Silly Commuter Sportives

stuaff

itboffin wrote:

amnezia wrote:

Coopster the 1st - Standard route.
iPete + mates to draft off - Standard route
StuAff- Standard. 
amnezia - Epic
Jay Dubbleu - Standard 
King Donut - Epic
Eau Rouge - Standard
JPM5555 - Epic

Just had a look at the time grades.

19mph+ average over 83.5 miles to achieve a gold time on the Epic route. Thats gonna be hard work unless you can get in with a decent group.

Tiz very very flat apart from the wall that is Blissford Hill so 19mph avg is doable esp. in a good group assuming you can recover quickly.

Fixed that for you. I'll be bronze in any case, even if I somehow get a working road bike sorted this week.

itboffin

Pah I laugh at your mole hill, call that a hill, why when I was a lad even this would be tackled on the FGSS



Now that's a fooking hill!

bigmat

JonGinge wrote:

I'm thinking of doing the Crystal Palace crits again. I'm fully expecting to be handed a whole can of whupass

That's my plan as well - I'm hoping its one of those things where experience counts as my one and only attempt last year was a resounding failure Planning to ride a few this year and hopefully get to the point where I can stay with the pack.

jonginge

MatHammond wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

I'm thinking of doing the Crystal Palace crits again. I'm fully expecting to be handed a whole can of whupass

That's my plan as well - I'm hoping its one of those things where experience counts as my one and only attempt last year was a resounding failure Planning to ride a few this year and hopefully get to the point where I can stay with the pack.

That was exactly my experience. Started at the back and yo-yoed on and off on each corner. Finally got dropped after 15minutes and spent the next 30mins trying not to get lapped :shock: Admittedly, it was one of the final ones held last year and I wasn't that fit but still...

Jay dubbleU

My last run over the Cotswolds was 15mph so I'm feeling reasonably confident - I'm thinking of entering the Highclere but I'll wait to see how I do on the New Forest first

stuaff

itboffin wrote:

Pah I laugh at your mole hill, call that a hill, why when I was a lad even this would be tackled on the FGSS
Now that's a fooking hill!

LOL. Nope, that's not a hill...........!

Jay dubbleU

Repeat after me 'There are no hills...............'

itboffin

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Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

Bikequin

Mat how does one go about entering the Richmond Park TT's?

Bassjunkieuk

itboffin wrote:

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Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

Are you mental? I've just had a look at that and read the chaps blog article on the ride last year and I already feel exhausted! It looks like a good challenge but more like something a masochist would enjoy!

I mean how on earth do you get up a 30% climb without walking!!!!

Big Wib

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

itboffin wrote:

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Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

Are you mental? I've just had a look at that and read the chaps blog article on the ride last year and I already feel exhausted! It looks like a good challenge but more like something a masochist would enjoy!

I mean how on earth do you get up a 30% climb without walking!!!!

:shock:

I dream of being able to do something like that. Is that so wrong?

Bassjunkieuk

Big Wib wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Nothing to see here :roll:

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Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

Are you mental? I've just had a look at that and read the chaps blog article on the ride last year and I already feel exhausted! It looks like a good challenge but more like something a masochist would enjoy!

I mean how on earth do you get up a 30% climb without walking!!!!

:shock:

I dream of being able to do something like that. Is that so wrong?

No that sounds perfectly sane! I'd love to have a crack at those climbs - just not all on the same ride ;-)

Rich158

itboffin wrote:

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Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

You sir are an absolute sod, you know I can't resist a challenge like that :roll:

Against my better judgement I'm now signed up........

In all honesty I've been looking for a Cumbrian sportive as I didn't get into the Fred this year. 88 miles should be a breeze compared to the FWC

iPete

itboffin wrote:

amnezia wrote:

Coopster the 1st - Standard route.
iPete + mates to draft off - Standard route
StuAff- Standard. 
amnezia - Epic
Jay Dubbleu - Standard 
King Donut - Epic
Eau Rouge - Standard
JPM5555 - Epic

Just had a look at the time grades.

19mph+ average over 83.5 miles to achieve a gold time on the Epic route. Thats gonna be hard work unless you can get in with a decent group.

Tiz very very flat so 19mph avg is doable esp. in a good group.

Awesome, was going to ask how possible this was, suggested gold to my mates, so should have a team of 3 others to work with over the standard route. Guessing its all going to come down to the weather/wind on the day.

rolf_f

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

I mean how on earth do you get up a 30% climb without walking!!!!

You pedal

Bassjunkieuk

Rolf F wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

I mean how on earth do you get up a 30% climb without walking!!!!

