RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2016) Anyone?

[jefmcg]

I did a long ride on Tuesday just to see if I was ready and had someone pull out into the cycle lane in Putney. Managed to miss them but went over my handlebars and mashed up my shoulder. Now don't think the 100 is doable and deferred last year due to illness so can't defer again. Think my best bet is going to be the 46 mile short cut. Also have London Sprint Triathlon the following weekend but not sure how I'm going to manage 750m front crawl. Really disappointed.

Ouch.

Just to note, you can also skip Leith Hill and Box Hill (just stay on the A25 and A24 respectively) if you are feeling strong at Hampton Court. Indeed as the roads will be quiet, could head off towards Cobham and skip the whole Surrey hills section. Or (looks at map) turn onto the A246 at East Clandon to just skip the 3 big climbs. The electronic tagging means this is not cheating,your ride will be recorded as a shorter distance

Good luck, and GWS

 

[JoeyB]

Just registered and
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Can you ask him to stay there till tomorrow afternoon?

 

[sleaver]

Can you ask him to stay there till tomorrow afternoon?

He is on the stage at 12:45 tomorrow.

https://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/events/cycling-show/whats/

 

[Tin Pot]

Marshalls and stewards have been told to look out for and remove interlopers

I'll admit that I was baiting a touch with my post.

 

[Norry1]

Probably posted elsewhere, but Zwift have now put a RideLondon course up. I plan to have a tootle on it this evening

 

[joe3781]

If London's TMOs are similar to Norfolk's TROs, then it's up to £1000 fine for ignoring the road closures - and with all the terrorist attacks lately, I expect them to take a pretty heavy hand with people trying to sneak on. IMO, they've done it officially and it's rather different from the slapdash sportives which just flood roads with riders with no advance notice and only tiny warning signs, so I'm not inclined to try. I'm planning on riding parallel roads and hoping motorists heed the official advice to avoid the entire area.

notice how theyve made the kit bags transparent this year...

 

[joe3781]

I did a long ride on Tuesday just to see if I was ready and had someone pull out into the cycle lane in Putney. Managed to miss them but went over my handlebars and mashed up my shoulder. Now don't think the 100 is doable and deferred last year due to illness so can't defer again. Think my best bet is going to be the 46 mile short cut. Also have London Sprint Triathlon the following weekend but not sure how I'm going to manage 750m front crawl. Really disappointed.

I'm going to wrap myself in bubble wrap until Sunday morning

 

[JoeyB]

notice how theyve made the kit bags transparent this year...

How big are they??

 

[sleaver]

notice how theyve made the kit bags transparent this year...

They did the same with the London Marathon but then it is the same company.

I think it is a security thing however when registering yesterday, I check if I could still put a rucksack in it and the answer was yes. Therefore negating it being transparent

 

[Wolf616]

How much alcohol is it acceptable to drink the night before the event?

 

[joe3781]

How big are they??

Big enough, i can fit a helmet, shoes, change of clothes and two bottles in mine.

 

[Lee gg]

I did a long ride on Tuesday just to see if I was ready and had someone pull out into the cycle lane in Putney. Managed to miss them but went over my handlebars and mashed up my shoulder. Now don't think the 100 is doable and deferred last year due to illness so can't defer again. Think my best bet is going to be the 46 mile short cut. Also have London Sprint Triathlon the following weekend but not sure how I'm going to manage 750m front crawl. Really disappointed.

Bad luck pal.

 

[Lee gg]

How much alcohol is it acceptable to drink the night before the event?

No more then 2 bottles of wine , before the local happy hour starts.

 

[mjr]

How much alcohol is it acceptable to drink the night before the event?

I've not spotted anything saying you can't keep going while you're riding

 

[mjr]

I think it is a security thing however when registering yesterday, I check if I could still put a rucksack in it and the answer was yes. Therefore negating it being transparent

I'd expect that to make it more likely that your bag will be selected for enhanced tramplingscanning though!