RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2017) Anyone?

[EltonFrog]

Well, there seems to be only one thing to do. Cancel this event and all the ones like it, abolish the sportives, marathons, moon walks and park runs. It's the future.

 

[jefmcg]

Well, there seems to be only one thing to do. Cancel this event and all the ones like it, abolish the sportives, marathons, moon walks and park runs. It's the future.

 

[Lee_M]

Deep commiserations to those that have died, but if I was to die of a heart attack I'd prefer it to happen when I was doing something I loved like being on my bike, rather than it happening in the office.

 

[jefmcg]

Deep commiserations to those that have died, but if I was to die of a heart attack I'd prefer it to happen when I was doing something I loved like being on my bike, rather than it happening in the office.

I don't know about the other fatalities, but Robin Chard probably had as good a chance on Kingston Bridge than anywhere in London. Several riders stopped to attend, the marshalls were in sight, the passerby I spoke to provided emergency assistance (I'm sure). There were at least 3 bicycle paramedics in the area, as I saw them together later in the day a couple of hundred metres from the bridge, and Kingston Hospital is close. He would have had CPR immediately, paramedic attention within a couple of minutes and an ambulance quickly after that. Doing something worthwhile for a cause that meant everything to him, with good medical attention at hand. There a worse ways to go.

 

[Tin Pot]

Deep commiserations to those that have died, but if I was to die of a heart attack I'd prefer it to happen when I was doing something I loved like being on my bike, rather than it happening in the office.

I would not.

If I had to go I would want to have seizure in front of the peanuts at work so they could see how meaningless their lives were.

 

[Adrian_K]

I'll apply again and pray that it's fouth time lucky. I think that I'll incease my chances by calling myself Chris Froome and promising to run the whole course in cleats.

 

[Norry1]

I'll be applying. Probably do a charity place if I don't get through the ballot.

 

[steverob]

1) Apply for place in the 100 ballot
2) If unsuccessful, apply for place in the 46 ballot, assuming they run it next year
3) If I don't get in to that, will think about a charity place, but can only do it if they're asking for less than £400 - despite trying to raise funds for many different types of charity events previously, that always seems to be about the limit of what I can raise
4) If that doesn't happen, sit at home being a curmudgeon complaining about how overrated the whole RideLondon thing is and you wouldn't catch me doing that anyway, it's all Strava chain-gang wanabees / slow noobs with no cycling etiquette (* delete as applicable)

 

[sleaver]

As declared on the 2016 thread, unless something changes my mind or I decide to do the 46, I won't be entering the 100 for 2017. I've done it three years in a row so its time to give others a chance.

I'll probably just go and watch the mens and womens races if possible and enjoy the atmosphere from a spectators point of view

Or if its raining, I'll enjoy the atmosphere through my TV screen while drinking hot cups of tea

 

[jefmcg]

unless something changes my mind

Are we really doing this?

ahem: I'm not entering either unless I do, but probably won't. Edit:no, definitely not.

(bigger fish to fry in 2017)

 

[Fab Foodie]

Ballot opens on Monday the 8th August.

Who's entering?

Not me. My club-mate is still in intensive care ....

 

[outlash]

If you don't like riding with a plastic hat or Lycra, don't like getting up early, queuing, other cyclists, hills, gels, don't enter, those that have ridden the RLS100, the best part of 25000 cyclists don't agree with your negative BS.

And what's stopping you riding 100 miles on your own or do you need to be ushered into pens, be part of a 'wave', ride in close proximity with an awful lot of people of at best 'mixed' abilities and have a crowd cheer you on to do that?

 

[srw]

And what's stopping you riding 100 miles on your own or do you need to be ushered into pens, be part of a 'wave', ride in close proximity with an awful lot of people of at best 'mixed' abilities and have a crowd cheer you on to do that?

What's stopping you doing both?

 

[outlash]

None, but i wonder how many entrants would do a century just because it's a fun thing to do rather than it's an event, or for charity, because you get a medal etc etc...

 

[sleaver]

Are we really doing this?

Only if someone takes an innocuous post, only quotes part of it leaving out the context to try and make something of nothing.