FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast 21st March - Burnham-on-Crouch via Junction 31

[Fab Foodie]

48 miles into a 20mph headwind does not appeal.

Character forming!

 

[StuAff]

Character forming!

Fully formed, thank you very much......

 

[Fab Foodie]

Fully formed, thank you very much......

I was thinking about me!

 

[StuAff]

I was thinking about me!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Lost cause

 

[slowmotion]

for comparative purposes, this is the elevation plot of a Brighton FNRttC. as above, keep the scale of the x y axis in mind (yet again, in meters) (x axis is in km)

Thank you for the plots. It looks to me as though Hill X is about 100 metres rise over about 3.5 km. Ditchling is about 160 over 3 km. I always thought that Ditchling was about 0.8 miles from the cross-roads to the top, so I may have scrambled something.

 

[dellzeqq]

I've taken dellzeqq's route, and converted it to a GPSies track, from which you can download GPX and so forth. As ever, the normal rules apply, so the route may change at any time, with no warning, this is for guidance only.

First Half (up to the Dartford services)

Second Half

how come the lowest we go in the Rotherhithe tunnel is 2.1metres? There are low tides lower than that. And do we have to go to the top of the Monument?

Weather forecast improving. A bit

 

[subaqua]

work have put a stick in the spokes for me.

have to work tomorrow - i will post in the things you wanted to say thread- so won't be coming

 

[TimO]

for comparative purposes, this is the elevation plot of a Brighton FNRttC. as above, keep the scale of the x y axis in mind (yet again, in meters) (x axis is in km)

I can't be bothered with drawing diagrams of this, but looking at the 1:50000 OS Mapping on BikeHike, the contours on this "hill" aren't even remotely as close together as they are on Ditchling Beacon. I don't think it's worth worrying about.

 

[martint235]

Hipflask prepared. Now I just need to decide what to wear to give some hope of finishing the night warm and dry.

 

[theclaud]

Hipflask prepared. Now I just need to decide what to wear to give some hope of finishing the night warm and dry.

Armwarmers are good.

 

[StuartG]

Armwarmers are good.

Earwarmers are even better ....

 

[redfalo]

I can't be bothered with drawing diagrams of this

actually, it's one mouse click on Basecamp

 

[Fab Foodie]

Armwarmers are good.

judging by the short sharp showers around here right now Arm-bands might be more appropriate ....

 

[redfalo]

Thank you for the plots. It looks to me as though Hill X is about 100 metres rise over about 3.5 km. Ditchling is about 160 over 3 km. I always thought that Ditchling was about 0.8 miles from the cross-roads to the top, so I may have scrambled something.

It will be much easier than the Beacon. It seems not only less severe in terms of gradient and length, but will also hit us after roughly 30 miles, while it's something like 45 miles to the Beacon. Plus: getting to the Beacon involves much more climbing than reaching the Essex Alps. Our legs will be fresher.