Ditchling Devil

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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Have emailed Paul as the site and the audax site both state the event is full. Should hopefully get some clarity!
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • manotea
    manotea Posts: 1,024
    Hi Chaps,

    It is with mixed feelings that I must confirm that we've closed the entry for the this year' Ditchling Devil as the event is full. The good news is that there are some other great audax events coming up in the London area over the summer:

    Jul 6 - The Jack Eason Events (60, 100, 200km)
    Jul 20 - Suburban Breakout 100km
    Aug 2 - Straight Outta Hackney 200km
    Aug 17 - Tour of the Hills, 120km
    Sept 7 - London Sightseer 100km

    See http://www.aukweb.net/events/ for details.

    All the best,

    Paul Stewart,
    Organiser, London Ditchling Devil
    "Put the kettle on, I\'m gaspin"
  • leeefm
    leeefm Posts: 260
    Thanks Paul
    Shand Skinnymalinky
    Argon 18 Radon
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    So is the sky ride full too? Same thing I assume?
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  • leeefm
    leeefm Posts: 260
    Seems to be the case. I thought it might be a sky ride that ran alongside, but without all the benefits of the full audax entry.
    Shand Skinnymalinky
    Argon 18 Radon
  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Everyone ready? 7.45 at the opposite end of the cafe forecourt from the loos? I will be on my Italia and expect I will be in a yellow and black torm top.
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Yes, just going over the route and getting my stuff together. I'll be the tallish bloke on a bright green Kinesis, possibly in a black and white top with a black Kask lid with world champ stripes on the lid that may upset some.
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  • leeefm
    leeefm Posts: 260
    I'll be in my Alzheimer's Society jersey with the Shand. Looking forward to it! (Early start :shock: )
    Shand Skinnymalinky
    Argon 18 Radon
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    good luck folks looks like you're going to have perfect weather for it
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Have a great one. I'm actually quite envious
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Anyone back yet?
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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Awesome ride but quite tricky in that weather. Very warm indeed, I think I managed to get through over 5l of water. Good company all the way round and the organisation was superb. Hope you feel better Lee!
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Nice work! Any chance for a strava upload?
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    Specialized Hardrock MTB for Lumps
    Specialized Langster SS for Ease
    Cinelli Mash Bolt Fixed for Pain
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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    goonz wrote:
    Nice work! Any chance for a strava upload?

    Look on the Scr club stream- it should be there!
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • leeefm
    leeefm Posts: 260
    Tiredness reaches new levels! Feeling fine now though. I really wanted to puke at the end just to make the nausea go away. Not quite sure what caused it... food or what? I didn't bonk though :)
    Shand Skinnymalinky
    Argon 18 Radon
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    More than a bit stiff this morning.
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    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Sounds like you guys went fairly hard?
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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    goonz wrote:
    Sounds like you guys went fairly hard?

    I don't think so, it was just hot and there were some bloody big hills to get up! Thanks to Steve for the guide across the park to get me closer to home- my brain was failing at that point. The oat bar from Lee's wife fuelled my trip home and was also rather tasty. I then also ate quite a lot of chinese when I got home!
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    goonz wrote:
    Sounds like you guys went fairly hard?
    Not hard by the standards of the serious types, hard for me though. Mrs had cooked so I had some food when I got in, she then went to the pub up the road to get me a pint of Pride. Can't ask for more than that.
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    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Had a look last night in the scr strava group couldn't find any activity unless I picked te wrong group?
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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    goonz wrote:
    Had a look last night in the scr strava group couldn't find any activity unless I picked te wrong group?

    http://www.strava.com/activities/151151257
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Hmm .... yup - jealous ... would've loved to have done that ... perhaps next year. :)
  • leeefm
    leeefm Posts: 260
    menthel wrote:
    The oat bar from Lee's wife fuelled my trip home and was also rather tasty. I then also ate quite a lot of chinese when I got home!

    Wife's pretty pleased with that :wink: You'll have to show us some good Korean restaurants round your way.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    ...she then went to the pub up the road to get me a pint of Pride. Can't ask for more than that.

    Excellent! I just zonked out and slept when I got home!
    Shand Skinnymalinky
    Argon 18 Radon
  • ShandyH
    ShandyH Posts: 555
    Well that was hard work! Quite an eventful day as a chap who was riding behind me between lunch and tea hit my back wheel when a car pulled out of a blind driveway and came down hard on his arm/shoulder. He'd definitely broken something. We waited around for an ambulance for just under an hour and saw a few groups coming past.

    I was going okay until about tea and if I was on the ropes then, Coombe Lane really knocked the stuffing out of me! Great event though. Good food, very friendly people and a fun day out. I was seriously low on fuel when I got home. Drunk 2 cokes, 4 pints of water and ate three ice creams just to get back to vaguely normal. Actually feel remarkably fine today. Still hungry!
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Excellent work gents.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Well done for waiting Shandy, that's a very long time to wait. Didn't see anyone waiting at the side of the road so you must have been a long way ahead of us.
    I was completely done for by Combe Lane, that was a struggle.
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    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    ShandyH wrote:
    Well that was hard work! Quite an eventful day as a chap who was riding behind me between lunch and tea hit my back wheel when a car pulled out of a blind driveway and came down hard on his arm/shoulder. He'd definitely broken something. We waited around for an ambulance for just under an hour and saw a few groups coming past.

    I was going okay until about tea and if I was on the ropes then, Coombe Lane really knocked the stuffing out of me! Great event though. Good food, very friendly people and a fun day out. I was seriously low on fuel when I got home. Drunk 2 cokes, 4 pints of water and ate three ice creams just to get back to vaguely normal. Actually feel remarkably fine today. Still hungry!

    This sounds exactly like an account on the my clubs website. The guy, George (top bloke), broke his collarbone unfortunatley, if its the same incident.
  • ShandyH
    ShandyH Posts: 555
    That's him. It was his birthday too, poor chap. Not a great way to spend it.

    To be fair it was the middle of the countryside so it took a while for medical attention to turn up. Once he was getting attented to and we'd left our details with police and George, we went on our way.

    SB, let me know if you hear anything about his condition, will you?
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    ShandyH wrote:
    That's him. It was his birthday too, poor chap. Not a great way to spend it.

    To be fair it was the middle of the countryside so it took a while for medical attention to turn up. Once he was getting attented to and we'd left our details with police and George, we went on our way.

    SB, let me know if you hear anything about his condition, will you?

    Will do.
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Quick update - George got diagnosed with a broken clavicle. Otherwise in good spirits.

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