Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100
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Green Brompton wrote:cjcp wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:Green Brompton wrote:What time do you all think you'll do it in? I'm guessing I should be able to ride a 17mph average, dependant on weather, need of food/rest and who I have to ride with!
Lawks!
I did my 100 mile sportive at an avg of 15.6mph with a moving time of 6:34:00 but the actual time was about 45mins longer (for food stops)
http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/71781927/1500261
(btw - the top speed of 39.9mph was right before a sharp left hand bend where I locked the back wheel up... it took some effort to remove the saddle from my clenched butt cheeks)
GB's pretty swift. I only beat her time up one of the sharp hills on the commute by a couple of seconds last week, and I was gripping the bars with my teeth at the end and coughing up all sorts. Gave the runners doing hill reps some amusement...
Haha! It's a case of the quicker I get up there, the sooner it will be over!
No idea on timing. Would like to say 17+ but we'll see. August is a long way off.What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?0 -
roads on the prudential ride london are closed to cars. anyone know whether cycling is also prohibited ?Ridley Fenix SL0
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roads on the prudential ride london are closed to cars. anyone know whether cycling is also prohibited ?
maybe I am missing the point but wouldn't that would make it a Walk London Surrey 100?0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19666787#p19666787]Surrey Commuter[/url] wrote:roads on the prudential ride london are closed to cars. anyone know whether cycling is also prohibited ?
maybe I am missing the point but wouldn't that would make it a Walk London Surrey 100?
LOL
Yes it would. What I meant to ask was whether cyclists who are not part of the PRL can use the road before the PRL horde ? I live in Putney and was going to go out on Sunday towards the North Downs but some of my route would be on the PRL (not all of it).Ridley Fenix SL0 -
how early are you planning on going out... first riders are off at 6BMC TM01 - FCN 0
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how early are you planning on going out... first riders are off at 6
I usually go at 7 AMRidley Fenix SL0 -
how early are you planning on going out... first riders are off at 6
I usually go at 7 AM
Putney is on the way back so you will be fine0 -
roads on the prudential ride london are closed to cars. anyone know whether cycling is also prohibited ?
My commute takes me through some of the closed routes this weekend.
In the past I've been told I have to walk my bike as the "road is closed for a cycle event" but you can usually cut across closed routes via the pedestrian crossing points.
The logic applied by yellow tabard wearers is sometimes quite baffling and rarely consistent......0 -
roads on the prudential ride london are closed to cars. anyone know whether cycling is also prohibited ?
My commute takes me through some of the closed routes this weekend.
In the past I've been told I have to walk my bike as the "road is closed for a cycle event" but you can usually cut across closed routes via the pedestrian crossing points.
The logic applied by yellow tabard wearers is sometimes quite baffling and rarely consistent......
They'll have a hard day ahead of them - 25,000 people on bikes, some of whom will have never ridden a 100 mile event or in a group before, and they've got to try and ensure that everyone has a good time and nobody gets killed. A lot of them will be doing it for free too, so maybe cut them some slack?Commute: Chadderton - Sportcity0 -
So all being well I get round to The Mall on Sunday afternoon, I then need to get back to Buckhurst Hill. First ask of Google Maps gives me a route that goes Embankment/Faringdon St/Clerkenwell Rd/Hoxton/Regents Canal/Victoria Park/Olympic Park/Leytonstone Rd. Anything there that jumps out and waves a red flag at experienced London cyclists in terms of deadly junctions / dodgy areas, or could anyone advise on a better way?
Thanks...0 -
So all being well I get round to The Mall on Sunday afternoon, I then need to get back to Buckhurst Hill. First ask of Google Maps gives me a route that goes Embankment/Faringdon St/Clerkenwell Rd/Hoxton/Regents Canal/Victoria Park/Olympic Park/Leytonstone Rd. Anything there that jumps out and waves a red flag at experienced London cyclists in terms of deadly junctions / dodgy areas, or could anyone advise on a better way?
Thanks...
