London Ride 100

willy b

So yeah, i'm doing this now 8) Raising money for the Christian Aid and their maternal health projects in Kenya: https://www.justgiving.com/Will-Beresford1

Name___________Wave________Start_______Expected Time
itboffin.....................Blue A..............6:00..............
tetm........................Orange A...........6:02.............Not as fast as willy b last year
BigMat......................Orange A...........6:02............3:59 (got to aim high!)
willy b......................Orange A...........6:02............ Faster than me last year
turnstyle...................Orange A...........6:02............ 4hrs 31 last year, hopefully faster this year.
Cat With no Tail .........Orange D...........6:12 .............4hrs 45
Mpdouglas................Orange D...........6:12..............4hrs 49
Cyclingprop...............Orange D...........6.12.............. ~5 hours.... on no training... lol
Wrath Rob................Yellow A............6:15..............
Spasypaddy...............Orange C...........6.22.................. Sub 5 hours
Alansd1980................Blue G..............6:25..............5 Hours hopefully...
London-Red...............Blue G..............6.25...............5hrs 30
TheStone..................Blue G..............6.25...............5hrs 00 (aiming for sub-5, but unlikely)
Coopster 1st..............Orange E...........6:27................4h 50m, maybe 4h 45m
W12 Lad...................Black J.............6.37................sub 5.30
TimothyW.................Yellow C............6:40...............5:30 ish
Asprilla.....................Black A.............6:42...............5hrs
Cycler00...................Black A.............6:42...............
Monkey Monster.........Blue L..............6:45............... 5hrs 15ish too (aiming for sub 5 but we'll see...)
FoldingJoe................Blue L...............6:45................ 5hrs 30ish
marcusjb..................Black B..............6:52................on the tandem to have a good time, not to do a good time
Rubertoe.................Green A ........... 7:00............ sub 6 Hours
Elbowloh.................Green A.............7.00..................5 hours 30ish
Veronese68..............Blue N...............7:15................6 hrs
PBo........................Black D.............7.17................ 6 h
Applespider.............Yellow F............7.30...............6.45
Leeefm...................Black G.............7:47................ 6hrs 30

tetm

Great news, that's a pair of strong wheels for me to clutch at for 4 minutes until I faint.

keyser__soze

Orange A/6.02 for me too. Hardly ridden more than about 15 miles in one go since Christmas (wife's been injured so off the bike plus house purchase/renovation has taken most weekends) and am nearly a stone heavier than last year so will be grabbing any wheel I can get.

dhope

tetm wrote:

Great news, that's a pair of strong wheels for me to clutch at for 4 minutes until I faint.

At which point you'll have just passed Boff, one legged peddling having left 2 minutes earlier.

spasypaddy

tetm wrote:

Great news, that's a pair of strong wheels for me to clutch at for 4 minutes until I faint.

good luck with that. i got out of the neutral zone before giving up and realising i was going to die holding wills wheel...

iPete

6:15 wave, look forward to catching some of you lot *


*at the food stop

willy b

You don't stop for food. You don't stop for water. It's essentially a 100 mile TT.

itboffin

willy b wrote:

You don't stop for food. You don't stop for water. It's essentially a 100 mile TT.

yep for a 100 mile flat ride you should be able to carry everything you need, especially as the chances of finding a group to ride in will be very high

iPete

There goes my plan to close those gaps... but are you SURE you don't want a bit of cake?

Kieran_Burns

itboffin wrote:

willy b wrote:

You don't stop for food. You don't stop for water. It's essentially a 100 mile TT.

yep for a 100 mile flat ride you should be able to carry everything you need, especially as the chances of finding a group to ride in will be very high

Do what? I got through 6 x 750ml bottles on the Notts Sportive (and the really is pretty damn flat) and had cramps for the last 20 odd miles.

(mind you the temp did hit 30C for a lot of the ride)

willy b

2 x 750ml bottles, a banana and 4 gels is all I had last year.

menthel

itboffin wrote:

is there anyone NOT doing this ride?

