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Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
That's a nice tailwind. For about a third of the route.
Racing roadkill
Guru
Oh dear.
- Location
- Egham
Oh dear indeed. It seems my ride to Brighton will have to move to Saturday.
I presume the organisers will refund if the event is cancelled?
I presume the organisers will refund if the event is cancelled?
OP
OP
kingrollo
Guru
I would very much doubt you will get a full cash refund. A Free entry into VS 2019 would be the best you could hope for.
Some people are suggesting a shortened route - But I can't see how that would work - it would mean closing roads they weren't planning to close.
My bet is a postponement probably until sept 2019 - unless of course the weather improves
Racing roadkill
Guru
There’s already a ‘B’ route, which is about half the distance, the distance isn’t the issue, it’s more to do with the elf n safety, and insurance. If the weather warning remains in place ( it’s more than likely to do so) they’ll cancel the ride, call ‘Force majeure’ and that will be that.
Stonechat
Guru
- Location
- Staines, Middlesex
Looks like my best bet will be to do the route when the weather settles down , on my own.
Would need to find a suitable date
Would need to find a suitable date
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Forecast for Sunday is all over the shop, hour-by-hour and forecaster-by-forecaster. I'm optimistic.
OP
OP
kingrollo
Guru
Well there is still a weather warning in place...and the sites that track weather fronts are predicting an extreme low pressure front to hit the south of england sunday morning....
Best case scenario looks to be windy and wet but do able.
petsonally i think it will now be cancelled ...yesterdays email was to prime us for that and so that people who have booked hotels have time to cancel.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
AccuWeather:
29-31mph from SW/WSW 9-11 am
Rain from 11
Wind swings around from WNW after that and dies down a bit.
Yuk.
29-31mph from SW/WSW 9-11 am
Rain from 11
Wind swings around from WNW after that and dies down a bit.
Yuk.
OP
OP
kingrollo
Guru
Whilst not great - that doesn't sound cancellation territory ?
Ive wimped out folks - sorry - my back/hamstring issues have come back - last time I pushed through them I ended up off the bike for 3 years - gutted - hope its rescheduled with original entries valid.
If not hope those who ride it have a great day....
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
No, it doesn't. And while I'm really not looking forward to doing it anywhere near as much as I did when I signed up (part logistics, mainly still being fat), it's not enough to put me off.
However, if there's still an extant Yellow weather warning in place I think it'll get canned, because the organisers will get hammered if anything were to happen ("what the hell were they doing running an event like that with a weather warning in place?", type-thing).
OP
OP
kingrollo
Guru
Another big storm to hit UK tonight - whilst that might not hit the south it will IMO increase the pressure to cancel