You pedal

:-P I suppose I did walk into that one.....
The thing that scares me tho is the way the blog writer mentions cars having to stop on the hills as they clutches are burning ;-)

pst88

I'm doing the Evans Ride It sportive in Milton Keynes on the 25th of April. Only doing the short route (30 miles) but it's still further than I've ever ridden in one go before. Really should do some riding other than my 4 mile each way commute for a bit of practice any week now. My plan is to just wing it, it's only 30 miles eh.

Rich158

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

I mean how on earth do you get up a 30% climb without walking!!!!

You pedal

:-P I suppose I did walk into that one.....
The thing that scares me tho is the way the blog writer mentions cars having to stop on the hills as they clutches are burning ;-)

I did the FWC last year and there was a car burning it's clutch out on Hardknott Pass on one of the switchbacks. The climb itself is about 33%, and even steeper on the switchbacks. I took a standard chainset with a 25-12 casette and had to walk at the first switchback, but looking back I think I gave up to early, i was beaten psychologically rather than physically.

The Cumbrian Killer goes up in the other direction which is even harder, and being stuck on 25-12 with a standard chainset again I rather suspect I'll be walking up it again

Watching the eventual winner Rob Jeb, attack it like it was nothing and pertty much sprint up was one of the most awsemone sights I've ever seen

itboffin

Rich158 wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Nothing to see here :roll:

http://www.cumbriankiller.net/defaultnavbar.aspx

Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

You sir are an absolute sod, you know I can't resist a challenge like that :roll:

Against my better judgement I'm now signed up........

In all honesty I've been looking for a Cumbrian sportive as I didn't get into the Fred this year. 88 miles should be a breeze compared to the FWC

Thought that would be right up your street

Rich158

itboffin wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Nothing to see here :roll:

http://www.cumbriankiller.net/defaultnavbar.aspx

Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

You sir are an absolute sod, you know I can't resist a challenge like that :roll:

Against my better judgement I'm now signed up........

In all honesty I've been looking for a Cumbrian sportive as I didn't get into the Fred this year. 88 miles should be a breeze compared to the FWC

Thought that would be right up your street

Is this the new sport, Rich baiting Lets all see what we can make the silly bugger do this time

gert_lush

That ride looks frickin awesome!
Tiz a long way to go for the day just to utterly break myself though!!

Having done Kirkstone pass on the tourer on JoGLE and nearly passed, out the thought of all the others hills as well makes me grin

Rich158

Kirkstone is fun, I've done it before and the descent is awsome, although I suspect it'll be in the opposite direction this time

Jay dubbleU

Hardknott is tough in either direction - done it in a car and on foot - can't imagine even attempting it on a bike :shock:

Rich158

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Hardknott is tough in either direction - done it in a car and on foot - can't imagine even attempting it on a bike :shock:

It's even worse pushing a bike up it, with carbon soled shoes and road spuds :?

I had an interesting descent of Wrynose last year when we had a hail shower between the two passes, Wrynose was a mixture of ice and running water by the time I got there. It's the only time I've ever stopped to walk down a descent, which proved to even more treacherous than staying on the bike. I've never been so scared on two wheels

Clever Pun

itboffin wrote:

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Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

CJ, JonGinge... looks like perfect training to me

good luck

Rich158

Clever Pun wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Nothing to see here :roll:

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Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

CJ, JonGinge... looks like perfect training to me

good luck

Don't count yourself out CP, there's space in the car for three more

UndercoverElephant

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

I mean how on earth do you get up a 30% climb without walking!!!!

You pedal

:-P I suppose I did walk into that one.....
The thing that scares me tho is the way the blog writer mentions cars having to stop on the hills as they clutches are burning ;-)

We went camping just the west side of Hardnott (at Boot ) last year. Mrs. Sat Nav decided it was a good idea for me to drive over it with a fully laden car and trailer. Scary stuff, make no mistake. Luckily, Audi made my car bad-ass.

My brother-in-law drove over it on the way back (we chose a different way home) and fried th clutch on his Focus (no trailer). The moral of this story? Only cycle over it on a German bike.

cjcp

Clever Pun wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Nothing to see here :roll:

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Rich i'm looking at you bud! :twisted:

CJ, JonGinge... looks like perfect training to me

good luck

No chance. I'm doing something that weekend. I'm sure I am...

Have been up Birker Fell. Stayed in a cottage in Eskdale, just by the bottom of it, about five years ago. I rode to the foot of Hardknott and thought "NFW", so turned around and rode up BF. It was very unpleasant. I had to stop. Twice. I was heavier and my gears were jumping everywhere and I was wheezing like an asthmatic chipmunk. Going down it was much more fun.

There's a road the other side of Birker Fell - it heads down to a main road. It's like a cliff face.

itboffin

Knee popping stuff, no chance and I enjoy steep hills.

This is all part of my plan to destroy the competition, now then what's Will3 weakness....?

bigmat

Riding down Hardknott is arguably even less fun than riding up it...