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Well it looks to be the perfect day weather wise, clear sunshine in the morning , a bit cloudy later but warm
05:00 the temp will be 15C......great news if like me you got to stand around for hour at that time waiting for the off in me sexy Lycra
Good luck people.....it's going to be FUN!!
My weather forecast has the temp at 11C at that time.
I hav to be at the start 05:15 - 05:45. Will aim for 05:30 ish, but can't decide if I'll need lights for the 30 min ride I'll have to the start
Weather looks good! I'll be at the top of Newlands in a Beyond Mountain Bikes gilet, hopefully cheering everyone on!
So is it true that they can't prevent you from starting at a different start time to what's on your form?
Don't know (as I've not done it before), but I'd imagine you wil need to drop your bag off at the correct time/place, otherwise you may well not get it back easily?
PdF
When I've been on my rides, I'm up at 5 and out by 5.30 and for the last month or so haven't needed lights for vision.
At 5 when the alarm goes off its pretty light.
With the bags, I think the lorries are numbered, and possibly you drop the bag off before joining the wave. Got this info third hand, so may not be 100% accurate.
With that start time you must be one of the super quick riders?
Defo not one of the super quick riders!!! Beginining to think I may have cocked up on the expected time when I applied! I usually average 15-17mph on a longer run, but as everyone keeps saying, this should be faster. Pretty sure I said something realistic, but can't remember now!
I'm starting at 06:27, from what I can understand, the proper race whippets are all off by 06:15ish. too late to do anything about it now though!
Given that it looks like good weather, I'm trying to decide where to put my helmet sticker (!!) that won't interfere with the vents. Not sure if putting it on the visor will be visible.
Piedi - I have the same start time, so you won't be alone if everyone takes off at race pace.
Given that it looks like good weather, I'm trying to decide where to put my helmet sticker (!!) that won't interfere with the vents. Not sure if putting it on the visor will be visible.
I didn't bother with the helmet sticker last year.
The marshals were pretty slack at the start last year, plenty of other colours and letters in my stream. You all filter into the same place anyway.
I'm at QEOP already doing some shopping, all the signs are out so you will NOT get lost 😆
Have huge fun.
06:00 start and a Blue A number#. I'll wave as I go by Nick.
You can start in any wave AFTER your own has left. We moved a few up early last year to ride as teams.
All ready, and the errrrrr aero accouterments have been packed. Propel not Defy.
#I was fitter when I applied!
EDIT:
Pied, there will be plenty of club riders leaving at 06:30 (that's a five hour planned finish), find a train that is moving up as you pass through central London
there will be plenty of club riders leaving at 06:30 (that's a five hour planned finish),
interesting, 'cos I certainly wouldn't have put 5 hours on my application!
How many club riders average 20mph over a 100 miles?
The training group of my club would but they represent a small percentage of the total club members.
Rider number on front or back of jersey?
I thought front but wife tells me I'm wrong and nobody in the photos in the magazine have it on the front?!?
Well there are loads of you walking around Canary Wharf today, doing some last minute sightseeing are/were you ?
😀
Back I would have thought
Just actually read the magazine, it says number on the back of jersey.
About half of our club riders (we have 60 riders tomorrow) will be aiming for sub five hours. Look for the blue TCC jerseys. Our "steady" team will be aiming for sub six and a half.
How many club riders average 20mph over a 100 miles?The training group of my club would but they represent a small percentage of the total club members.
It's pretty easy on closed roads. No need to stop for lights or junctions, no being held up by cars.
We averaged 27mph for the first hour last year before knocking it back a bit, still did the 86 mile ride (86 miles as they cut out Box and Leith Hills) in sub 4hrs.
27mph for the first hour is impressive crazy-legs. If I ever I do the Pru 100 I'll have to make sure that I temporarily replace my compact chainset ...... my 50/12 top gear ratio has me spinning like the clappers at 25mph, at least it feels like it, I wouldn't want to that for an hour 🙂
Yeah but at that point the weather was still OK, it was before the torrential downpours, group of 4 as a club team, all very evenly matched, we had an early start so clear roads and we did get a bit carried away with it all!
I was up in town today for the FreeCycle thing, just using hire bikes. Took my Mum along, she's not ridden a bike in about 20 years. Once she'd got used to the handling of the Boris Bike she was OK and enjoyed it up til it got really busy when she couldn't really cope well with all the stop/start cycle traffic. I stayed up in town for a bit longer and went out round the eastern end of the route which seemed a lot quieter and then nipped back across town to go to the Rapha Cafe which was full of Ride Londoner's all buying shiny new kit for tomorrow!
In bed, alarm set for 5am. I know I should be asleep but absolutely wired!
Good luck to y'all for tomorrow - if you see a fat lad in a blue Adidas top, give me a wave!
