RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2015) Anyone?

[sleaver]

Whitedown would be a worse bottleneck than Leith as it's even narrower I think.

It is narrower and you are right about people would need to know it and be honest in my opinion.

White Down is probably best described as Leith Hill but without the flatter bits and as mentioned before, it keeps getting steeper.

When I tried it, my legs (well, probably my mind) gave up twice and the other people on road bikes who didn't stop were going slowly. Although I joked with someone on a MTB just casually spinning up it that I needed his gears

By no means is it a difficult hill compared to other parts of the country or if you like climbing, but if someone has to walk Leith Hill, they will be walking White Down.

 

[MichaelO]

How does White Down help to replace Leith Hill - it's the other side of the A25!
The route needs to broadly follow the same (ish) roads as the pro race, to limit road closures, which will limit the options. The bigger decision is the number of entrants.

 

[sleaver]

How does White Down help to replace Leith Hill - it's the other side of the A25!

We are not saying it does. I think it only came up as I was being evil and joked that they should use it instead of Leith Hill if it wasn't even narrower.

The bigger decision is the number of entrants.

Which has already been mentioned

 

[Zcapp96]

When I tried it, my legs (well, probably my mind) gave up twice and the other people on road bikes who didn't stop were going slowly. Although I joked with someone on a MTB just casually spinning up it that I needed his gears

First time I tried whitedown I was getting slower and slower until about 3/4 of the way up when I just ground to a halt. Couldn't unclip and just fell slowly onto the bank beside me. The man coming up quickly behind me, who had been going fine up to this point, had to stop as well. Not because I blocked his way or anything but from laughing too much!

 

[sleaver]

Sorry Zcapp96 but I had to like that

It starts off easy and then kicks up at the bends so you think it is manageable but it has the last laugh once it straightens out after the last bend.

 

[Nomadski]

I'm going to White Down on friday. It's like a big red flag in this thread now and I have my bullhorns on.

 

[sleaver]

I'm going to White Down on friday. It's like a big red flag in this thread now and I have my bullhorns on.

Going down it doesn't count

Are you planning on doing Leith Hill first or just approach it from the A25?

Also, just out of interest, what's your largest gear on you cassette? If I'm right in thinking you change it a while ago, you should be OK with the weight of the horns

 

[Rustybucket]

I'm going to White Down on friday. It's like a big red flag in this thread now and I have my bullhorns on.

Once you get bored with White Down - how about doing Leith Hill Octopus!

https://www.strava.com/routes/1585218

 

[sleaver]

I've actually thought about that later on in September.

Why dream small when you can dream big though and to the Bicinglette up Mont Vontoux. Each of the three assents (suitable for road bikes) in 24 hours, twice!

http://www.clubcinglesventoux.org/en/club.html

Although his Garmin battery run out on the last assent (that must have been gutting), a man from London has done it.

http://road.cc/content/news/131013-video-london-cyclist-tackles-mont-ventoux-6-times-1-day
http://www.strava.com/activities/194798465

Only 274km and roughly the height of Everest in a day.

I'm game for it next year if others are. I'll be the support guy in the car following you up

 

[Nomadski]

Going down it doesn't count

Are you planning on doing Leith Hill first or just approach it from the A25?

Also, just out of interest, what's your largest gear on you cassette? If I'm right in thinking you change it a while ago, you should be OK with the weight of the horns

It would be a How Lane - Leith Hill - White Down - Box Hill route basically. My rear cassette is a 12-30 (your right, I changed from a 11-28)

Once you get bored with White Down - how about doing Leith Hill Octopus!

https://www.strava.com/routes/1585218

Stop that, its silly!

I've actually thought about that later on in September.

Why dream small when you can dream big though and to the Bicinglette up Mont Vontoux. Each of the three assents (suitable for road bikes) in 24 hours, twice!

http://www.clubcinglesventoux.org/en/club.html

Although his Garmin battery run out on the last assent (that must have been gutting), a man from London has done it.

http://road.cc/content/news/131013-video-london-cyclist-tackles-mont-ventoux-6-times-1-day
http://www.strava.com/activities/194798465

Only 274km and roughly the height of Everest in a day.

I'm game for it next year if others are. I'll be the support guy in the car following you up

Deffo not that either! Mind I have 1 trek up Alpe d'Huez on my list of things to do, but that will be one ascent, just the once!

 

[Nomadski]

I got super excited there were now 35 photos of me from RideLondon (up from 21 yesterday) until I saw half of them extra ones were generic photos of London at night, Bucks Palace and The Mall! Still, a better selection than I had at Velothon Wales.

 

[sleaver]

I'm super excited that mine don't make me look like a drowned rat this year

They seem to have this thing called "sunshine" in them

 

[jefmcg]

I you are a little bit crafty,** you can download the MP4 files that it shows on the video on the site. Though they are amazingly dull, so I'm not sure you'd bother.

**I take it back, you don't have to be crafty, just right click in your browser. Use Chrome if it doesn't work in your favourite browser.

 

[kipster]

My photos make it look like I was on a Sunday pootle, taking my time and enjoying the day, but to be fair that's exactly what it was. There are only 6 photo's of me, which is just enough to show me that my arms are as skinny as Chris Froomes but the rest of me isn't!

 

[sleaver]

I you are a little bit crafty,** you can download the MP4 files that it shows on the video on the site. Though they are amazingly dull, so I'm not sure you'd bother.

**I take it back, you don't have to be crafty, just right click in your browser. Use Chrome if it doesn't work in your favourite browser.

Last year if you brought the video, it included "extras" so wasn't just what was shown on the site.