Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
Cheers!
RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2016) Anyone?
- Thread starter Nomadski
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Racing roadkill
Guru
Get to the excel centre on whichever of the preceding days best suits you. I find Friday to be the best day, get any parts and bits and bobs you need there, as there's a good discount. Sign on, get your kit bag and stuff. If you're in on the club entry, the start time will be early. Enjoy the atmosphere, enjoy the ride. After the ride, there are a lot of things going on in the 'Cycle festival' areas, including free secure bike parking. Stick around if you can, watch the pro peloton finishing. It's quite an event, worth making the most of.
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
Thanks, good info!
Yes through the club entry, I didn't apply and go through the ballot.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Well anyone who didn't get into the 100 and decided to enter the ballot for the 46 as a fallback should get their results today. I didn't get in, so it looks like I'll only be doing FreeCycle this year.
rugby bloke
Veteran
- Location
- Northamptonshire
All the feed stations are pretty packed so think about carrying all your own food. I'll echo the sentiment about Wimbledon - just after the 90 mile mark so you think you are home, a big crowd on both sides of the road so you have to make it look like you are trying up the hill !
Bryony
Veteran
- Location
- Ramsgate, Kent
Hi did you get an email telling you that you didn't get in? My partner got an email today saying he's in but I've not had anything so far.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Yeah, but there's packed and then there's PACKED! I have no problem waiting a minute or two to use the loo or get my drink bottle refilled, but there are horror stories from every year so far about people queuing up for 30-45 minutes to get anything done at Newlands Corner.
I suppose it's just because of its location - being at the top of the first big climb attracts the less experienced cyclists needing a rest, plus as it's just about the halfway point of the ride, the more experienced cyclists who are planning on doing a one-stop-only strategy will also gravitate toward that one, even though there's two perfectly good stops within 5 miles of it on either side.
But having said all that, I still took my own food anyway!
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steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Yeah, received the e-mail just after lunch. Subject was "Ballot Notification - Prudential RideLondon" and the e-mail began with "We regret to advise you..."
Bryony
Veteran
- Location
- Ramsgate, Kent
Ah ok thank you! I can still keep my fingers crossed then.
https://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/ballot/notify-payment/2/
Try the login link. Chances are if you are in it'll accept your details....
Don't pay yet though unless you're certain you are in(if you pay and don't get in, it's not my fault)
That said I got the rejection on my work email and I can't recover password for that. So I am pretty certain if you can go to pay page you're in
Try the login link. Chances are if you are in it'll accept your details....
Don't pay yet though unless you're certain you are in(if you pay and don't get in, it's not my fault)
That said I got the rejection on my work email and I can't recover password for that. So I am pretty certain if you can go to pay page you're in
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Or stop at the petrol station at the far end of Dorking High Street. They have sandwiches-a-plenty and no queues.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Actually, looking at the route on ridewithGPS, I realise I stopped at the petrol station just by the turn onto the A24 after Dorking (at mile 64.6). Assuming they'll be open again this year I'll be doing the same thing again. There was plenty of food drink (and ice cream) and hardly anyone else there. Oh, and a toilet if IIRC without a queue. Depending on the weather, my only other stop will be just before Leith Hill to fill up the water bottles.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Thinking about last year, did anyone else have problems at the steep little kick just after Headley when you come down off Boxhill? I did - riders in front of me (riding three abreast) had completely misjudged the hill and were in completely the wrong gear after the steep descent. They all decided to dismount at the same time and not one of them pulled over to the left. That's a 35+mph downhill stretch so you imagine how many squeaky pants there were. It needs a 'select low gear now' sign.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
I arrived there in completely the wrong gear too, but managed somehow to change down on the triple and stagger up the hill (which is a fairly short one anyway).
On the Leith Hill diversion there were loads of people pushing in the middle of the road with no consideration for those still pedalling.
On the Leith Hill diversion there were loads of people pushing in the middle of the road with no consideration for those still pedalling.
rugby bloke
Veteran
- Location
- Northamptonshire
I remember the climb - came as a shock as mentally I was thinking its all down hill to London !! I think the road must have been quite clear when I hit it as I don't remember much carnage, just lots of muttered curses along the lines of "By Golly, this is a little steeper then expected" ...