I would go along Embankment to Tower Hill, along CS3 to the limehouse basin, along the limehouse cut/river lea to Walthemstow/Off river side path at Tottenham docks/ Ferry road / Forest Road through Walthemstow / Underneath Waterworks roundabout and onto Woodford New Road / along to Buckhurst Hill
I do that (plus through B Hill to Chigwell) as my commute home - I wouldn't want to be on super skinny race tyres as a fair chunk is gravel; I do it every night on Durano Plus tyres. I think the River Lea path is nicer than the Regents Canal path - however you will be on the canal path for much longer on my route.
If you do wish to use their route then I would still avoid Leytonstone Road / High Street Leytonstone - it is a horrible route from Maryland to the Green Man. Go along Forest Lane from Maryland Point to Forest Gate Station and then turn right onto Centre Road which goes straight through Wanstead Flats and then Bush Road to Get to the Green Man Roundabout. It is slightly longer but much nicer crossing the flats than the High Street0 -
So all being well I get round to The Mall on Sunday afternoon, I then need to get back to Buckhurst Hill. First ask of Google Maps gives me a route that goes Embankment/Faringdon St/Clerkenwell Rd/Hoxton/Regents Canal/Victoria Park/Olympic Park/Leytonstone Rd. Anything there that jumps out and waves a red flag at experienced London cyclists in terms of deadly junctions / dodgy areas, or could anyone advise on a better way?
Thanks...
I would go along Embankment to Tower Hill, along CS3 to the limehouse basin, along the limehouse cut/river lea to Walthemstow/Off river side path at Tottenham docks/ Ferry road / Forest Road through Walthemstow / Underneath Waterworks roundabout and onto Woodford New Road / along to Buckhurst Hill
I do that (plus through B Hill to Chigwell) as my commute home - I wouldn't want to be on super skinny race tyres as a fair chunk is gravel; I do it every night on Durano Plus tyres. I think the River Lea path is nicer than the Regents Canal path - however you will be on the canal path for much longer on my route.
Thanks very much. Apologies for being anal but I'm a blue and need detail...! So, when you come up Limehouse Cut and hit the Lea I see that it seems to split into numerous channels. Do you stay beside the first one which runs roughly north parallel to the A12 and then the Olympic Park, Hackney Marshes & Warwick Reservoirs are all on your right hand side? I see Ferry Lane & Forest Rd etc so fine from there, thanks again for the advice!
OK on those paths with 25mm Michelin Pro 4s? They come up closer to 27mm in reality...0 -
Pollys Bott wrote:So all being well I get round to The Mall on Sunday afternoon, I then need to get back to Buckhurst Hill. First ask of Google Maps gives me a route that goes Embankment/Faringdon St/Clerkenwell Rd/Hoxton/Regents Canal/Victoria Park/Olympic Park/Leytonstone Rd. Anything there that jumps out and waves a red flag at experienced London cyclists in terms of deadly junctions / dodgy areas, or could anyone advise on a better way?
Thanks...
Here's an option. Pretty stop start, but any road route through east London is pretty much stop start.
https://www.strava.com/activities/72081982
Alternatively ride to Liverpool street, jump on a train to Chingford, and then ride the last mile or two back to Buckhurst Hill.0 -
So all being well I get round to The Mall on Sunday afternoon, I then need to get back to Buckhurst Hill. First ask of Google Maps gives me a route that goes Embankment/Faringdon St/Clerkenwell Rd/Hoxton/Regents Canal/Victoria Park/Olympic Park/Leytonstone Rd. Anything there that jumps out and waves a red flag at experienced London cyclists in terms of deadly junctions / dodgy areas, or could anyone advise on a better way?
Thanks...
I would go along Embankment to Tower Hill, along CS3 to the limehouse basin, along the limehouse cut/river lea to Walthemstow/Off river side path at Tottenham docks/ Ferry road / Forest Road through Walthemstow / Underneath Waterworks roundabout and onto Woodford New Road / along to Buckhurst Hill
I do that (plus through B Hill to Chigwell) as my commute home - I wouldn't want to be on super skinny race tyres as a fair chunk is gravel; I do it every night on Durano Plus tyres. I think the River Lea path is nicer than the Regents Canal path - however you will be on the canal path for much longer on my route.
