[Closed] STW Meet - Roadie flavour

60 miles!!!!! do you think we ever ride those nice road bikes?
A west London ride out to Peaslake to be sworn at by the gnarly all mountain riders would be much more fun.

Oh, go on then. Any prizes for the stupidest outfit?

Would everyone have to wear baggies & peaks, and carry a rucksack full of stuff they don't need?

Would everyone have to wear baggies & peaks, and carry a rucksack full of stuff they don't need?

What tyres for tarmac?

I'd say 50-60 miles is a good idea, easily doable by normal riders but still worth driving for. I don't think many people would drive out for a 30 mile ride.

And would it be a proper road ride or a stw road ride?

Yea, I'd be up for that.

Anyone fancy something like Oxford-Chichester as a day out? split into a few groups (14mph, 17mph, headbangers) cafe stop halfway to eat cake/swap groups, then get the train back? Circa 100miles, and not £25 like a sportive!

It would be more on the social side rather than head down a go. Around 13 - 15mph average so very gentle. I can throw some tough climbs in if people want that.

[i]Maybe not 60 miles. Can be whatever suits everyone. Pace would be very gentle and always to the slowest rider. [/i]

That's not a road ride!
100 miles, through and off, if you drop off, you can f*** off!

😉

Only tricky thing i can see is setting a pace.

With mtb's its ok as the quicker ones can wait at a gate or something and have a chat, but you go a long way on a road ride before you get to an obvious place to stop and wait.

You may need to set a rough average speed (maybe 15mph?) to make sure the racing snakes know what they're letting themselves in for and don't get the hump hanging around all day.

Regarding peaks and baggies, I think [url= http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/ ]the rules[/url] should be obeyed to the letter for this ride.

thisisnotaspoon +1

Sounds like fun, have you a date in mind?

I'll be up for it 🙂

Date wise I was thinking late March, early April. I have a few Sportives lines up so I need to check the dates and fit it between them.

Addition to the rules,
Team, National, King of the Mountains, Yellow Jerseys can be worn but you must be able to ride with the skill that the shirt is intended for or you will be ridiculed and sent to the back of the group in shame. 😉

Can we do it on MTB's?

STW London to Brighton run?

I can lead a 4-5 hour ride out from west London, including world Heritage sites, horse racing, country roads and hills, with a cracking descent back into south London.
March mostly appears to be free apart from the Surrey Rumble on the 6th.
I'm tempted to think about doing another London2Brighton and back late March if anyone's interested?

i might be interested depending on location, can we ride three abreast please 😉

I've been offering for ages to take a group out. My area would be around the Chilterns, MTBers might know the area for Ivinghoe Beacon, Ashridge and Wendover.
I can lead a good pace, no underhand competition, no blitzing off in the big ring. Just a good 3-4 hour ride.
Choice of two good coffee stops.

I'll bite my tongue if you turn up in baggies and peak, but I'll go mental if you dare turn out with any frayed cables.

Team, National, King of the Mountains, Yellow Jerseys can be worn but you must be able to ride with the skill that the shirt is intended for or you will be ridiculed and sent to the back of the group in shame.

😀

"Would everyone have to wear baggies & peaks, and carry a rucksack full of stuff they don't need? "
No other way, on or off road!

I'll be up for it (also, glad you're doing the B2B!).
I can be pace keeper on the fixie! There's only so fast and so slow my legs can go...!

DrP

How about weekend of 27th march?

DrP

[i]Team, National, King of the Mountains, Yellow Jerseys can be worn but you must be able to ride with the skill that the shirt is intended for or you will be ridiculed and sent to the back of the group in shame.[/i]

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So, so far we've got a North Hampshire, London>Brighton, West London loop, Oxford>Chichester, Chilterns ride.

That's about 300 miles so far! Better make it a weekender!! 😕

I'd potentially be up for this but am a bit of a novice when it comes to the road bike and am unsure what sort of mileage I'm realistically capable of. On the MTB I can manage 40 milers once in a while, 30+ on a regular basis but my road riding has been limited to date. I reckon I should be ok for a 50 or 60 miler if that's what transpires but I'm more than happy to take the panels advice on that.

Edit, I'm North Hampshire based too if that helps

Simwit, where in North Hants are you? You'd always be welcome to tag along with me on a weekend ride to test your legs. Usually Head North from Andover towards Combe, Ham, Fracombe area. Usually about 40ish miles with about 2 - 3000 ft of climbing. Always a gentle pace.

im oddly attracted to this idea, i have no rode bike or road sense but a cx which would do the job for a few hours. im south hants so north hants good for me too.
i've never been on a proper group roadie ride though other than some tarmac from the chain ferry on a stw purbecks mtb ride 🙂

Quite liking the idea of this being a semi serious/social with a few who haven't ridden in groups before and a few who have. Could be a bit of a laugh.

