Manchester 100

pinarellokid

who is doing this ride on Sunday ???

going myself and just wondering who else on here will be attending ??

de_sisti

I'm riding it, setting off from Cheltenham at 5 am, to get to Wythenshaw Park by 7.30. I'll park my car
at my brother's house in nearby Timperley.

pinarellokid

looks like its just me and you then pal,, lol

de_sisti

Just make sure you do your fair share on the front

tonyp71

I'm doing it too

ALaPlage

I've been led to believe it will be a big field with entries over 2000. My start time is 7am so I will be aiming to be at the Park start by half six. There are 8 of us riding it from work and doing the 100 mile route. Looking forward to it although last three weeks has been a nightmare making the time to get some decent training rides in so expecting it to hurt. Fairly flat route however with the climbs very short from what I understand.

Hope you all enjoy your day

pinarellokid

will be my first big ride, but cant wait. !!!!!!

my number is in the mid 2,000 so shuld be a good turn out.

Pedal 1

Anybody know what time registration starts tomorrow to enter on the day

ALaPlage

Pedal 1 wrote:

Anybody know what time registration starts tomorrow to enter on the day

No idea. First group off at 0700 and in 5 minute intervals. All 100 mile riders scheduled off between 0700 and 0800 I believe with the 100 km riders setting out between 0800 and 0900.

If you want to do the 100 miles I guess you'll have to be there before 7am to register but I'm only guessing

kayo74

7.15 start for me, see you all there should be a good day.

HasselHough

You don't need to register, it's in the info pack. It just says to wait for your start time to be called forward.

ALaPlage

HasselHough wrote:

You don't need to register, it's in the info pack. It just says to wait for your start time to be called forward.

I think Pedal1 hasn't pre-registered and wants to turn up and register on the day. If you have pre-registered you just need to be ready for your start time already issued and hand in your ride card as you go through the start tent. This is exchanged for a route map booklet just in case you miss the route signage

Have a good ride all

pinarellokid

im doing the 100k ride and have had a few gitters today
last minute nerves, extra couple of packs of energy gels, a bag of flapjacks,, even a banana...

how may litres of water will i need to consume on a 4 hr ride??

was planning on taking 1.5 litres with me and topping up the bottles when i am empty.. guess it may cost me £5 ish, but dont want to take a camelbak if i can avoid it..

pinarellokid

just finished in a great time for me i was looking at 4:30 but finished in an amazing time of 3:40 for the 100k ride..
went through 3ltres of water ...

seen a guy who had broke his forks clean in half,, made me think a little about my riding..

napoleond

I was leaving work in Manc this morning just after 7, can't believe how many cars there were queueing on the A5103! Gridlock...
I bet some of those were driving less than 5 miles too...

Cleat Eastwood

NapoleonD wrote:

I was leaving work in Manc this morning just after 7, can't believe how many cars there were queueing on the A5103! Gridlock...
I bet some of those were driving less than 5 miles too...

When i did it the other year the last mile in took us 50 mins - so i can well believe it.

Pinarellokid - well done- what was the weather like.

pinarellokid

weather was a bit poor for the first hour with drizzle but it soon cleared and was overcast for the rest of the ride..
ideal really.. no real sun or wind to speak of so ideal initiation to the ride

ALaPlage

Did the 100 miles. Delighted with pace as total distance was 101 mile in 5h47m at average speed of 17.5mph. Suffering now even after a hot bath :shock:

Rained until about half way and then the sun shone. A few accidents including one poor chap who went down in Marbury on a tight left hand corner and was carted off to Hospital. Hopefully not too serious. A few others went down on the same corner too apparently.

Sadly quite a few red light jumpers on the ride today. Not giving Cycling a good name.

My start time was 7am so missed the bulk of the traffic on arrival. Despite the rain it was great fun.

HasselHough

pinarellokid wrote:

just finished in a great time for me i was looking at 4:30 but finished in an amazing time of 3:40 for the 100k ride..
went through 3ltres of water ...

seen a guy who had broke his forks clean in half,, made me think a little about my riding..

Yeah I saw him as well, poor sod!

I did the 100 miles in 5:45 so I'm pretty happy with that, Also saw a few accidents, one guy was sprawled out on a blind 90 degree corner, but was being looked after, also saw some poor lad trying and failing a track stand at some lights in front of about 15 guys, poor bugger :-)

HasselHough

ALaPlage wrote:

Did the 100 miles. Delighted with pace as total distance was 101 mile in 5h47m at average speed of 17.5mph. Suffering now even after a hot bath :shock:

Rained until about half way and then the sun shone. A few accidents including one poor chap who went down in Marbury on a tight left hand corner and was carted off to Hospital. Hopefully not too serious. A few others went down on the same corner too apparently.