Me. Applied but didn't get a place. Will apply again next year. I won't do it for charity though- I feel bad asking people for money for something I can do quite easily. I will save that for Lejog...

cyclingprop

Keyser__Soze wrote:

Orange A/6.02 for me too. Hardly ridden more than about 15 miles in one go since Christmas (wife's been injured so off the bike plus house purchase/renovation has taken most weekends) and am nearly a stone heavier than last year so will be grabbing any wheel I can get.

This.

leeefm

Hopefully my piriformis syndrome will clear up before then...

cat_with_no_tail

We're staying at the premier inn at Stratford. Pretty handy because it's literally over the road from my start zone, and there is a massive shopping centre to keep the boss happy while I'm doing bike things.

What I want to know though is what's the riding like round olympic park and the surrounding area? We're there all week, and I want to get out a couple of times. Just for a quick blast. 50-60k max.

bigmat

Its pretty built up, you'd need to ride out to get to any decent roads - best bet probably under Greenwich foot tunnel and out through S E London to Kent lanes. The other option (depending on what is happening on the weekend) would be to use the race circuit in the Olympic park, basically a super-smooth one mile loop in the shadow of the Olympic velodrome. Nice for an hour or so but probably a bit dull for any longer.

Wrath Rob

Updated with our team's target time. I need to get some miles in, as well as work out how to get 4 bottles on the bike

Name___________Wave________Start_______Expected Time
itboffin.....................Blue A..............6:00..............
tetm........................Orange A...........6:02.............Not as fast as willy b last year
BigMat......................Orange A...........6:02............3:59 (got to aim high!)
turnstyle...................Orange A...........6:02............ 4hrs 31 last year, hopefully faster this year.
Cat With no Tail .........Orange D...........6:12 .............4hrs 45
Mpdouglas................Orange D...........6:12..............4hrs 49
Cyclingprop...............Orange D...........6.12.............. ~5 hours.... on no training... lol
Wrath Rob................Yellow A............6:15.............. 4hrs 15
Spasypaddy...............Orange C...........6.22.................. Sub 5 hours
Alansd1980................Blue G..............6:25..............5 Hours hopefully...
London-Red...............Blue G..............6.25...............5hrs 30
TheStone..................Blue G..............6.25...............5hrs 00 (aiming for sub-5, but unlikely)
Coopster 1st..............Orange E...........6:27................4h 50m, maybe 4h 45m
W12 Lad...................Black J.............6.37................sub 5.30
TimothyW.................Yellow C............6:40...............5:30 ish
Asprilla.....................Black A.............6:42...............5hrs
Cycler00...................Black A.............6:42...............
Monkey Monster.........Blue L..............6:45............... 5hrs 15ish too (aiming for sub 5 but we'll see...)
FoldingJoe................Blue L...............6:45................ 5hrs 30ish
marcusjb..................Black B..............6:52................on the tandem to have a good time, not to do a good time
Rubertoe.................Green A ........... 7:00............ sub 6 Hours
Elbowloh.................Green A.............7.00..................5 hours 30ish
Veronese68..............Blue N...............7:15................6 hrs
PBo........................Black D.............7.17................ 6 h
Applespider.............Yellow F............7.30...............6.45
Leeefm...................Black G.............7:47................ 6hrs 30

asprilla

Wrath Rob wrote:

Updated with our team's target time. I need to get some miles in, as well as work out how to get 4 bottles on the bike

I've just bought a Bontrager Race Lite Rear Bottle Holder so I can stick another couple of bottles behind my saddle for this event. In a morning I'm getting through about 400ml on the 1hr25mins to get to work.

