RideLondon-Surrey 100 (2017) Anyone?

[vickster]

I'm out, bad back so can't ride this year

Defer to next but you will unfortunately have to pay again

 

[Fnaar]

No, you should receive an email headed "Action Required: Your Start Wave and Transport Options". Check your spam folder.

Yes, I'm doing it. See my previous posts about charity fundraising (and the generous contributions I've had fro CCers.

Having a slight debate with myself about how to get to start, once I know my start time.

Hmm,, haven't had start time email yet, have checked spam too.

 

[bikingdad90]

The subject title is called action required and it comes from Prudential. It ok me a while to find my email. It was sent on a Wednesday night.

 

[sleaver]

If you are one of the slower riders you start later so as not to create a jam with the faster riders who will be starting earlier. Makes no sense to me!

Its for safety reasons and to have a steady flow of riders.

I agree that having the slower rides go first would in some ways make sense as it would give them more time. However, you would then be in a position of the faster riders trying to get past. There are actually some fast riders that do start in the later waves. That gives two scenarios:

1. Everyone plays ball and you just end up with a procession of 30,000ish riders following the slowest ones. Can you imagine riders who have never ridden in a group before coping with that or how the hubs/water stops would cope!
2. The slower riders spread out across the road and the faster riders only have a small gap to get through causing accusations of who is more dangerous.

Option 2 is what has happened for the past 3 years more and more and could possibly be proved by any replies this post gets

 

[sleaver]

You push your bike until the last pen where the starter will give you a count down

Don't forget you get a choice of music as well Although it is the people right at the front who choose and if they have a bad taste in music..........

 

[lazybloke]

Don't forget you get a choice of music as well Although it is the people right at the front who choose and if they have a bad taste in music..........

It's primarily a predictable (and mostly acceptable) selection from the 70s/80s : Heroes, Road to Nowhere, Mr Blue Sky, and various Queen & Survivor tracks.
Also heard some Madness, and I think... Pinky and Perky.

 

[srw]

We have a tandem ride!

Now in the Yellow wave at 8:56. That 16 minutes extra could be useful!

 

[smutchin]

Presumably start times are calculated based on the predicted time you put down on the entry form. I gave my predicted time as 6hrs, but tbh I've got no idea how long it will actually take me. Could be more, could be less.

 

[vickster]

It's primarily a predictable (and mostly acceptable) selection from the 70s/80s : Heroes, Road to Nowhere, Mr Blue Sky, and various Queen & Survivor tracks.
Also heard some Madness, and I think... Pinky and Perky.

Let it go from Frozen in my case in 2015

 

[lazybloke]

Let it go from Frozen in my case in 2015

8 yr old daughter here. I might have joined in.

 

[vickster]

8 yr old daughter here. I might have joined in.

We all did

 

[steverob]

Let it go from Frozen in my case in 2015

My wave had a choice of Sandstorm by Darude or some track by Queen that wasn't one of their hits (or at least one I wasn't familiar with). Needless to say, I had a trance classic going round my head for the first 30 miles of the ride!

 

[smutchin]

Makes mental note to stay near back of wave and bring earplugs.

 

[mjr]

Makes mental note to stay near back of wave and bring earplugs.

Just shout "not this farking shoot again!" and start doing calisthenics while screaming constantly - probably either they'll shut the music off or forcibly remove you from the event.</bad-advice>

 

[smutchin]

GPX of the route if anyone's interested (reduced to 500 points) - obviously not necessary for navigation, but I always have 'distance to go' as one of the fields on my Garmin so I know when to make my winning attack...