Good look Lads !!!
All set up at Newlands, bit of mist, light wind, nice temperature. Gonna be a fast day again I reckon!
I lasted 10miles where a broken spoke and damaged rear wheel stopped me in my tracks. Gutted is not the word
Good luck lads I'm on Giggs hill green in Thames ditton - washing car and bike fetteling, feeling glum and jealous
Thanks for the cheer Nick. Held onto the first group until halfway up Leith Hill, we chased them down to. Box Hill but they got away. Not enough workers to bring them back. Finished in the second bunch in 4:06. Phew!
Mostly a great day with some really nice weather however spoiled a bit with a crash - i normally defend sportive riders standard of riding (at least in terms of it not being as bad as their reputation - However no more! I, and 6 others in the first group got taken out by a bellend taking a selfie. Bike was rideable at least but my arse was hanging out my shorts - fortunately not as bad as Peraud in the tour but bad enough! The selfie taker was i think a member of triathlon club (a black and red jersey cant remember the name) unfortunately couldnt make it back to the front group to call him a c£&@ although the incentive of doing that made me keep pushing on and ended up with a shade under 4.15 which id have been happy with before
Rider down on Leith Hill. Air ambulance in attendance.
🙁 re rider down
My official time was 5:19, which I'm well chuffed with as I ain't no racing snake!
Done... Well and truly done in fact! I'm toast... Best part of 10kg overweight right now doesn't help, neither does the lack of time in the saddle. Started just after 7, managed the first 60 miles until Leith Hill at 22.5avg, but it all went very south from there... I was properly slow up Leith Hill and Box Hill! Anyway...
Predicted a time of 5:30 based on everyone saying I'd be much quicker than I thought I would be, crept in at 4:59 which brought a tear to my eye! 😳
Was in an absolute world of pain, as you might expect from very little saddle time and being a stone and a half overweight, but it's done and I can tick it off the bucket list! 🙂
EDIT: Best part is that some of the "more serious" riders I know, shall we say, those that do 150-200 miles week in week out and think they're a bit tasty, have only just broken 5hrs too! Feeling quite smug right now... 😀
What's your age, height and weight mboy?
You trying to hook up?
Didn't realise there was an event on this weekend and am down here with the family visiting friends. Managed to get caught up in traffic jams and road closures for 3 hours on our way out of the city.
Bloody cyclists 😉
Saw a mate's FB post saying he'd done it in 4.33 . Good weather is making for some very quick times. Gutted I didn't get a place this year. 🙁
there were some quite efficient pelotons out there today. Sadly I couldn't seem to jump on annoys them, so pretty much solo'd round for 90% of it. Still a bloody good day though!
37 seconds off a sub 5. Great day though, really enjoyed it.
F me that was quick. Normally ride 14- 15 mph average time, with a couple of rides just over 16mph. Managed the 100 miles in 5:43 so about 17.5 mph! Did the first 40 miles in just under 2 hrs too. Everyone who said it would be faster than normal were right. Seemed to be loads of accidents tho. Feel sorry for the guy on the ground just 10 miles from the finish
237km for me, well chuffed. Rode in from Redhill, and then back to Redhill afterwards. What a cracking day it was. Have decided I like climbing though - it was too flat! Found myself longing for the climbs!
ok, so I was hoping to get under 5h30, and I did... snuck home in 4h19m! I was more than a bit surprised, and the last 20 was definitely tough going, but very happy now! 😎
and, yep, I like the climbs too - blasted a load of people on Leith and Box and nobody overtook me on either 🙂
The Boy got round, phew. 😀 He had a shock at Leith Hill with the gradient so informed him that it's the highest hill in the South! Cycled there and back which added 30K on.
4:19, shouldn't you have been in the race that started after !?! I don't mind hills. I'll happily grind up and will never get off. It just can't seem to get any speed up 'em. Didn't like the km signs they put out, that messed with my head, went past the 10 miles to go then there was a 15 marker, but saw it was km!!
Thanks for the cheer Nick. Held onto the first group until halfway up Leith Hill, we chased them down to. Box Hill but they got away. Not enough workers to bring them back. Finished in the second bunch in 4:06. Phew!
No worries! You were going well, your tracker was playing up and showed you still at Kingston, so I'd not expected to see you that far up. considering your recent saddle time to be up with the lead group was excellent. 4:06 is insane!
Mr Woppit got a selfie with me, didn't spot any other members. Good fun fixing bikes. Crash victims and dodgy mechs mainly!
Just got over five and a half hours but stupidly stopped at newlands and got caught behind crash at leith hill. Guy looked in a bad way so hopefully he's fine, there was a crash just after the finish line as well. Surprised there weren't more with the mix of fast riders and inexperienced riders, healing vibes to all.