As usual, I'm probably over analysing, but I'm going with three 600ml bottles.

itboffin

nice one BigMat that's the spirit sub 4 people sub 4 :twisted:

iPete

Asprilla wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

Updated with our team's target time. I need to get some miles in, as well as work out how to get 4 bottles on the bike

I've just bought a Bontrager Race Lite Rear Bottle Holder so I can stick another couple of bottles behind my saddle for this event. In a morning I'm getting through about 400ml on the 1hr25mins to get to work.

As usual, I'm probably over analysing, but I'm going with three 600ml bottles.

Oh, I'd forgotten we are targeting 4:15!

I've got a behind the seat bottle holder for my track frame, might switch it over. Just strap the damn things down, bottles make great missiles on bad roads.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/B ... fc5a62.jpg

Widgey

I'm late to the party and posting from my phone so apologies for not posting the table.

Set off at 6:15 and can't remember the time which I said I would complete. However on Sunday I did the 103 mile Bike Bath event which had near enough 6000 feet of climbing and completed that in 6:12 pedalling time 6:40 overall. 50 miles solo and 50 miles in a group of 3. Hopefully aiming for 5:30.

Is hiding in wheels acceptable for 100?

cat_with_no_tail

Asprilla wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

Updated with our team's target time. I need to get some miles in, as well as work out how to get 4 bottles on the bike

I've just bought a Bontrager Race Lite Rear Bottle Holder so I can stick another couple of bottles behind my saddle for this event. In a morning I'm getting through about 400ml on the 1hr25mins to get to work.

As usual, I'm probably over analysing, but I'm going with three 600ml bottles.

Just bought the same holder. Planning on going with 4x750ml bottles if it's particularly warm, or 3 otherwise.

iPete

Who's getting the razor out for this one then?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZnrE17Jg3I

il_principe

I'm doing this with work, but it's a relay so I only get to ride 1 x 25 miles section. Doing the bit from the bottom of Shere corner to Leatherhead. Coming at that with fresh legs I intend to play merry hell with those doing the full 100. A full on 25mile sporting TT for me :twisted:

Lefthook

menthel wrote:

itboffin wrote:

is there anyone NOT doing this ride?

Me. Applied but didn't get a place. Will apply again next year. I won't do it for charity though- I feel bad asking people for money for something I can do quite easily. I will save that for Lejog...

Same, applied the last 2 years and not got in. I smell a conspiracy with you lot all getting in for the second time. Hardly fair, moan moan moan.

spasypaddy

Lefthook wrote:

menthel wrote:

itboffin wrote:

is there anyone NOT doing this ride?

Me. Applied but didn't get a place. Will apply again next year. I won't do it for charity though- I feel bad asking people for money for something I can do quite easily. I will save that for Lejog...

Same, applied the last 2 years and not got in. I smell a conspiracy with you lot all getting in for the second time. Hardly fair, moan moan moan.

join a club, help out at events, get places.

dhope

spasypaddy wrote:

Lefthook wrote:

menthel wrote:

itboffin wrote:

is there anyone NOT doing this ride?

Me. Applied but didn't get a place. Will apply again next year. I won't do it for charity though- I feel bad asking people for money for something I can do quite easily. I will save that for Lejog...

Same, applied the last 2 years and not got in. I smell a conspiracy with you lot all getting in for the second time. Hardly fair, moan moan moan.

join a club, help out at events, get places.

Yep
Just seen a post on my club forum asking for 15 volunteers to help marshall in return for a guaranteed place next year

rubertoe

My Club got 16 places

2 x means teams (of 4)
1 x womens team
1 x Mixed team.

cyclingprop

Charity place last year.
Ballot this year.

asprilla

Lefthook wrote:

menthel wrote:

itboffin wrote:

is there anyone NOT doing this ride?

Me. Applied but didn't get a place. Will apply again next year. I won't do it for charity though- I feel bad asking people for money for something I can do quite easily. I will save that for Lejog...

Same, applied the last 2 years and not got in. I smell a conspiracy with you lot all getting in for the second time. Hardly fair, moan moan moan.

Ballot place last year. £3,000 raised for charity this year. Easy.