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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    CookeeeMonster wrote:
    so...did anyone do it last year and also get in this year? (not including charity places).

    Just wondering if they have an olympic ticket style system that lets one person have all the luck and leaves others with none :( (yes mine is cancelled...again....)

    Not me, but I know quite a few who did.
  • Green Brompton
    Green Brompton Posts: 972
    If you're a member of a club, they get a separate allocation for teams...
    Why? Because I'm guaranteed a seat all the way in.

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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    thats how im hopefully going to get in...
    BMC TM01 - FCN 0
    Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
    Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
    Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
    Premier (CX) - FCN 6
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  • frazered
    frazered Posts: 333
    'cancelled' :(
  • cookeeemonster
    cookeeemonster Posts: 1,991
    essex-commuter wrote:
    CookeeeMonster wrote:
    so...did anyone do it last year and also get in this year? (not including charity places).

    Just wondering if they have an olympic ticket style system that lets one person have all the luck and leaves others with none :( (yes mine is cancelled...again....)

    Not me, but I know quite a few who did.

    ho hum would it really be that hard to create a system that'll give priority to those that didn't get in last year over those that did?

    I'm a computer programmer. No it f**king wouldn't.

    :P
  • Southgate
    Southgate Posts: 246
    Just tried to log in and got hit with an "Access code required". Phoned organisers, who told me that the details are NOT online and they will be informing entrants by post only
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  • Pufftmw
    Pufftmw Posts: 1,941
    I more or less did the same as it says my entry was cancelled 28/1/14 at 19:29, so rang up to say "I've not cancelled" to which I was told that it was nothing to do with the organisers and that everyone would be receiving POST (very 19th century) by 14th February to let them know if successful or not, so please be patient.

    I do think it odd that of all the forumites on this thread the vast majority are "Cancelled" and if we were to take that presumption as a failed to get in, then statistically the results are skewed. You would expect a 1 in 3 roughly, not 1 in 10 or so.
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  • Lefthook
    Lefthook Posts: 124
    Well the 'registration cancelled' method was accurate last year? I can live in hope they changed the system and I still have a chance at a place.

    Amusing that they seemed to cotton to the fact people had access to the regonline link and blocked access for computers, but you could still access on phones and I managed to log on an ipad.

    Do we know if more or less people registered this year, or was the ballot limited to the same number?
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    ballot was 80,000
    BMC TM01 - FCN 0
    Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
    Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
    Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
    Premier (CX) - FCN 6
    Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN3
  • cookeeemonster
    cookeeemonster Posts: 1,991
    woohoo I still might have a chance ;)
  • warreng
    warreng Posts: 535
    Using that mobile link on a prevous page and logging into that website it definitely stated I was "accepted" and payment taken
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  • mpdouglas
    mpdouglas Posts: 220
    I'm in! Probably the first time I've been successful in a ballot in my whole life. Was sure I'd get rejected for being a 40 something male from the home counties. And my 'new to cycling' wife got rejected. Was convinced it would be the other way round.
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  • Southgate
    Southgate Posts: 246
    Tried accessing their system again and succeeded in getting in. Into the system, not into the Ride London. "Cancelled" :-(
    Superstition begins with pinning race number 13 upside down and it ends with the brutal slaughter of Mamils at the cake stop.
  • Applespider
    Applespider Posts: 506
    I got into the system last night and it was 'accepted' although nothing in the post or by email yet.

    Now I just have to get to work to hit the 6.5 hours that I said I'd do it in! And learn to ride in a big group...
  • jeepie1999
    jeepie1999 Posts: 78
    Stomp stomp stomp grumble grumble

    Status: Cancelled
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Applespider wrote:
    I got into the system last night and it was 'accepted' although nothing in the post or by email yet.

    Now I just have to get to work to hit the 6.5 hours that I said I'd do it in! And learn to ride in a big group...

    6.5 ??? eh man up :wink: < 4 at least?
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  • Applespider
    Applespider Posts: 506
    Don't you hate when your fingers hit the wrong key.... :oops: :wink:
  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    It looks like I'm in :twisted:
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Well that was a bit of a WTF??? moment.

    Got home to find an A4 envelope with a magazine from the London Ride 100 people commiserating me on not making the selection :shock:

    I didn't even apply (at least I have no record of applying!!)

    Anyway - thought this might help for those people not sure - look for the big A4 plastic letter hitting your doormat.
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  • Applespider
    Applespider Posts: 506
    Although if you're in, you also get a big A4 plastic envelope with a magazine. Presumably a different one since it's got tips on riding the 100 and a big 'Congratulations' on the front!
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Yeah im in, pah!
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  • Widgey
    Widgey Posts: 157
    I'm in too!
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  • adam0bmx0
    adam0bmx0 Posts: 263
    Going via the link using my phone: Cancelled. :(

    I did do it last year and was truthful with my details when registering this year, maybe I should have lied.......
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  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    I joined up to ride for Bliss, didn't want to risk the ballot .....
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    I'm in.
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  • Polkascott
    Polkascott Posts: 34
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Well that was a bit of a WTF??? moment.

    Got home to find an A4 envelope with a magazine from the London Ride 100 people commiserating me on not making the selection :shock:

    I didn't even apply (at least I have no record of applying!!)

    Anyway - thought this might help for those people not sure - look for the big A4 plastic letter hitting your doormat.
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I'm on the site now and it's asking me for my CC details....


    Irrefutable proof that you did register! Bad memory perhaps?

    I didn't get in either. I was supposed to ride in the Business Relay last year but a team member became "redundant"... I will still be able to enter a team this year, but thinking about it I do not want to do only 25 miles at a cost of £60 (entry costs for a team are £240). I wonder how many places are taken up by this as well?
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Polkascott wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Well that was a bit of a WTF??? moment.

    Got home to find an A4 envelope with a magazine from the London Ride 100 people commiserating me on not making the selection :shock:

    I didn't even apply (at least I have no record of applying!!)

    Anyway - thought this might help for those people not sure - look for the big A4 plastic letter hitting your doormat.
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I'm on the site now and it's asking me for my CC details....


    Irrefutable proof that you did register! Bad memory perhaps?

    I didn't get in either. I was supposed to ride in the Business Relay last year but a team member became "redundant"... I will still be able to enter a team this year, but thinking about it I do not want to do only 25 miles at a cost of £60 (entry costs for a team are £240). I wonder how many places are taken up by this as well?


    Well - yeah, but I cancelled....
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  • hegyestomi
    hegyestomi Posts: 504
    PBo wrote:
    I joined up to ride for Bliss, didn't want to risk the ballot .....
    How much do you have to raise for them?
  • Polkascott
    Polkascott Posts: 34
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Polkascott wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Well that was a bit of a WTF??? moment.

    Got home to find an A4 envelope with a magazine from the London Ride 100 people commiserating me on not making the selection :shock:

    I didn't even apply (at least I have no record of applying!!)

    Anyway - thought this might help for those people not sure - look for the big A4 plastic letter hitting your doormat.
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I'm on the site now and it's asking me for my CC details....


    Irrefutable proof that you did register! Bad memory perhaps?

    I didn't get in either. I was supposed to ride in the Business Relay last year but a team member became "redundant"... I will still be able to enter a team this year, but thinking about it I do not want to do only 25 miles at a cost of £60 (entry costs for a team are £240). I wonder how many places are taken up by this as well?


    Well - yeah, but I cancelled....


    I don't think the organisers pay much heed to cancellations - after I cancelled last year they kept on chasing me for payment - became a real pain!
  • tetm
    tetm Posts: 564
    Woof, I'm in.

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