Capital to Coast 2011

secretsam
secretsam Posts: 5,120
edited February 2011 in Commuting chat
Anyone doing this? What's the (60 mile non-circular) route like? I'm told it's not too bad, one evil climb but otherwise OK
It's just a hill. Get over it.

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  • bdave262000
    bdave262000 Posts: 270
    Did this last year on my MTB when the temperature hit 34 degrees, my longest ride up till then was my 24 mile round trip commute to work (so only 12 miles each way). Devils Dyke is the hardest climb at the end but a great downhill run from there down to Hove. The event is really well organised with regular drink and food stops and no way near as busy as the London to Brighton.

    For me its was one of the toughest things I had done for years plus the fact I weighed about 19.5 st and the heat that day didn't make it ideal, but I loved every minute of it, still thinking about doing it this year.
    Fat lads take longer to stop.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Linky? Too lazy to google!
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Linky? Too lazy to google!

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=capital+to+coast+2011&l=1

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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Linky? Too lazy to google!

    honestly, some people :lol:

    Just copy the title of the thread into Yahoo if you're too lazy to goggle
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    bdave262000 wrote:
    Did this last year on my MTB when the temperature hit 34 degrees, my longest ride up till then was my 24 mile round trip commute to work (so only 12 miles each way). Devils Dyke is the hardest climb at the end but a great downhill run from there down to Hove. The event is really well organised with regular drink and food stops and no way near as busy as the London to Brighton.

    For me its was one of the toughest things I had done for years plus the fact I weighed about 19.5 st and the heat that day didn't make it ideal, but I loved every minute of it, still thinking about doing it this year.

    LOL, well that makes me feel better about my total lack of fitness. Right, I think I'm in. Anyone else up for it?
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • Robstar24
    Robstar24 Posts: 173
    good ride this one, lots of nice small country lanes, and not so many participants that you can;'t have a fast ride if you want to.
  • Ber Nard
    Ber Nard Posts: 827
    The climb up to Devil's Dyke is much easier than Ditchling Beacon on the London to Brighton route. Nicer roads, too.

    Rob

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