Richmond Park
Sewinman
Posts: 2,131
I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
0
Comments
-
Nope. Not at all. See Chris' pic:
http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12672220
Turbo? Rollers? MTB?0 -
Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
Cough! Ridgeway....Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Meh...i only have road bikes and a knackered hybrid. Might have to go the local gym and go on a machine, do not own a turbo/roller.0
-
nope.
good fun on MTB/Hybrid/Cross but be dumb on a roadie.0 -
Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
I would imagine Regent's Park outer circle would be OK, though I haven't actually verified this<a>road</a>0 -
Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
i'm planning to do Tour De Centre-Ville, the roads in Central London are fine. A bit boring but i also need the miles.0 -
amnezia wrote:Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
i'm planning to do Tour De Centre-Ville, the roads in Central London are fine. A bit boring but i also need the miles.0 -
JonGinge wrote:amnezia wrote:Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
i'm planning to do Tour De Centre-Ville, the roads in Central London are fine. A bit boring but i also need the miles.
Here's an idea to make it more fun... an independent third party, such as myself, could give you a list of landmarks in central london, and you have to take all of them in using your own route, starting and finishing at any of the landmarks, take a picture of a specified part of each to prove you were there, and post times and landmark order...
We could call it the london landmark challenge... as much a navigation exercise as a riding speed one.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:amnezia wrote:Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
i'm planning to do Tour De Centre-Ville, the roads in Central London are fine. A bit boring but i also need the miles.
Here's an idea to make it more fun... an independent third party, such as myself, could give you a list of landmarks in central london, and you have to take all of them in using your own route, starting and finishing at any of the landmarks, take a picture of a specified part of each to prove you were there, and post times and landmark order...
We could call it the london landmark challenge... as much a navigation exercise as a riding speed one.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:
Here's an idea to make it more fun... an independent third party, such as myself, could give you a list of landmarks in central london, and you have to take all of them in using your own route, starting and finishing at any of the landmarks, take a picture of a specified part of each to prove you were there, and post times and landmark order...
We could call it the london landmark challenge... as much a navigation exercise as a riding speed one.
fun for who?0 -
JonGinge wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:amnezia wrote:Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
i'm planning to do Tour De Centre-Ville, the roads in Central London are fine. A bit boring but i also need the miles.
Here's an idea to make it more fun... an independent third party, such as myself, could give you a list of landmarks in central london, and you have to take all of them in using your own route, starting and finishing at any of the landmarks, take a picture of a specified part of each to prove you were there, and post times and landmark order...
We could call it the london landmark challenge... as much a navigation exercise as a riding speed one.
It wouldn't be one of those races that you're not allowed to do... the ones that IP and I think would be fun... nope, something completely different. Navigation challenge. No GPS allowed...0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:amnezia wrote:Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
i'm planning to do Tour De Centre-Ville, the roads in Central London are fine. A bit boring but i also need the miles.
Here's an idea to make it more fun... an independent third party, such as myself, could give you a list of landmarks in central london, and you have to take all of them in using your own route, starting and finishing at any of the landmarks, take a picture of a specified part of each to prove you were there, and post times and landmark order...
We could call it the london landmark challenge... as much a navigation exercise as a riding speed one.
It wouldn't be one of those races that you're not allowed to do... the ones that IP and I think would be fun... nope, something completely different. Navigation challenge. No GPS allowed...
The landmarks would have to be given just before the start otherwise, heaven forfend, cheating may occur...0 -
Monopoly board sportive?
Short course: visit all the locations in any order
Long course: visit all the locations in the correct order
Any takers?Pannier, 120rpm.0 -
That guy on the Brompton wrote:Monopoly board sportive?
Short course: visit all the locations in any order
Long course: visit all the locations in the correct order
Any takers?
Ooh that sounds fun!
I'm not doing th birmingham monopoly one though.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 20170 -
JonGinge wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:Here's an idea to make it more fun... an independent third party, such as myself, could give you a list of landmarks in central london, and you have to take all of them in using your own route, starting and finishing at any of the landmarks, take a picture of a specified part of each to prove you were there, and post times and landmark order...
