dickyknees
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- Anglesey
Maybe we'll only get half as wet as we thought!
Velothon 2016
- Thread starter bpsmith
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Maybe we'll only get half as wet as we thought!
dickyknees
Guru
- Location
- Anglesey
Don't think so. I'm out @ 08:27 with an estimate of between 5 and 6 hours on my application!
dickyknees
Guru
- Location
- Anglesey
Mudguards on, mudguards off.
This weather forecast is changing by the hour, who knows what the weather will be on Sunday.
http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/long.html
http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Abergavenny/long.html
This weather forecast is changing by the hour, who knows what the weather will be on Sunday.
http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/long.html
http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Abergavenny/long.html
MichaelO
Guru
I read somewhere that it was the very fastest in the first wave, then
"The very fastest riders start in the first wave, just so they get a clean break and don't have to overtake/navigate around groups of slower cyclists (for safety reasons). The slowest cyclists are then set off in the next couple of waves amongst a mix of abilities, so they have as long as possible to complete - without the worry of a large group of the very fastest coming up behind them trying to overtake!"
From the Velothon FB feed:
"The very fastest riders start in the first wave, just so they get a clean break and don't have to overtake/navigate around groups of slower cyclists (for safety reasons). The slowest cyclists are then set off in the next couple of waves amongst a mix of abilities, so they have as long as possible to complete - without the worry of a large group of the very fastest coming up behind them trying to overtake!"
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Some friends of mine are off at 0730. I don't know their estimated times but its likely to be unfast.
longy65
Active Member
- Location
- South Wales near Cardiff
Picked my pack up yesterday, bit disappointed that they are not giving you any freebies, especially as they hiked the price to enter up by a considerable sum this year!
Hope all taking part have a safe and enjoyable ride
Hope all taking part have a safe and enjoyable ride
Nomadski
I Like Bikes
- Location
- LBS, Usually
Weather was constantly changing on the route, everything from warm n sunshine to cold n cloudy to rain and even hail at one point.
Really enjoyed it, though interested in finding out what caused the ride to be temporarily halted just before Abergavenny. We saw a couple of medic bikes go past. Hope whoever it was for turns out ok, they don't normally stop the ride completely.
Really enjoyed it, though interested in finding out what caused the ride to be temporarily halted just before Abergavenny. We saw a couple of medic bikes go past. Hope whoever it was for turns out ok, they don't normally stop the ride completely.
Nig mtb
Über Member
- Location
- Bramley, Surrey
Nomadski,
Did this last year and we had a full road stop twice
Did this last year and we had a full road stop twice
from what ive heard locally - there was a rider that had gone down and was unconcious, also i do believe that near the abergavenny area a vehicle had got onto the route also.......so any one of those reasons could have caused the stoppage of the event for a short time
longy65
Active Member
- Location
- South Wales near Cardiff
To many idiots riding far too fast for the weather conditions, a car drove onto the course and he is being prosecuted for several violations, that caused the holt at Abergavenny.
The results only show around 8,000 riders finishing, so not sure what happened to all the rest!
The results only show around 8,000 riders finishing, so not sure what happened to all the rest!
dickyknees
Guru
- Location
- Anglesey
According to the results there were 8874 finishers in 2015 and 8814 this year.
Not a bad day considering the weather. The rain seemed to catch some people out, the cyclists around me behaved themselves in the wet and with sensible riding and good company.
Sad to see the amount of empty gels & inner tubes scattered all over the course, even one on the pub floor in the evening.
I couldn't believe the amount of cyclists using "extreme cross chaining" - big chainring and biggest cassette cog and struggling to get up the hills.
Not a bad day considering the weather. The rain seemed to catch some people out, the cyclists around me behaved themselves in the wet and with sensible riding and good company.
Sad to see the amount of empty gels & inner tubes scattered all over the course, even one on the pub floor in the evening.
I couldn't believe the amount of cyclists using "extreme cross chaining" - big chainring and biggest cassette cog and struggling to get up the hills.
....start time 7.13am.....estimated time 6 hours....started in Pen E......seemed lucky with the rain as was only caught out in it once and then had some shelter from the tree lined road....really enjoyed the ride and had no probs on route or saw any crashes.....as for the hills....well I am no hill climber and did ok on both of them......must of been all the Yorkshire training.....did the Etape du Dales last weekend....that was hilly
pleased with finish time of 5hrs 10mins.......will be back next year to try and crack 5hrs!!