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[Closed] Hawley, Surrey conditions - Sunday

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Two days of heavy rain forecast for Fri and Sat. I'm lending someone my bike for the Helly Hansen Team-off-road-adventure-tri-thingummy. 25k on the bikes, and the tyres on the bike are Small Block 8s.

How much trouble is he going to have?

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Posted : 02/12/2009 6:31 pm
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Don't know Hawley but my 8's are quite slippy in the wet.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 7:47 pm
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Are you sure 'Hawley'is in Surrey!? There is a 'Horley' in Surrey but I can't imagine any bike races taking place there - off road!

Small block 8's - lot's of trouble anywhere in the UK, off road this time of year. I would say.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 7:51 pm
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Google disagrees ๐Ÿ˜‰ - and:

http://www.trailplus.com/helly_hansen.cfm

- near Camberley, so I must admit it's not what I'd immediately think of as surrey.


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 7:58 pm
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It's in Hampshire, nr Farnborough. Camberley is close by and just over the Hampshire/Surrey boundary which runs through that area.

So Hawley = Hampshire
Camberley = Surrey.

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Posted : 02/12/2009 8:05 pm
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You have got the Evans Ride it this weekend which is in Dorking, Surrey.
Off road on Sat, and road ride on sunday. And yes it is verrrrrrrrrrrrrry muddy. ๐Ÿ™„


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 8:20 pm
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Ground conditions wise his biggest problem is going to be sand, especially around the 'bombhole'. Other than that it's a fairly well draining woodland area although if the course designers are the same ones who laid out the For Goodness Shakes triathlon a couple of months ago he should look out for a couple of big mud splashes!


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 8:57 pm
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Thankyou 'allthepies' - I was starting to question my own mind there. I used to live, and still work in Horley, Surrey and I often have to confirm - it's the Surrey Horley, on the phone, prior to spelling it out.

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Posted : 02/12/2009 9:21 pm
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There is a 'Horley' in Surrey but I can't imagine any bike races taking place there - off road!

Outwood hill isn't far from Horley!


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 9:28 pm
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Outwood hill isn't far from Horley!

Ha! Not much of a hill is it?


 
Posted : 02/12/2009 10:23 pm