Etape du Dales 2017 May 14th
ugo.santalucia
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Decided to do this again next year... fantastic course, great organisation and 4 real food stations, one of them in the iconic Tan Hill Inn, the highest pub in Britain... anybody else?
Registration opens on the 13th of November on the BC website
Registration opens on the 13th of November on the BC website
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On a nice day, 3K of climbing is fun, on a bad day it's hell.
I think the FWC is more beautiful, but only 2 food stops means I have to carry half a fridge worth of food, while the EdD has 4 stops, which means I can travel lighter
In 2015 you could register on the day. Typically it takes 1000 entries and it does sell out towards the end, but they are flexible on numbers.
There should be places available after the FWC draw.
The other selling point are the descents... the FWC descents are pretty much all nerve racking and to be taken very slowly, while at the EdD you can fly down most, with the exception of a couple of them.
Food stops are twice as many end better stocked too
You could finish the month off with three days of the Tour of Wessex 27-29 May
If we dont get on the latter we'll sign up for this.
Ugo, one upon a time you mentioned three rides which should be on everyones hit list. EDD, FW and AN Other... Which was the third as I cant remember?
You should enter it regardless of RL100, completely different time of the year and completely different event.
UK wise, I think the Autumn Epic should be on everyone's bucket. If we look at Europe, then I would say the Roubaix Velo organised Paris-Roubaix which runs every other year and of course the Eroica in Tuscany if you are into period cycles.
Europewise, I'm thinking Maratona purely because I can combine it with a holiday at our place on Como.
I avoid period cycles if I can...
I was there too... 9 hours 15...
It must have taken me an hour to climb tan hill... at that point I was pretty determined to reach the first train station and give up, but then the wind in the valleys turned out to be less ferocious and I managed to finish. What a day!
Just sneak out at 5 AM and you'll be back for a late sunday roast...
Well organised, friendly bunch of cyclists and well stocked food stops.
When I dragged my weary body over the line back at Grassington RFC I had a real sense of achievement but vowed 'that's it, done it, not again' but I'm tempted to give it another go........
Oh and Ride London pales into insignificance challenge wise, Leith Hill and Box Hill would be just classed as bumps in the road compared to Fleet Moss, Buttertubs, The Coal Road and Lamps Moss.
You might want to avoid the Fred Whitton then, as the descents are definitively scarier
Yep, been told that!!! Always fancied entering the FWC but I'd be bag of nerves coming off the tops of the climbs there.
Yep, coming down Honister, Hardknott and Wrynose requires belief and nerves of steel. Kirkstone too can be dangerous if you don't control the speed. There is also a nasty corner coming down Newlands...
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/event ... Dales-2017
The left hand steep one through the farm followed by the right hander as the descent bottoms out?
Yep, that one.
You coming to the Etape du Dales?
I'm working on it... already booked on to Wessex, Dartmoor, and the C2C in a day so depends whether I can convince the other half to ride this one as well...
Does it sell out quickly or do I have some time?
I think you have time.
She went for it. We're booked. See you there!
Have you done it before?
You'll have to walk up some climbs, but more importantly it's the descents you'll find it tough on fixed.
Send an email to the organisers, they are not overly keen on people doing weird things, but they might be OK with a fixed
Some big climbs and descents there!
Having seen him in action I think he'll be OK!