Sadly quite a few red light jumpers on the ride today. Not giving Cycling a good name.

My start time was 7am so missed the bulk of the traffic on arrival. Despite the rain it was great fun.

Yeah saw that poor fella hope he's ok. I too witnessed too many red light jumpers, bad form!,

pinarellokid

track stand lad got some proper stick i bet....

i was part of a big group when we turned left at the 100k detour i got booed by everyone !!!! made me laugh for a few miles i can tell you

wonder how the lad snapped his forkes.. they were a clean break and i couldnt see any pot holes or anything..
unless he went off the road edge or something..

polska1979

It was my first sportive, did the 100 miler in 5 hr 40 mins, was hoping to get under the 5.30...but I guess the slow start holds you back a bit..experience!


Slso saw the guy who cam off and looks like he hit a wall - forks snapped clean!


weather was pretty grim! and the puncture fairy was having LOTS of fun!!!

de_sisti

ALaPlage wrote:

Sadly quite a few red light jumpers on the ride today. Not giving Cycling a good name.

I saw lots of the above today, very sad.

elffy

I also witnessed plenty of red light jumpers especially when I'm stood there waiting patiently. Also witnessed 2 big crashes, one was behind me and I think they touched wheels and the second was a on descent which went right over a bridge. I think the second crash was due to the wet conditions and diesel being on the road. The faller in the second crash was screaming in pain and I had second thoughts about continuing. I decided to continue and nearly came off myself on a muddy stretch of road despite slowing down after the crashes I had witnessed. I eventually completed the 100 miles in 5hrs 24 mins but I just hope everyone got back ok and the lads I saw that had crashed aren't seriously hurt and are back in the saddle again soon. Overall it is well organised event and a great route.

pinarellokid

i have to agree iv been only riding 7 weeks myself and i found it a great ride..

there was a few sections of road full of mud and some full of smeared dung but it is the country after all

loved the way the miles were counted down to the finish certainly allowed me to get geared up for the finish and motivate me along.

only thing i can say i didnt like was that for the last 25 miles there were no water stops.. really needed water at 45 miles and had to dig deep to finish without

cant wait to do another event like this

pdstsp

Couple of points spring to mind after riding this yesterday. Firstly the start was a bit of a minefield - turning left out of the gate into a traffic jam of people trying to get into the car park. Had to ride on the wrong side of road and duck into line to get out of the way of oncoming cars - would it not be possible to reverse the gates so that the first gate led into the car park and the second was the start/finish? This was the first time I've ridden this for about five years and I don't remember the parking being such an issue - I presume that numbers are much higher now?
Secondly could someone come round to my house and clean my bike please?

pinarellokid

just got mine out to clean it and the Puncture fairy has been !!!!!!

how can i complete 100k with no issues put it in my hall and 12 hours later it has a flat ????

daveski12

I did the 100k too, with a couple of friends.

Very happy to finish it in 3h 38mins on a steel framed 25 year old Raleigh.

Felt sorry for the people doing it on MTBs, especially one bloke we passed doing it on full suspension and knobbly tyres.

nubenotforlong

100 mile in 5:29, not my fastest, but it was cold, wet and muddy and my legs decided not to work properly for about 10 miles in the middle and I had to slow down until they woke up again...

The roads were slippery and I had a few 'moments' but did not see any fallers luckily. Did get more than the usual number of people hanging on and not coming through to share any load until I almost completely sat up and asked! :roll:

It was also a bit slow at the end due to the shear volume ... what I did see for the first time was LOADS of really young riders. Spotted some jersey with Mossley CRT???. That was really good to see, young kids doing 100k ... good on yer!

Tony

jgsi

nubenotforlong wrote:

Did get more than the usual number of people hanging on and not coming through to share any load until I almost completely sat up and asked! :roll:

Why expect this? Just ride your own ride and forget what or who is behind you.
Personally on a sportive ride, I 'll take the front, aint bothered.. unless I am riding with people I know who know when and HOW to come through.
It's all about your own pacing anyways.

nubenotforlong

Why shouldn't I expect it...if I go past people and they jump on my wheel after a while it would be nice if they took the lead especially when they are so tight that I feel a responsibility to point out potholes and gravel. It's what I would do...this wasn't a sportive it was a fun ride...