RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2015) Anyone?

[jifdave]

I went to last year's thread To see what the date wasAnd look what I found

lol so end of feb it is then.....

 

[Nig mtb]

Not in Doing Velothon Wales it's a better bike ride any way.
Try again next year

 

[Bryony]

I think I might be in??? I followed the link and logged in it doesn't say cancelled but doesn't say approved either.

 

[Paulus]

At he moment I don't know if I am in or out. The link still shows a blank blue screen, and I have not heard anything as yet.

 

[jefmcg]

Apparently the trick is to login with a mobile phone

 

[jdtate101]

Mine was cancelled, but in a way I'm glad. The whole process is bull IMHO. If it's random, then why ask the previous event/time/speed questions on the entry form? I bet it's not random at all, but weighted towards certain groups, but they won't admit to that. No-one from my area that I know of has ever got a place, yet i know of 2 guys in London who've got in every time. I won't bother in the future, there's much better ways to spend one's money.....

 

[Nomadski]

I've checked out the link and entered my email and password, clicked on receipt under documents and its just taken me to a load of my registration info (Registration ID section, Billing Information, Fee stuff from my upfront payment under Transactions etc) and that's it.

Don't have an 'approved' nor a 'cancelled'.

Unsure if to get excited or not...

If I have got approved it's my maiden year for getting thru the ballot in 3 attempts. I failed both times so far, but did it for charidee in the inaugural ride.

 

[jefmcg]

but they won't admit to that

Weighted random (which is still random)

• How was the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 ballot drawn?
  • The ballot is drawn randomly utilising the answers provided by registrants on their entry forms. It is weighted for Health and Safety purposes to help the maximum number of people get safely around the route within the eight and a half hour time limit.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Of all the entries that my friends and I have made, the only one to have succeeded was my mate who, in the first year, thought it was 100k and put down a realistically slow time (but super fast for 100mi). Perhaps we should lie more?

 

[AndyWilliams]

Mine was cancelled, but in a way I'm glad. The whole process is bull IMHO. If it's random, then why ask the previous event/time/speed questions on the entry form? I bet it's not random at all, but weighted towards certain groups, but they won't admit to that. No-one from my area that I know of has ever got a place, yet i know of 2 guys in London who've got in every time. I won't bother in the future, there's much better ways to spend one's money.....

One of the charities only wants £800 raised + £50 entry if you still wanna ride, that's well easy to raise. Is it ****............ That is a lot of money if you ask me.

Wont be bothering again.

 

[Nomadski]

One of the charities only wants £800 raised + £50 entry if you still wanna ride, that's well easy to raise. Is it ****............ That is a lot of money if you ask me.

Wont be bothering again.

In the first year when I failed to get thru the ballot I decided to go for a charity place. Cancer Research UK wanted £650 which I thought was going to be a struggle. Spread the word about the usual places (friends, family and social media) and got £2,670 in 8 months.

You might be surprised just how generous those around you can be.

 

[jdtate101]

One of the charities only wants £800 raised + £50 entry if you still wanna ride, that's well easy to raise. Is it ****............ That is a lot of money if you ask me.

Wont be bothering again.

Especially when, for some charities, the small print says that should you fail to meet the target, you must make up the shortfall yourself. fcuk that!!!!

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I'd imagine that's the small print for all of the charities, otherwise it's an easy dodge.

Having done it last year, the best bit is the bit you can't easily replicate. Riding through Surrey was nice (well, aside from the torrential rain) but riding through a closed London centre was much more special.

Depends what you are looking to get from it I guess.

 

[Longshot]

Nope, me neither.

Oh well, there's always next year!

 

[Longshot]

Oh, and just wondering...

The only time I agree to donate my entry fee (as opposed to paying only if I got a place) is the only time I got through the ballot. Now, three years is not a big set from a statistical point of view but I'm suspicious!