So it's official then - 24mph average, with a pint of strong west country cider every 4 miles.

Sorted!

DrP

I wonder how long it'll be til someone gets fed up and attacks off the front?

Hi MM cheers for the offer, I'm in Fleet. Normally I do a full day MTB ride on a Sunday and don't really have the legs for a big ride the day before hence the limited miles on my road bike but if I get a weekend with no MTB plans (not next couple of weeks I'm afraid) I'll drop you a line through the forum if that's ok?

Hi MM cheers for the offer, I'm in Fleet. Normally I do a full day MTB ride on a Sunday and don't really have the legs for a big ride the day before hence the limited miles on my road bike but if I get a weekend with no MTB plans (not next couple of weeks I'm afraid) I'll drop you a line through the forum if that's ok?

Edit, curses a pesky double post oops

im oddly attracted to this idea, i have no rode bike or road sense but a cx which would do the job for a few hours. im south hants so north hants good for me too.
i've never been on a proper group roadie ride though other than some tarmac from the chain ferry on a stw purbecks mtb ride

Where abouts in south hampshire? Anywhere near fareham? Stick some slicks on and go for a fareham wheelers club ride, see if you like it.

I wonder how long it'll be til someone gets fed up and attacks off the front?

I was planning on attacking at the start actually.

Yer north hants surrey, west london would be cool areas. Plenty of routes, though nice to get off main roads..

i'd be up for this. trains seem like a no go - only 3 bikes at at time!!

Where abouts in south hampshire? Anywhere near fareham? Stick some slicks on and go for a fareham wheelers club ride, see if you like it.

chandlers ford so fareham is doable, thanks for info, been pondering on trying a group/club road ride for a while

I would be interested in the pace is nice and slow.

dobo, http://www.fareham-wheelers.org.uk/

They also have a good mountain bike crowd, do rapid pace night rides, great for getting you fit, and really good fun.

The club run is on a sunday from wickham, give it a go, you will wonder why you'd been putting it off. But I'd have a look for a club closer, for regular stuff, I'm sure there's something in southampton or romsey. fareham wheelers is the largest cycling club in hampshire though (I think).

Can girls join in too?

Request for a social pace (little legs can only spin so fast!), around 50 to 60 miles, with a chilled atmosphere please 🙂 I'm north Wales based, but happy to travel but would be good to make a weekend of it i did.

For those that are a bit bi, I nearly always ride off road Saturday either in Woburn or Ashridge. And Sunday is road day.
Always happy to have riders tag along with me either day.
My mountainbiking is xc and road is well road.

What is this roadie thing you speak of? Do you mean darkside?

[i]oldgit - Member
For those that are a [/i][b]bit bi[/b], [i]I nearly always ride off road Saturday either in Woburn or Ashridge. And Sunday is road day.
Always happy to have riders tag along with me either day.
My mountainbiking is xc and road is well road.[/i]

What STW cycle exclusion on the grounds of sexuality

i do it the other way round old git but it is too far for me being up north.

Thought on a possible route?

Starts at Vernham Dean with cafe stop after 40 miles and a nice pub to finish with. Bang on 60 miles.

The route has some tough climbs (Combe Gibet, Pewsey Hill) as well as some good fast decents. GPX File available if you want a closer look.
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Wokingham -> Bognor Regis (replacing oxford -> chichester)

12th March 2011, meet 9:00am for a 9:30 start.

Well, using google maps set to 'walking' as a provisional route finder, Wokingham (free Parking at my house) -> Bognor Regis is 50 Miles, so including a few detours to avoid major roads and fords etc say 55-60miles. Which should be doable at ~15mph for just about anyone without breaking a sweat.

People can either then catch a train back (~£16 IIRC) or turn arround for the return leg. To help we could aim for a -ve split, averageing 14-15mph on the way out and 16-17mph on the return leg. If the numbers are high enough the outbound leg could have 2 groups so people have the option of the shorter/faster ride as well as shorter/slower and longer/faster.

Stick your name down and which group your aiming for and whether you have a GPS so we can make sure there's at least 1 in each group. Mail me for gps files and address of the meeting point, as I'm not posting my home address on t'internet.

