Riding Back From Hull - April 2012

[Davywalnuts]

Yup agree with Stu re early start.
And of course the hotel would need to be bike friendly.
Costs would also be cheaper if people are willing to share a twin room.

Ive heard about the women from Hull... think ill be getting my own room...

And yes, agree with big M and Stu.. As much as I would like to think a cycle up to Hull, then a night ride and then the ride back to the smoke would be some acheivement, somehow, when reality kicks in, I just couldnt see the reason for the torture.. just yet..

 

[mmmmartin]

Ibis is currently £45 for a booking you can cancel with no loss. £25 if you're prepared to book now and go for "non-cancellation" terms. I've gone for the former.

(I'll be entering it as a DIY audax and following the route of the LEL "perm", partly in the (no doubt vain) hope that I will provide some feedback and win a free entry to LEL and partly to familiarise myself with the route. The LEL perm is 306k by my calculations - that is Barton on Humber to Sainsbury's in Chigwell.)

 

[frank9755]

Travelodges are bike friendly. I've taken mine up into my room in the past.
Their breakfasts are not worth altering your plans for. I generally get something else in the night before then there is no issue with leaving early.

 

[Alberto]

I'd be up for the ride back to London. Also plan to complete a SR in 2012, so would do it as DIY as well.

 

[velovoice]

I am tempted... knowing that I will need to be mentally geared up to do the last, oh, 17 hours of it on my own as you are all soooooooo much faster than me...

 

[StuAff]

I am tempted... knowing that I will need to be mentally geared up to do the last, oh, 17 hours of it on my own as you are all soooooooo much faster than me...

Well, depends what speed you can manage. It's 180 miles give or take. So that's 12 hours rolling at 15 mph, 18 hours at 12 mph.......could be a very very long day/night! FWIW, on the day/night/morning after of the Martlets ride, I did 173.24 miles in a total riding time of 15hrs 5 mins (time on the bike, so not counting meal stops, two hours on a junction in Sussex, etc).

 

[Tynan]

ride to York to Hull to London?

dear god, what mileage is that, I do like saving on train fare but that does sound a rather long way

 

[Tynan]

google tells me something n excess of 400 miles

 

[ianrauk]

yebbut.. it's from friday to sunday with a rest on the saturday

 

[StuAff]

If I rode from Pompey via London (my usual route up to HPC), the route BRT came up with to York rail station is 280.94 miles with 6400ft of climbing. More likely to take the train up though (and if I can get the time off I'd want to visit the best mate who lives 10 miles NW of York anyway!!).

 

[martint235]

google tells me something n excess of 400 miles

You're up for it then? It'll be fun!!!

 

[Tynan]

it's a very long way for me, I wouldn't want to be holding up any of the proper riders (get left all on my ownsome)

Fun, erm yes, I suppose

 

[Mr Bunbury]

Martin, where do you get the minimum speed of 12.x kph? Standard BR minimum speed is 15kph,which can be reduced to 14.3kph on hilly events (so not yours). That gives you 20 hours to get back from Hull, which would see you arriving in the early morning, in time to dive into bed and grab a few hours before everyone else wakes from their Sunday lie-ins.

For what it's worth, I audaxed the Cleethorpes FNRttC and back to York as a 200. I got my Cleethorpes stamp just in time (not that DIY organisers usually worry about intermediate times) and didn't have too much time to make up after I'd made sure not to take overly long eating my breakfast.

 

[mmmmartin]

you are right and i am wrong. i was thinking of the minimum speed on LEL, which as it is 1,400k has a slower speed.
My plan is to leave Hull Ibis at 3am, giving me 22 hours 10 mins to ride the 317k to London Bridge station, where the last useful train for me goes at 00.18 hrs on the Monday morning.

 

[frank9755]

you are right and i am wrong. i was thinking of the minimum speed on LEL, which as it is 1,400k has a slower speed.
My plan is to leave Hull Ibis at 3am, giving me 22 hours 10 mins to ride the 317k to London Bridge station, where the last useful train for me goes at 00.18 hrs on the Monday morning.

Seems a shame for you to get a train after that; why not ride the last bit home, then you can eliminate all the stress of having to catch a train!