RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2015) Anyone?

[AndyWilliams]

Guaranteed a space if I have £500 charity money ?

 

[vickster]

Guaranteed a space if I have £500 charity money ?

You have to sign up with a charity, some may ask you to raise more. It's not a guaranteed place, but there were certainly places after the ballot was announced

You also have to pay an entry fee for the charity place (like if you get a ballot place), which varies. e.g. this year Wateraid was £50 entry, £575 minimum sponsorship

 

[AndyWilliams]

You have to sign up with a charity, some may ask you to raise more. It's not a guaranteed place, but there were certainly places after the ballot was announced

You also have to pay an entry fee for the charity place (like if you get a ballot place), which varies. e.g. this year Wateraid was £50 entry, £575 minimum sponsorship

Bit rich if you ask me. But its for charity so.....
Thanks for your replies.

 

[vickster]

Eh? Yes, it's for charity, try through the ballot, if you don't get a place and don't want to ride for a charity then that's your choice

The fee is £50 odd regardless

I had a ballot place this year, and was still going to raise money. I had to pull out but will do the same next year as I get deferred entry

 

[AndyWilliams]

£50 I'm fine with.
Just dont reckon I would get near £150 let alone £500-575, anyway, I will try the ballot

 

[srw]

Bit rich if you ask me. But its for charity so.....
Thanks for your replies.

As I've pointed out before, the charity has bought its place - upwards of £100, probably with a sliding scale depending on the number. Some of them also lay on parties for fundraisers (which also have to be paid for - though that will eat into the profits). I was slightly surprised yesterday morning at the number of people I told who didn't realise this.

The first three years of RideLondon were sold together, so you can probably expect the price, and hence minimum fund-raising targets, to go up from 2016.

 

[Colin_B]

I'm thinking of entering the ballot, if I get a place though the ballot or a charity place. Do I have to get to London on the Saturday to register and collect my ride number ?

 

[vickster]

Yes. Have from Thursday - Saturday I think. You cannot register on Sunday!

 

[Colin_B]

Yes. Have from Thursday - Saturday I think. You cannot register on Sunday!

Thanks, that will mean getting a hotel will have to go onto the cost

 

[Peteaud]

I so want to enter the ballot, but the logistics of getting into London from down here are a mare. Hotels are already booked up so i would probably have to stay outside London, drive in (eek) and park up in one of the carparks, having already gone by tube on the Saturday to register.

So it unfortunately looks a no go from the start.

 

[vickster]

Yep, unless you have friends in London to stay with. You would struggle to get to London from Suffolk on the Sunday for 6am and then ride 100 miles. You have a year to save, see it as a holiday

I had the hotel Silk booked through Expedia, complete dive but sub £50 for a single...no issue cancelling either up to a few days before

 

[vickster]

I so want to enter the ballot, but the logistics of getting into London from down here are a mare. Hotels are already booked up so i would probably have to stay outside London, drive in (eek) and park up in one of the carparks, having already gone by tube on the Saturday to register.

So it unfortunately looks a no go from the start.

Look at the Hotel Silk if you don't mind basic

 

[Peteaud]

Look at the Hotel Silk if you don't mind basic

Does it have a car park?

My other option is to stay in Bracknell, we have friends there, and drive in early sunday.

What are the issues if any if driving in early Sunday, apart from closed roads?

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Does it have a car park?

My other option is to stay in Bracknell, we have friends there, and drive in early sunday.

What are the issues if any if driving in early Sunday, apart from closed roads?

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None, aside from the early start. I'd plot a conservative route keeping clear of the road closures. There's plenty of places south of the river you could safely leave a car all day and ride in/back to if you didn't want to fork out for a parking place.

 

[jifdave]

Are ballot places transferable? If they are then I will enter the ballot and give the place to someone who didn't get a place.

Reason I won't do the ride? Plastic hat rule.

not transferable but if you go to excel to sign on there are no checks after that so you could pass it on.... i'd offered mates beer or dinner this year if they got in,