BLENHEIM PALACE Sportive

Peddle Up!
Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
edited August 2011 in Road beginners
I've just signed up for this. Anyone do it last year? Feedback etc.
Purveyor of "up" :)

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  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Might be worth sticking this in the sportive section as you may get more of a response. I seem to recall the weather was absolutely dreadful. I was out that day doing just a short training spin and that was enough for me.

    I think the route last year came around by Chelters a bit, Belas Knapp, etc., so nice and lumpy :)
  • Peddle Up!
    Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
    Good point. I'll take it over there.

    Yes, lumpy terrain. Roel Gate too I gather. :cry:
    Purveyor of "up" :)
  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Don't worry about Roel Gate as it is not too harsh or long. I find getting in the right chain ring near the bottom helps (rather than being tempted to change midway when the momentum going into it runs out). If the route is doing Belas Knapp again then that can be tough but the secret to that one is patience because it does keep kicking and you need a little spare for the last left hander.

    Have a great day. I would have been tempted myself but am off to lumpy Exmoor :)

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