Richmond Park

Ramanujan
Ramanujan Posts: 352
edited May 2010 in Training, fitness and health
Hi...thinking of heading over to RP tomorrow for a bit of training.
A couple of questions:

Does it get really busy during the day with cars?
If so, what's the best time to go and what time does it close?
Also, is the 20mph thing enforced by the park's police?


thanks
R

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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Ramanujan wrote:
    Hi...thinking of heading over to RP tomorrow for a bit of training.
    A couple of questions:

    Does it get really busy during the day with cars?

    Yes, on a nice day. With bikes and cars, but only the cars hold you up - queues for car parks being one reason.
    If so, what's the best time to go and what time does it close?

    Early morning (before 8 or 9) or after 6pm, if you want clearer runs.
    Also, is the 20mph thing enforced by the park's police?

    Yup. The Police do stop cyclists. Just keep an eye out for them. They often park opposite the turning down to Ham Gate (where you might be doing 25+ coming from Richmond Gate/Pembroke Lodge).
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Ramanujan
    Ramanujan Posts: 352
    thanks mate
  • Yemble
    Yemble Posts: 28
    The cars are a bit of a hassle at peak time when they're dawdling along to watch the deer or stuck behind a slower cyclist or waiting to turn but mainly it's frustrating to work your a** off climbing the hills then having to sit on the brakes on the downhill because of crawling cars and oncoming traffic. It's still a pretty good circuit for being so accessible though and I see a lot of TT types going for it.
    cjcp wrote:
    Yup. The Police do stop cyclists. Just keep an eye out for them. They often park opposite the turning down to Ham Gate (where you might be doing 25+ coming from Richmond Gate/Pembroke Lodge).
    Yikes, I'll be more careful in future. I hadn't really thought about it until recently and have been hitting 35-40 mph with a clear path ahead.
  • Yemble
    Yemble Posts: 28
    Speaking of Richmond Park - does anyone know the gradient for the main clockwise hill? Average / max?
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Someone's previously mentioned over 10% at it's max, but no idea myself.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • gbs
    gbs Posts: 450
    from RHGate roundabout to the high point by the carpark is 1km, vertical gain 40metres, max gradient 11.5%. - these stats are averages of output from ridewithgps and bikehike
    vintage newbie, spinning away
  • birdy247
    birdy247 Posts: 454
    How often do people do the 3 lap challenge? i.e. once a week/month etc...
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  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    birdy247 wrote:
    How often do people do the 3 lap challenge? i.e. once a week/month etc...

    For me, 1 hour hard is a regular training session, so certainly once a week is not unreasonable.
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  • ives.
    ives. Posts: 62
    what sort of times do people do the 3 lpa challenge in?
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    The 3 lap challenge has a thread of its very own:
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... &start=320

    Inspirational stuff :D
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    birdy247 wrote:
    How often do people do the 3 lap challenge? i.e. once a week/month etc...

    About once a month at the present rate. :(
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • ives.
    ives. Posts: 62
    hi...what's Richmond Park like after work on weekday?
    I'm thinking of heading over after work tomorrow . Should get there around 5pm. Is it busy then or not too bad?

    cheers
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    I ride through from 6.30 onwards and it's great. It's busier at 5pm from the few occasions I've ridden there at that time, but it's still great.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • ives.
    ives. Posts: 62
    cjcp wrote:
    I ride through from 6.30 onwards and it's great. It's busier at 5pm from the few occasions I've ridden there at that time, but it's still great.

    thanks mate

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