RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2017) Anyone?
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oldgreyandslow
Guru
- Location
- Farnborough
Fixed ???
Bloody hell, if I had to do it fixed it's be 34-32 so I'd be able to get up Leith, and from what I saw around me yesterday they'd be a few others too in the same boat. I'll probably try the ballot again, I was close to a sub 5 this time so want to give that one last go
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Fixed ???
To be fair, I would expect to walk Leith, but everything else is flat enough. I would also need to use brakes on some on the downhill bits.
- Location
- Egham
I'll throw my hat in, having withdrawn the last 2 years due to health problems, hopefully I'll be fit..
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Does the 46 go past the central London landmarks? That would get the fun part done, but avoid the less fun parts (walking up Leith with a billion other cyclists, feeling obliged to complain about nobbers, etc) It would also enable me to lay to rest my irritation at not being able to get in through the ballot.A friend and I plan to apply for the 46. A colleague did it having done the 100 previously and said she enjoyed it more, less pressure around training and logistics
Hmmm. I have a Brompton-based plan forming ...
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
I contemplated riding fixed yesterday, but chickened out and went with gears. I ride 67", so Leith would have been a walker for me for sure. And I hate walking. If I get a 2017 place, I'll probably do it fixed just to make it a different experience. Coming down off Shere Hill (Newlands) will be interesting though!
vickster
Legendary Member
Indeed. It basically skips the hills, other than Richmond Park and Wimbledon
It's also a ballot so not a guaranteed place (I don't know how many applications there were to places, of which there were 3500)
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
My gearing was 48-18, but i rode it SS with a free wheel, not fixed.
Leith would be a walker, if i had been allowed that way, but the other hills are manageable.
I will enter the ballot again, and depending on my given start time i will ride fixed. Any start time after 7am is going to be busy.
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I have not tried the 'unclip and let it spin' method, it could be interesting at 40 mph.
philk56
Guru
- Location
- WAy down under
I'll probably try again as after two attempts I'm still to do the full 100 miles due to tragic circumstances beyond my control.
rugby bloke
Veteran
- Location
- Northamptonshire
I'm going to try for the ballot next year. Done 2 years as a Charity Rider so I cannot go back to the same well. I just love the whole day !
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
No matter how much they annoy you, you really ought to stop putting your pump in their spokes!
Just let it go next time!
Not a chance. Did it the last two years and this time it was dangerous. Far too many idiots on bikes with no clue how to ride in a group. Nearly taken out 5 times.
They need to seriously cut the numbers before they have even more deaths.
