RideLondon - Surrey 100 anyone?

Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Have you contacted them? If you didn't get the final instructions, then you wont have received the registration form you need to bring to the excel between now and saturday.
Give them a ring - if you haven't got a registration form (like me) then you go to the Help Desk in the Excel Exhibition centre with a form of photo id (which you'd have to take anyway) and they'll sort it from there.

Realised I didn't have my registration form last night and was tearing the house apart looking
 
My legs felt awful for the first few miles yesterday as they'd gone a bit stiff!! Might try and do a reccie ride Saturday evening from the hotel to the QEOP to find my barings and keep the legs loose!
I'm doing the same a) for that reason and b) so I'm not panicing Sunday morning.
 

aerobrain

Über Member
Location
Peterborough
I'm doing the same a) for that reason and b) so I'm not panicing Sunday morning.

It's the only thing that's been worrying me for the last 2-3 weeks, getting to/from the race. As the training's gone well I've kinda forgotten about the fact it will be the longest ride I've ever done by 23 miles lol :-)

Really looking forward to it now!! Hopefully get to catch the pro's finish as well, although I imagine the area's going to be rammed!! I reckon us participants should have reserved front row seats :-)
 

sleaver

Veteran
There is a spectator guide that will give you an idea of times etc for riders, see Phoenix's link - http://www.prudentialridelondon.co....ideLondon-Surrey-100-Spectators$!27-Guide.pdf

Kingston would be a good place to watch too, as you get riders heading down, and back. Its the only point on the route which is the same both ways.

Green Park near The Mall has a screen showing the races, Wimbledon is doing a lot of fancy street party stuff on the day, like you say Abinger / Holmbury will have the riders going past multiple times....

You have a lot of choices, really depends on your travel knowledge. Enjoy it, and hope to see a banner or two!! :biggrin:

Thanks

Kingston would be nice but getting there may be hard considering the road closures. London and Abinger are easy by train for me although depending on road closures I could ride to Abinger.

I'm thinking of London because when I watched the Tour of Briton, when they have gone past that's it but there seems to be more on offer in London. Wish I was doing it really but it was to late to get a place after I had brought my bike and going from 0 riding miles to 100 in just over two months may have been a bit tricky.
 
Does anyone know if there's an official GPX out there yet? I've seen a couple of "training ones" but they don't include some of the "closed road" sections from what I can gather.

I'm confident the route will be well marked but on my very 1st sportive the only thing that saved me miles and miles of detour was my Garmin as the "marshall" just let me go sailing past in the wrong direction!! I like that as a safety net these days!
 

procel

Well-Known Member
Location
South London
a2a6evu8.jpg

ok, got it, I see I'm blue start (bg colour). [fg colour is pink for celebs and yellow for business relay].

like the tagline on the big poster of Peter Sagan they've got over the entrance: "He's the world's best sprinter and he's chasing you to the Mall". Can't shake the feeling they'll pull any 100er off the course before he got anywhere near them though ;/
 

aerobrain

Über Member
Location
Peterborough
Am I right in thinking they provide safety pins etc for attaching the numbers? I seem to recall reading that in the magazine.
 
OP
OP
Nomadski

Nomadski

I Like Bikes
Location
LBS, Usually
Does anyone know if there's an official GPX out there yet? I've seen a couple of "training ones" but they don't include some of the "closed road" sections from what I can gather.

I'm confident the route will be well marked but on my very 1st sportive the only thing that saved me miles and miles of detour was my Garmin as the "marshall" just let me go sailing past in the wrong direction!! I like that as a safety net these days!

No official one, but I made an unofficial one based on the few maps that are available. I think it is accurate, certainly moreso than the training GPX.

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/ridelondon-guide-and-info.136099/
 
OP
OP
Nomadski

Nomadski

I Like Bikes
Location
LBS, Usually
a2a6evu8.jpg

ok, got it, I see I'm blue start (bg colour). [fg colour is pink for celebs and yellow for business relay].

like the tagline on the big poster of Peter Sagan they've got over the entrance: "He's the world's best sprinter and he's chasing you to the Mall". Can't shake the feeling they'll pull any 100er off the course before he got anywhere near them though ;/

As @aerobrain asks, are there pins and cable ties to attach to shirt and bike? What else is there at the show? Are there plenty of commercial partners, to peruse shiny stuff?
 

aerobrain

Über Member
Location
Peterborough
As @aerobrain asks, are there pins and cable ties to attach to shirt and bike? What else is there at the show? Are there plenty of commercial partners, to peruse shiny stuff?

Two people I know went today and said the show was a bit disappointing. Wiggle stand OK, Evans not so and the rest pretty much Charity stands. Will wait to make my own mind up Saturday though, some times good going with low expectations as they can then only go one way lol :-)

Sounds like the jerseys are well under sized. Anyone on here have a take on that who's got one?
 
OP
OP
Nomadski

Nomadski

I Like Bikes
Location
LBS, Usually
Two people I know went today and said the show was a bit disappointing. Wiggle stand OK, Evans not so and the rest pretty much Charity stands. Will wait to make my own mind up Saturday though, some times good going with low expectations as they can then only go one way lol :-)

Sounds like the jerseys are well under sized. Anyone on here have a take on that who's got one?

the official jerseys? Dont know about them, but the bibs are spot on. I ordered my normal size and got exactly perfect fit. Have heard some things about the sizing being off, but mine were fine. Cant speak about the actual tops, try them on when your there! they do look very nice and the bibs are very light and breezy.

Cheers for this - I think I trust you enough not to reroute me via Bristol ^_^

What do you mean it doesn't go thru Bristol? You'll be telling me it goes nowehere near Wales next!!!! :laugh:
 

aerobrain

Über Member
Location
Peterborough
the official jerseys? Dont know about them, but the bibs are spot on. I ordered my normal size and got exactly perfect fit. Have heard some things about the sizing being off, but mine were fine. Cant speak about the actual tops, try them on when your there! they do look very nice and the bibs are very light and breezy.



What do you mean it doesn't go thru Bristol? You'll be telling me it goes nowehere near Wales next!!!! :laugh:

Yeah they've got changing rooms so will try some different sizes. Hope they fit as they do look cool, would like to get bib and top ideally.
 
Top Bottom