Thanks very much. Apologies for being anal but I'm a blue and need detail...! So, when you come up Limehouse Cut and hit the Lea I see that it seems to split into numerous channels. Do you stay beside the first one which runs roughly north parallel to the A12 and then the Olympic Park, Hackney Marshes & Warwick Reservoirs are all on your right hand side? I see Ferry Lane & Forest Rd etc so fine from there, thanks again for the advice!
OK on those paths with 25mm Michelin Pro 4s? They come up closer to 27mm in reality...
I will see if I can get a map of my route and post it. To be honest after a long rider you might be better off following Jzed's suggestion of the train - at the weekend I have taken my bike on the London Underground. Technically you cannot get into central london - you can only get in as far as Mile End. I have taken my road bike up to Liverpool Street (to jump on a train to Cambridge) and even joined the tube as far in as St James's Park (after finishing stage 4 of TdF route from Cambridge) But you might struggle with jobsworths - even East of Mile End when you are technically allowed to use the tube with a bike0 -
Here is the route
http://www.mapmyfitness.com/routes/view/800405845
I looked at it afresh this evening and I am not sure it would be a good idea after a long day in the saddle. If you are just going up to PRL to support someone then maybe - but if you are riding then I. Would give this route a miss and take the train tube0 -
Poxy cyclists - taking over the roads. I'll be a prisoner in my own home. Why don't you all pay road tax like drivers?
(I may or may not have missed out in the ballot...)Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
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Dooooh, without any chaingang train I topped just over 5 hours - boooo! However I will take consolation in that I did fracture my leg in february... Also that no one overtook me on leith hill the entire way up bar two for the kom top bit i didn't give a croop about.Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
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Did it in 4:20:14, which I'm pretty pleased with:
(I'm the Kingston Wheeler)1938 Hobbs Tandem
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Did it in 4:20:14, which I'm pretty pleased with:
(I'm the Kingston Wheeler)
I think you were in the same group as me - old steel frame with downtube shifters? Was nice to finally get a big group going after Box Hill having had to press on solo most of the way round.0 -
Did it in 4:20:14, which I'm pretty pleased with:
(I'm the Kingston Wheeler)
For every bike you have more than me I will add on 10 minutes so that's fine.Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
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Ended in 4.45, which I'm pretty pleased with. Got a club place that started me at 7.30 and there weren't many quick groups that stuck together, so I think there's some free time to be had by starting earlier. Still, felt pretty fresh throughout so I'm calling it a good day. Perfect weather for it too. Will enter the ballot again for next year.0
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Thanks to imatfaal and JZed for the thoughts on the return leg from The Mall, in the end I went Embankment/Limehouse Cut/Lea Path back to the Olympic Park then back the way I had come down in the morning (High Rd Leyton & Lea Bridge Rd). No issues at all, thanks chaps.
As for the ride itself, wow, what a buzz. Great support from the crowds. I've not been to London since I were a lad so I was marvelling at all the sights on the way out, the Surrey countryside is beautiful but why is it that one of the most affluent areas of the country (I guess) has so many roads in a shocking state of repair? One place we went through wouldn't have been out of place in Paris-Roubaix... Dorking? Surprised by the number of people puffing up what I later realised was Newlands, shocked by the sight of some poor soul being given CPR at the bottom of Leith, got a steady run up Box Hill despite the congestion and big thanks to the guys and gal from Spirit Cycles who had a great little train going up to Kingston (I think) which I latched onto and also for the last two miles to the finish. More than slightly chuffed to see that my sprint up The Mall got me 287 out of 28000+ on Strava: my larger riding colleague says I'm a skinny barsteward who's only good for climbing, so I'll not be waving that under his nose... much! 5 1/2 hours for me, which given that I'd been chugging drugs all week to keep a sore throat & snotty nose under control I was quite pleased with. Well done Rhodrich, cracking time.
Chapeau to the chap from Braintree who I saw plodding back up Lea Bridge Rd, he'd ridden down & done the ride and was riding back home too, a 200 mile day out for him: hope you got home safely.0 -
Did it in 4:20:14, which I'm pretty pleased with:
(I'm the Kingston Wheeler)
Are you
(A) expecting someone to attempt a pass, and taking a defensive position;
(B) a big fan of Chris Froome's riding style; or
(C) generally a bit stroppy?0 -
Dooooh, without any chaingang train I topped just over 5 hours - boooo! However I will take consolation in that I did fracture my leg in february... Also that no one overtook me on leith hill the entire way up bar two for the kom top bit i didn't give a croop about.
