RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2015) Anyone?

[srw]

 

[SWSteve]

Entered ballot, I expect to get as far as I did last(this) year... I was asleep on my sofa

 

[Dogtrousers]

And if you don't get a place, then how about this:

Wales will host a new UCI-sanctioned race and closed-road sportive for up to 10,000 riders in 2015.
The inaugural Velothon Wales, which will follow a similar format to the Prudential RideLondon, will be held on Sunday June 14, 2015, starting and finishing in Cardiff, and giving sportive riders the chance to ride the same roads (with 50km and 120km courses available) as the pro peloton.

http://roadcyclinguk.com/sportive/v...5&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_rcuk

I'm not really a sportivey kind of person but I have a friend who lives in Cardiff who is a very strong cyclist, so I'm tempted to do this, and watch him disappear into the distance.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I would imagine the Welsh version would be hillier so would be a perfect preparation ride :-)

 

[Nick Stone]

Wales, hills and valleeeies you say! (The welsh half of me coming out) that could be good there's some nice mountain biking but further down as well, is it Afan with the wall could be a few days of fun.

I'm in the ballot as well put I'd do for a couple of charities but thinking maybe sell my body for advertising, a gent at the start had done and got I think £250 for his bum. Or get work to do a yearly charity fund thing and draw from that, collect against that charity (get them to look at one of the ones I could ride for)

 

[sleaver]

Anyone seen a profile for Velothon Wales, the 120km route?

 

[rvw]

Anyone seen a profile for Velothon Wales, the 120km route?

http://www.velothon-wales.co.uk/en/route/

Not hugely informative!

 

[Colin_B]

I have entered the ballot

 

[sleaver]

http://www.velothon-wales.co.uk/en/route/

Not hugely informative!

I'd seen the map and thought about trying to map it but not sure how accurate it will be. It says 1403m which is roughly about 200m more than RideLondon but RideLondon is roughly 40km longer.

Just in case your wondering, my legs don't like hills!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Anyone seen a profile for Velothon Wales, the 120km route?

Here you go. Not necessarily 100% accurate. I just copied the route roughly

The big kick is up the side of the Blorenge (round the "Fiddler's Elbow") and up to Blaenavon from Govilon. (Just past Abergavenny) Y axis in Metres btw

 

[Nomadski]

And if you don't get a place, then how about this:

Wales will host a new UCI-sanctioned race and closed-road sportive for up to 10,000 riders in 2015.
The inaugural Velothon Wales, which will follow a similar format to the Prudential RideLondon, will be held on Sunday June 14, 2015, starting and finishing in Cardiff, and giving sportive riders the chance to ride the same roads (with 50km and 120km courses available) as the pro peloton.

http://roadcyclinguk.com/sportive/v...5&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_rcuk

I'm not really a sportivey kind of person but I have a friend who lives in Cardiff who is a very strong cyclist, so I'm tempted to do this, and watch him disappear into the distance.

Thanks for the heads up on that, especially how pre registering your email gets you a guaranteed entry window prior to general release.

At least now I'm guaranteed one closed road race next year.

Looks pretty tough, but I'm going to just pretend that elevations Y axis is actually feet.

Wonder if @philinmerthyr has seen or signed up for this.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Thanks for the heads up on that, especially how pre registering your email gets you a guaranteed entry window prior to general release.

At least now I'm guaranteed one closed road race next year.

Looks pretty tough, but I'm going to just pretend that elevations Y axis is actually feet.

Wonder if @philinmerthyr has seen or signed up for this.

I'm rather hoping that I don't get a place in London now. I'm not sure I want to do two of these, and the Wales one is deffo the one I prefer.

 

[Dogtrousers]

The cycling specific version of a first world problem.

Nobody knows the trouble I see...

 

[Rupie]

Lets be honest, if you have done them before, the London route is a pretty easy sportive to do, so maybe the Welsh one might be more of a challenge.

 

[sleaver]

Just Pre-registered for Velothon Wales. I have to admit, the elevation graph @Dogtrousers did makes it look a bit easier that the stated elevation and distance. Saw a picture of a sign for that climb and it said 10% over 6km.

There seems to be a trend here. Get or try and get a place and then think about logistics London was only 40ish miles away, Cardiff is a bit more of a trek.