when it was confirmed, I have a friend who lives at the end of the road from the Olympic Park who I was going to stay with Saturday night, now I'm driving up to work (Greenwich) leaving the car there and cycling along to the drop off point on Blackwall Lane and in from there... Has cost me about 2 hours of sleep, but it will be good to have done it.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Take an allen key and slacken off the bolts in the stem. Then if they do nick it they'll fall off immediately. It may be a bit of a faff getting it roadworthy again, mind.
(Warning:Not an entirely serious suggestion)Edit. I'm off to kickstarter with my idea for exploding stem bolts. A motion sensor will start a countdown and, unless you enter a secret code, all the stem bolts will explode. And possibly the pedals too.
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w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
Much like all the vicious methods of garage protection, I feel this wouldn't be for me, I'd just forget I'd done it and then fall off on the steepest bit of downhill from Newlands... :-)
Providing the exploding stem bolts were smart phone linked you'd easily max out the kickstarter.
Providing the exploding stem bolts were smart phone linked you'd easily max out the kickstarter.
Take an allen key and slacken off the bolts in the stem. Then if they do nick it they'll fall off immediately. It may be a bit of a faff getting it roadworthy again, mind.
Edit. I'm off to kickstarter with my idea for exploding stem bolts. A motion sensor will start a countdown and, unless you enter a secret code, all the stem bolts will explode. And possibly the pedals too.
How about a spike that shoots out from the seatpost.
sleaver
Veteran
If you remember yourself that you have loosened them and don't fall off yourselfTake an allen key and slacken off the bolts in the stem. Then if they do nick it they'll fall off immediately. It may be a bit of a faff getting it roadworthy again, mind.
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Deleted member 35268
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I had to do this last year - was fun
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Deleted member 35268
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Hey peeps - nothing about the ride 100 is easy but trust me, you will soon forget the Registration hassle, the 3am wake up, the hours of traveling, the 15 mile ride at 5am before you even start, the hours of reading the Final instructions, the last minute health niggles, your bike playing up, your sponsors disappearing .... Get to the start and smile for 5, 6 or 7 hours. It is like nothing you ever did before.
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
About feckin time n'all! That's where I had a blow out last year!