I'd be up for this except i'm in edinburgh and its a long way to go for a 50mile ride 😥

Can we have a Scottish one too?

Thisisnotaspoon - put my name down, I'll pencil it in the diary, but have yet to receive my rota, so obviously if I'm working I'll have to pull out, and you can all go home crying.....

DrP

Wokingham to Bogner is a long way from where the OP lives. 😕

Having said that, I would probably be up for both.

@MM - where you thinking of having the tea break?

There's a Garden Centre with a cafe just before Pewsey at Woodborough. Sometimes stop there on a club ride. They do nice cakes and the Pub in Vernham to finish with.

I'd be up for joining MM's circular route in Wilts and Berks - looks fun!

Wasn't trying to hijack the OP's ride, I'll probably do both pending aproval from the the chief free time and financial controller and fun restrictor.

thisisnotaspoon, go ahead with yours on the date you've planned and if there's a good response then i'll lead one around the end of April.
Count me in BTW.

tinas - you have no email in your profile....

Any riders north of Birmingham then? Or just me and Sue?

MM, when you get to Marlborough you could do a nice little sprint through the High Street (ten abreast at least...) then take the right fork past the town hall, and head through the town to the A4. Climb up the A4 into Savernake Forest, past the hospital on the right. Take the left about a half a mile further on and it takes you northwards out of the forest onto the scarp. You'll drop down a nice little switch-back with a short, sharp descent down to meet with Chopping Knife lane. From there, join back on to the road to Ramsbury.

Any riders north of Birmingham then? Or just me and Sue?

Yeah I know, it's even making me feel over all Northern 😐

oldgit - I'm North of Brum, Cheshire in fact - well at weekends anyway, rest of the time I'm in West London.

The suggested route is 84 miles from me in London, can't we do something that rides out from this neck of the woods and maybe a Northern version too?

Steve_b77 I'm on the Beds/Bucks border so still a fair way from you. Great riding here,the local hills were always a feature of the old Milk race, I never tire of it.

I'd be up for the Marlborough ride. Count me in for that.

I'll do a nice steady ride out from west London. Nothing fancy, no histrionics, some hills, cruise back in - maybe a pint after.

dirtygirlonabike - Member

I'd be up for this except i'm in edinburgh and its a long way to go for a 50mile ride

Can we have a Scottish one too?

Scottish Borders/Northumberland??? Anyone??

I'd just like to say. Count me OUT.

😀

(have fun you weirdos!)

Dez, I thought you'd be the first on the list considering your love of Road Bikes!! 😉

We had a scottish road ride maybe two years ago - a recce of the etape route. Was a good ride. Reckon a meet in the Borders would be good, there's quite a few scottish roadies on here.

So, that's a south/S.E. and a Northern and a Scottish meet sorted. 🙂

So, northern chapter. Same weekend? (When was it again?) - No, where? The Dales or the Cheshire Plains?

I'm up for the MM ride

What date's you thinking?

Tricky, I'll be starting a new thread sometime today detailing everything. I was thinking towords the end of April so it doesn't clash with TINOS's date.

Where abouts in the Borders?? There's a nice loop going over Carter Bar to Hawick, then returning via Kielder??

Otterburn (ok, not the Borders but canny close) - Carter Bar - Hawick (ish) - Kielder - Bellingham - Otterburn.

A nice little leg burner that one!

Come on then you Northumbeland/Newcastle/Scottish lot, anyone else??

I'd be up for that Mulletus- I live on your route.

Mulletus Maximus

Is this ride still going ahead?

Sorry, I've been a bit slack with this. 😳

I'll post a new thread today to confirm it. Never really settled on a date but to give people time maybe we could now do it towards the end of April/ early May.

Tricky D we can have the brizoool ride out 😛

Alway willing to take a group out in these parts.

Chilterns, Ivinghoe Beacon, Wendover all around these parts.

Any distance, stops or no stops.

Edit; Surely my STW Woburn rides weren't that bad.

I'd still be up for it, had to cancel the Berkshire-Bognor-and Back epic as I did my knee a mischief so didn't have 100miles in my legs 🙁

yes please.

Tricky D we can have the brizoool ride out

Is that a brizzle/boozal ride? 🙂

Whats happening then people, I can do either the Larndan one or the Cheshire one.

[URL= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/official-stw-southern-roadie-meet ]New thread started here[/url] 🙂

@Chipps @Sue_W You're not on your own. If ether of you ever fancy a road potter in Cheshire give me a shout, or head along to one of the North Cheshire Clarion rides (MTB section too)
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