Fracture? Didn't you have to have to top of your femur (the dogleg bit) pinned back together?0 -
I was quite surprised by how ofter I was riding on my own, I thought groups would accumulate and ride together.
Is this normal or is it just because I left later (7:30)?Giant Defy Advanced 0 - Best
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i barely rode in a group all day, i spent 90% of the time on the front. clubmate holding onto my wheel for dear life for most of the day. she destroyed me on the descents as im a terrible descender these days.
made a mistake stopping at the hub on the top of newlands corner, which meant we lost about 20mins. stopped at the top of box hill for a quick pepsi from the cafe and then we smashed it again. i lost her with about 15miles left when i was gunning it along the flat.
considering i've had such a big injury i was very pleased with just finishing and i was even more pleased with the fact i basically rode 100miles solo on almost no distance training.
riding with a powermeter meant i knew exactly how to pace myself for the distance only really pushing myself on the hills and the last 20miles or so. the rest of the time i was riding in zone 2/3 which meant i didn't run out of energy until about a mile from the finish at which point i pushed through and finished strongly.BMC TM01 - FCN 0
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19671103#p19671103]Greg66 Tri v2.0[/url] wrote:Did it in 4:20:14, which I'm pretty pleased with:
(I'm the Kingston Wheeler)
Are you
(A) expecting someone to attempt a pass, and taking a defensive position;
(B) a big fan of Chris Froome's riding style; or
(C) generally a bit stroppy?
That, my friend is the look of pure grit and determination!
BigMat - indeed, that was me! Decided to do it on my '88 Pearson. Didn't see many others on the ride on steel frames and friction shifters! What were you riding? It was good to pick up that group. By the time we got to the Embankment, things really moved up a gear, and with the speed and jostling for position, it was like being in a pro peleton. Awesome!
J_MCD - your late start time was probably a big factor. I did it last year with a 7.15 start time, and found it similarly difficult to find fast paced riders to ride with.
Even with an early start though this year, there were times when I was riding solo. Then there were other times when I thought that I was riding solo, until I noticed the paceline building up behind me!1938 Hobbs Tandem
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I was quite surprised by how ofter I was riding on my own, I thought groups would accumulate and ride together.
Is this normal or is it just because I left later (7:30)?
When I was making my way to the start I saw a few of the earlier groups setting off (just before 6.30), and right from the off they were strung out into a paceline with not too many gaps around.
When I set off - should have been 7.05, ended up 7.25-7.30 then it was nothing like that. People spread all over the road and lots of groups of 3-6 people but a completely different makeup to an hour before.
Hence my rash claim that I'd have gone a bit faster if I'd started earlier :oops:
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I did it in 4.30 with a 6.15 start. Was absolutely brilliant. Tried to take as many turns as I could, but having been advised that people often go out too strong, I was careful to ride wheels incase I blew up. In any case I sometimes found myself being dropped by my group as I was conserving some energy on the climbs (although still making good headway!).
Did have some great solo moments where I could see the group which dropped me up ahead so pushed on to get back on their wheels. I was absolutely dead by the end so me and 2 others struggled from Putney home. Did have a great sprint finish against one other chap so looking forward to seeing that photo.
Rider to mention was the Degenkolb doppelganger. Full Giant Alpecin kit, matching Propel and even the filthy little moustache! Was a great descender, getting low onto the toptube. Not so not on the ascents!
EDIT: Sadly that guy you saw getting CPR passed away at the scene. Desperately sad.0 -
Lost my three club mates within the first 10 miles, so pretty much rode solo but also latching onto small groups to rest. At one point I had 6 others behind me who I pulled up Newlands corner only for the to jump that last 20 meters and zoom off down the hill, just didn't have the legs and was busting for pee.
Got in a small group on the Embankment which was great as I was flagging by then and there was a hell of a crosswind. Happy enough with my 5hrs 39 am sure it would have been nearer 5 had we not got stopped in Dorking due to a accident and halfway up Box Hill due to congestion, also people stopping at the top of Box Hill to take selfies made get past an issue.
Still fun day out.Moda Prima 2013
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