RideLondon - Surrey 100 anyone?

[EltonFrog]

The photographs are now online.

http://www3.marathon-photos.com/scr...RideLondon-Surrey 100&photo=RLAC3256&bib=3245

Excellent.

Edit. They are not all up yet, so keep checking.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

It was great to meet Lesley at the Excel today

Lights going off. See you on the other side.

Good luck to everyone ob CC riding tomorrow.

Fab to meet you too - scrolling down the posts at min to see how everybody did x Expecting to be well chuffed for many of you

 

[SquareDaff]

Only downer on the day was my garmin ran out of juice at Kingston (i had left brightness on max from a previous ride) so had to record last 15 miles on phone so will have incomplete HR and cadence data for the ride.

Almost fell into that trap myself. My Garmin recorded the full route. They should have renamed it the London 99.28 (I presume the shorter distance was because I spent a lot of my time on the "wrong side of the road"). Vertical climb was 1538m (5040ft) according to my Garmin. Not had time to correct that figure but if it's accurate then where they got 3800ft from I'll never know.

 

[Norry1]

Mine showed 4,459 ft of climbing. Distance showed as 99.9miles.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Mine showed 4,459 ft of climbing. Distance showed as 99.9miles.

You must have been pulling a wheelie up Leith Hill

 

[SquareDaff]

I was disappointed with Box Hill. Got to the top and thought "is that it".

. I thought the same thing....It looks impressive but that's about it. If I was to ride the route again I'd give it more beans on that climb....I was holding back slightly yesterday expecting a steeper climb just around the corner. Like others have said , the road surface was great though!!

 

[Hill Wimp]

. I thought the same thing....It looks impressive but that's about it. If I was to ride the route again I'd give it more beans on that climb....I was holding back slightly yesterday expecting a steeper climb just around the corner. Like others have said , the road surface was great though!!

OK OK so the hills in the South are pathetic i get it we are wimps

 

[SquareDaff]

Did see an older gentleman crash out at the top of Box Hill. He was taking on a gel, wobbled a little and was hit from the side by another rider.

That was one thing that did "p" me off a little about yesterdays ride. There are some very obnoxious riders. I was passed a few times by some fast moving packs who insisted on passing within 6 inches of my shoulders then swerving in front of my front wheel (and no, they weren't giving me a drafting opportunity) even when there was a full lanes worth of space at one side or the other.

This was probably the same type of person who insited in dumping their gel wrappersin the road. Got quite bad in the last 15 or so miles when they were handing them out by the side of the road. Unfortunately for us (cyclists as a whole) this was in the built up areas and isn't a good advert for cyclists!

 

[HLaB]

A mate and I headed to London to watch a bit of yesterday and had a great day. I've no access to faceboke (where my photos are stored) but if I remember I'll post some later.

 

[SquareDaff]

OK OK so the hills in the South are pathetic i get it we are wimps

Its probably because I'd been hill training in the Pennines and Peaks. I'd read so much about Box Hill that I figured I'd better get loads of steep hill training in. Fantastic view at the top though!!

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Well, it's the morning after the day before. Got my official timings off the website - 8hrs, 28mins, 22secs, which, considering I was seriously worried I wouldn't make the 9hr cut off and be either swept off or sent on a shortcut, I am pretty pleased with.

Have plugged my garmin in and uploaded to strava.

http://app.strava.com/activities/72322953 - later edit, forgot to mention that I forgot to press start when we set off, and forgot to press stop at the finish, so it won't necessarily relate to anybody else's stats

I met some fab people, good catch ups with @Nomadski and @philinmerthyr, but missed some of you others, even though I was looking out for you.

Pleased to say that I enjoyed it much more than I expected - made it up Newlands Corner AND Box Hill - and I know some of you 'pooh pooh' Box Hill as a 'is that it?' hill, but to me it was a mountain. Had to get off and push up Leith Hill (no surprise there) and also, disappointingly, the Wimbledon one after 90 miles. I thought I might make it up, but no power left. Never mind. I only bloomin' did it!



By the time we got home (after 11pm) it was too late for an alcoholic celebration, so that will have to wait!

Well done everybody on your fabulous timings; you are all stars!

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

ps - the official photos are pretty good too

 

[SquareDaff]

Final comment - then I'd better get some work done - if anyone on here lost a really nice carbon pump, then it's halfway down the descent from Box Hill, middle of the left hand lane!

 

[EltonFrog]

Did see an older gentleman crash out at the top of Box Hill. He was taking on a gel, wobbled a little and was hit from the side by another rider.

That was one thing that did "p" me off a little about yesterdays ride. There are some very obnoxious riders. I was passed a few times by some fast moving packs who insisted on passing within 6 inches of my shoulders then swerving in front of my front wheel (and no, they weren't giving me a drafting opportunity) even when there was a full lanes worth of space at one side or the other.

This was probably the same type of person who insited in dumping their gel wrappersin the road. Got quite bad in the last 15 or so miles when they were handing them out by the side of the road. Unfortunately for us (cyclists as a whole) this was in the built up areas and isn't a good advert for cyclists!

There were some very ill mannered riders yesterday, all of the above happened to me too, plus I was aware that at the feed stations there were some rude and greedy folk grabbing more than needed.

In the main though, most people were great, and there was a FAB atmosphere.

 

[TimeyWimey]

Aimed for 8hrs, did it in 6:39 which I'm kind of pleased with. That could have been cut down a fair bit as it included 1hr of stops due to some really bad cramps in my legs in the second 50 miles; I only planned/would have needed 15-20 mins of stops otherwise.-

Thought it was a great day, organisation seemed to be spot on and would do it all again today given the opportunity. Definitely looking to go again next year.