We could call it the london landmark challenge... as much a navigation exercise as a riding speed one.
It wouldn't be one of those races that you're not allowed to do... the ones that IP and I think would be fun... nope, something completely different. Navigation challenge. No GPS allowed...
The landmarks would have to be given just before the start otherwise, heaven forfend, cheating may occur...0 -
el_presidente wrote:I would imagine Regent's Park outer circle would be OK, though I haven't actually verified this
Well, even if it was surely it's a bit repetative?
What's more you come off it leaning sideways, and a bit dizzy.0 -
I like LiT's challenge idea!
Another option is the Chertsey loop - reasonably main roads which are usually clear (in my experience) of ice and snow as they're gritted. From CP to Chertsey and back it's 53 miles - go on to Staines if you need more miles.
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-ki ... 3459190825
This route goes via RP which is obviously a Bad Idea right now - I'm thinking of heading out via Tooting / Merton Park / New Malden/ Kingston instead.
If you're navigationally challenged and a similar pace to me (15-16mph average) I'd be happy to show you the way, Sewinman.0 -
8)
Giggidy.
8)Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
prawny wrote:That guy on the Brompton wrote:Monopoly board sportive?
Short course: visit all the locations in any order
Long course: visit all the locations in the correct order
Any takers?
Ooh that sounds fun!
I'm not doing th birmingham monopoly one though.
Or do a short crit around the university edition.0 -
0
-
DonDaddyD wrote:8)
Giggidy.
8)
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
OldSkoolKona wrote:
A bit OT but I once did a monopoly board pub crawl, one of the most awesome days of drinking ever! Not sure I'd fancy doing it on a bike though.0 -
That all sounds lovely.
The park is now clear from Sheen Gate round to Kingston Gate anti-clockwise. Bit of ice on Sawyers Hill but nothing to worry about. I needn't have taken the MTB.Bike1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3258551288/
Bike 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N ... otostream/
New Bike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3479300346/0 -
Christophe3967 wrote:The park is now clear from Sheen Gate round to Kingston Gate anti-clockwise.
Did you see what the bit from Roehampton to Sheen Gate looked like?Pannier, 120rpm.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:amnezia wrote:Sewinman wrote:I need to get some miles in this weekend and was wondering if RP was ok to ride on a road bike?
Stumped as to what to do if its out of bounds - any decent distance ride will lead to roads that are too icey. :?
i'm planning to do Tour De Centre-Ville, the roads in Central London are fine. A bit boring but i also need the miles.
Here's an idea to make it more fun... an independent third party, such as myself, could give you a list of landmarks in central london, and you have to take all of them in using your own route, starting and finishing at any of the landmarks, take a picture of a specified part of each to prove you were there, and post times and landmark order...
We could call it the london landmark challenge... as much a navigation exercise as a riding speed one.
It wouldn't be one of those races that you're not allowed to do... the ones that IP and I think would be fun... nope, something completely different. Navigation challenge. No GPS allowed...
ALLEYCAT!!
- 2023 Vielo V+1
- 2022 Canyon Aeroad CFR
- 2020 Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
- Strava
- On the Strand
- Crown Stables
0 -
Il Principe wrote:ALLEYCAT!!
Nope, don't know what you're talking about. Definitely not one of those.0 -
That guy on the Brompton wrote:Christophe3967 wrote:The park is now clear from Sheen Gate round to Kingston Gate anti-clockwise.
Did you see what the bit from Roehampton to Sheen Gate looked like?
Sorry, I didn't but I would have thoughnt it would be OK its the main drag. They seemed not to have gritted the hills and the car-free road through the middle.Bike1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3258551288/
Bike 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N ... otostream/
New Bike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3479300346/0 -
LondonLiv - That route you've posted look like fun! Living right near CP I might consider doing that at some point as I need to get in some long rides in preparation for my century (and a quarter!) attempt in June. I know an alternative route out to Thames Ditton as there is a site I sometimes have to work on down there but this route takes a completely different route (mainly as it skirts just east of TD)0