Ride London 2019 anyone?
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Mine are awful. The first 3 i'm not even in. A few i am in the background and the 2 where I am front and centre are just fecking awful.-Dash wrote:0 -
Mine were ok, most of the time I wasn't among a huddle of cyclists so I'm at the front. Still don't think I want to shell out for them. A few are super over exposed and hard to tell quality with some of the watermarks covering.0
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Tbh, i probably wouldn't have bought any anyway, but still....-Dash wrote:Mine were ok, most of the time I wasn't among a huddle of cyclists so I'm at the front. Still don't think I want to shell out for them. A few are super over exposed and hard to tell quality with some of the watermarks covering.0 -
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Great vid MTB!MTB-Idle wrote:0 -
MTB-Idle wrote:
Top effort Sir 8)Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 180 -
-Dash wrote:
I can't believe anyone would pay £27 for these, OK I didn't put my Number on my helmet so mine are sh*t.
My Niece is very disappointed with hers, despite there being 29 photos of her she is not mid-image in any of them and is completely hidden in 5.0 -
alanparsons wrote:-Dash wrote:
I can't believe anyone would pay £27 for these, OK I didn't put my Number on my helmet so mine are sh*t.
My Niece is very disappointed with hers, despite there being 29 photos of her she is not mid-image in any of them and is completely hidden in 5.
Mine have some really good shots in, have a great one of me crossing the line with my family in the background cheering me on.0 -
alanparsons wrote:-Dash wrote:
I can't believe anyone would pay £27 for these, OK I didn't put my Number on my helmet so mine are sh*t.
My Niece is very disappointed with hers, despite there being 29 photos of her she is not mid-image in any of them and is completely hidden in 5.
Can't you crop them when you order them ? Usually can with my London Marathon pics - so she will be centre. 24 pics isn't bad. I've done whole marathons and got less pics than that and always look so much rougher when running.
I think they are identified by your chip - so there's no check that you can actually be seen. Getting personalised photos is almost impossible on a ride like this.0 -
phreak wrote:
With practically no hills to speak of, being a big unit is an advantage, no?elbowloh wrote:Martin Johnson was in my wave, he completed in 4.42. Quick for such a big unit!
Definitely. At 67kg I think I stuck my nose in the wind about three times on the flats. Solo'd most of the Surry Hills, yo-yoing off the front of a group - lost them on the climbs / caught on the downs & flats. So, plenty of energy wasted there...
Basically, if you drop of the back off one group you might as well sit up and wait for the next one.
Not sure if there is any other way for a smaller rider to ride this course. I guess ideally you want to be with a bunch of bigger riders who can climb too. Of course they would be far better riders than myself, but managed to get myself a time of 4:16 which is testimony to by wheel-sucking prowess!0 -
CptKernow wrote:phreak wrote:
With practically no hills to speak of, being a big unit is an advantage, no?elbowloh wrote:Martin Johnson was in my wave, he completed in 4.42. Quick for such a big unit!
Definitely. At 67kg I think I stuck my nose in the wind about three times on the flats. Solo'd most of the Surry Hills, yo-yoing off the front of a group - lost them on the climbs / caught on the downs & flats. So, plenty of energy wasted there...
Basically, if you drop of the back off one group you might as well sit up and wait for the next one.
Not sure if there is any other way for a smaller rider to ride this course. I guess ideally you want to be with a bunch of bigger riders who can climb too. Of course they would be far better riders than myself, but managed to get myself a time of 4:16 which is testimony to by wheel-sucking prowess!
I'm 58kg so even more the case. Rode it a few years ago having just done the Maratona and they're not really comparable, but I doubt I'll do a quicker 100 miles in my life, so whatever kudos you can gain from doing a lot of drafting is there.0 -
having ridden with him in 2014 and 5 he has all the aerodynamic properties of a barn door. still goes along at a fair old pace though...phreak wrote:elbowloh wrote:Martin Johnson was in my wave, he completed in 4.42. Quick for such a big unit!
With practically no hills to speak of, being a big unit is an advantage, no?0 -
Yes, he's certainly not aero.philbar72 wrote:
having ridden with him in 2014 and 5 he has all the aerodynamic properties of a barn door. still goes along at a fair old pace though...phreak wrote:elbowloh wrote:Martin Johnson was in my wave, he completed in 4.42. Quick for such a big unit!
With practically no hills to speak of, being a big unit is an advantage, no?0 -
elbowloh wrote:
Yes, he's certainly not aero.philbar72 wrote:
having ridden with him in 2014 and 5 he has all the aerodynamic properties of a barn door. still goes along at a fair old pace though...phreak wrote:elbowloh wrote:Martin Johnson was in my wave, he completed in 4.42. Quick for such a big unit!
With practically no hills to speak of, being a big unit is an advantage, no?
Out and out power I guess.Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 180 -
Opposite for me. Fat b*stard, so was in the front group and dragged a load of twiglets for 40 miles, then got gearing issues in Ripley so got shelled there, and stuck in no-man's land between there and the bottom of Leith. Then cramped up on Box and rode to the finish on one legCptKernow wrote:phreak wrote:
With practically no hills to speak of, being a big unit is an advantage, no?elbowloh wrote:Martin Johnson was in my wave, he completed in 4.42. Quick for such a big unit!
Definitely. At 67kg I think I stuck my nose in the wind about three times on the flats. Solo'd most of the Surry Hills, yo-yoing off the front of a group - lost them on the climbs / caught on the downs & flats. So, plenty of energy wasted there...
Basically, if you drop of the back off one group you might as well sit up and wait for the next one.
Not sure if there is any other way for a smaller rider to ride this course. I guess ideally you want to be with a bunch of bigger riders who can climb too. Of course they would be far better riders than myself, but managed to get myself a time of 4:16 which is testimony to by wheel-sucking prowess!
4:18 in the end Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.0 -
Cruff wrote:Opposite for me. Fat b*stard, so was in the front group and dragged a load of twiglets for 40 miles, then got gearing issues in Ripley so got shelled there, and stuck in no-man's land between there and the bottom of Leith. Then cramped up on Box and rode to the finish on one leg 4:18 in the end
Ha ha! Thanks for the tow if you were one of the guys in my first group. I had a 6.06 start.
I did enjoy Leith - think I was actually dribbling by the time I got to the top. Would love to give that Surry Hills section a blast again without the before and after...0 -
5:44 start for me - first wave. My fat arse was in the 'lead' going through Knightsbridge and Brompton RoadCptKernow wrote:Cruff wrote:Opposite for me. Fat b*stard, so was in the front group and dragged a load of twiglets for 40 miles, then got gearing issues in Ripley so got shelled there, and stuck in no-man's land between there and the bottom of Leith. Then cramped up on Box and rode to the finish on one leg 4:18 in the end
Ha ha! Thanks for the tow if you were one of the guys in my first group. I had a 6.06 start.
I did enjoy Leith - think I was actually dribbling by the time I got to the top. Would love to give that Surry Hills section a blast again without the before and after...Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.0 -
For me it was a good event in 2019. 5.44 start, sun shining, all on time and the ride marshals do seem to have made a difference. Can't really expect every hole to be pointed but no silliness and standard of riding around me was excellent, no crashes or even close. Fast paced though not more so than previous years through to hills where it broke up, bigger group made it through to Box than in most years. The big difference though, there was no let up, usually there's easements from time to time, not in 2019. Most of our guys PB'd the course and no crashes. Always nice to blast 100m on closed roads.0
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Anyone know when the 2020 ballot is due to be drawn?0
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13th February apparentlyYou can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.0
