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I've done European Sportives with over 9000 entrants and I don't believe the locals had a problem; its more a question of cultures and nimby'ism; the Etape Caledonia sufferred from the same bad attitudes1. limit of 500
I've done European Sportives with over 9000 entrants and I don't believe the locals had a problem; its more a question of cultures and nimby'ism; the Etape Caledonia sufferred from the same bad attitudes1. limit of 500
August 4th, Prudential Ride London = 20,000 cyclists not-racing from London through Surrey countryside en route south "past Newlands Corner, Abinger Hammer and Holmbury St Mary before tackling the biggest ascent on the route at Leith Hill. After a short descent., it's onto the next challenge: world-famous zig zags of Box Hill."
So that's chaos on the roads around Dorking and through the Surrey Hills that day then.
So that's chaos on the roads around Dorking and through the Surrey Hills that day then.
Hope it stays fine for you.Organised, well behaved chaos, for one day in the year, just like plenty of other one off non-cycling events which can cause "traffic chaos".
As this is bound to be a large event with a large sponsor, I suspect it will be quite tightly controlled.
I shall only be going along for the free ride though, looking forward to using a small part of London's roads traffic free (rather than doing the usual dance with black taxis).
Very little chaos around Dorking and vicinity when I visit it. Except when sportives are taking place....though somewhat less unpleasant than the chaos caused on those same roads by cars every other day of the year.
Very little chaos around Dorking and vicinity when I visit it. Except when sportives are taking place.
We'll never agree but I better understand your pov as a result of the debate.I suppose it depends how you define chaos. If you call being held up by a few cyclists chaos then I say being stuck in normal everyday motor traffic can lay equal claim to the descriptor.
Well now you are just reaching....but as a way of winding-up a group of rich, powerful and influential car owners? Well, holding a closed roads sportive in the Surrey Hills is almost without equal. And when plod, whose policing priorities are set by the good burghers of Surrey (and Surrey County councillors, a number of whom live in that area) say "Enough is enough" it won't be the once a year Prudential London riders that get affected but, more likely, me, my friends and my club mates.
For perspective, 30000 motor vehicles cross Walton bridge every day, which runs right next to the Prudential Ride London route.We'll never agree but I better understand your pov as a result of the debate.
fwiw, which ain't much, I've never been 'stuck' on a bike around there (It's the next town to mine up the A24.) or anywhere else outside of major urban centres for that matter
My take; 20000 isn't a few cyclists....
These are public roads, they can build their own private roads if they want to reserve it for their exclusive use.
Is Walton Bridge in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty? No.For perspective, 30000 motor vehicles cross Walton bridge every day, which runs right next to the Prudential Ride London route.
It should be possible to run a sportive without closing roads, if only motorists could be relied upon not to drive dangerously around riders which, unfortunately, they can't.Not on 4th August they're not, they are reserved for the exclusive use of those taking part in the sportive.