RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2015) Anyone?

[beermonster]

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.

Do you have an invoice link under 'documents' on that page?
Doesn't say approved anywhere but think you are in

 

[beermonster]

Anyone had the magazine through the post yet?

 

[jifdave]

Nope

 

[AndyWilliams]

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!!!!

That, really was the issue, I stupidly left out :/
Anyway......

 

[ianrauk]

For those that will enter through and pay for a charity place.
The WWF (World Wildlife Fund, not that wrestling mob) seem to have a fairly low fundraIsing target of £500 HERE

 

[AndyWilliams]

I see this ride is going the way of the London Marathon, a lot of entries saved for charities, or do these charities have to apply like everyone else? I suspect there are a number of places saved for charities who then insist on a certain amount of money to be raised if you want an entry through them, nothing wrong with raising money for charity but it does rob the runner/rider (who just wants to run/ride for the fun of it) of a place,

I'm very much for this, but why a minimum? I don't understand that. £800 is a lot to raise IMO, if you don't you have to find the money yourself.
Why not raise what you can and they be grateful for that, or maybe not pay themselves extortionate amounts of wages.

 

[AndyWilliams]

It's all very well raising money for the charities, but you can't keep going round asking the same people to sponsor you. And i find people you don't know are not interested.

Yep!! think most of us have been in this spot :/

 

[ianrauk]

It's all very well raising money for the charities, but you can't keep going round asking the same people to sponsor you. And i find people you don't know are not interested.

Hold on, why the angry face at people that you don't know not interested in sponsoring you?

 

[derrick]

The angry face is for the people asking us to raise money.

 

[jdtate101]

Or....you can just tip up slightly down the road from the start with some change in your pocket, ride the roads for free, buy snacks & drinks in corner shops (or a pub) along the way and have a nice day on the bike without all the fuss. They cannot stop you riding on the public highway after all.

 

[StuAff]

Or....you can just tip up slightly down the road from the start with some change in your pocket, ride the roads for free, buy snacks & drinks in corners shops along the way and have a nice day on the bike without all the fuss. They cannot stop you riding on the public highway after all.

Nope. Closed roads.

 

[jdtate101]

Nope. Closed roads.

Like anybody is going to notice or stop you...it's closed to vehicles. Ok you might have to avoid the mall bit, but the marshalls are not police, they have no authority to prevent you from going about your lawful business.

 

[beermonster]

Like anybody is going to notice or stop you...it's closed to vehicles. Ok you might have to avoid the mall bit, but the marshalls are not police, they have no authority to prevent you from going about your lawful business.

The event is marshalled by hundreds of volunteers for that reason to stop vehicles and other road users. One reason why you and your bike have numbers to identify you. You will be asked to leave by the marshals, I've seen it happen.

 

[jdtate101]

Asked yes, but they can't force you, they are not police and have no legal powers to detain you nor prevent you from riding on the roads.

 

[StuAff]

Asked yes, but they can't force you, they are not police and have no legal powers to detain you nor prevent you from riding on the roads.

Which part of 'closed roads' do you not understand? If you're on them without the proper entry, you aren't entitled to be there. As @beermonster has stated, you can and will be ejected from the course if you're spotted. You might get away with it, but if you get caught you haven't got a leg to stand on.