What time did you start? I left home at about 5am and it was bucketing it down until at least 6.30/7!
Road Cycling
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Nice, yeah i was in the early blue wave. It was chucking it down.
I got a chip time of 5 hours 10 but I was stuck in a rolling road block due to an accident for about 15 mins. It's got me motived to try a sub 5 next year. I decided not to drive down from Suffolk on the same day so I booked a travel lodge in Bromley (Lewisham side). It was so noisy and the bed was shocking so i slept for a full 3 hours on the floor lol.
Cant get over how many people were having punctures.
Did anyone see the guy on the Boris bike with his road bike tide round his back ?
I got a chip time of 5 hours 10 but I was stuck in a rolling road block due to an accident for about 15 mins. It's got me motived to try a sub 5 next year. I decided not to drive down from Suffolk on the same day so I booked a travel lodge in Bromley (Lewisham side). It was so noisy and the bed was shocking so i slept for a full 3 hours on the floor lol.
Cant get over how many people were having punctures.
Did anyone see the guy on the Boris bike with his road bike tide round his back ?
Soldato
7am wave, Pink wave A. It was raining all the way (drove from Watford to Regents Park), but was only spitting after I got the bike out. Result!
Soldato
Yep, double puncture apparently! I offered a tube but he said he was all good!Did anyone see the guy on the Boris bike with his road bike tide round his back ?
Associate
ah I wish i had that, mine was 0515 - 0630
Did you have to wait at all on the 7am wave ?
Did you have to wait at all on the 7am wave ?
Impressive!Nice, yeah i was in the early blue wave. It was chucking it down.
I got a chip time of 5 hours 10 but I was stuck in a rolling road block due to an accident for about 15 mins. It's got me motived to try a sub 5 next year. I decided not to drive down from Suffolk on the same day so I booked a travel lodge in Bromley (Lewisham side). It was so noisy and the bed was shocking so i slept for a full 3 hours on the floor lol.
Cant get over how many people were having punctures.
Did anyone see the guy on the Boris bike with his road bike tide round his back ?
Yeah I've never seen so many punctures, including a few unfortunate people about 500m from the end!
Missed the guy on the Boris bike, but saw a few people absolutely flying along on tandems.
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Thanks. I really went for it, i've been really ill the last few days though.
I saw some poor bloke towards the end walking his bike while carrying his rear derailleur in his hand.
Some mates i know that went off in a later wave than me saw something interesting. A bloke chasing some of the cyclists down a road with a road cone, he then threw the road cone at them.
Soldato
I saw someone who got a double puncture before we'd even started
Not really - brief stop, then all rolled through the starting line pretty well. I think everyone had got into a good rhythm by then.
Associate
Someone sent me a breakdown of the percentile finishing times if anyone wants to see it ?
Soldato
Shoot
Associate
ive not got the link yet but apparently it's on the facebook group for it. I'll try and get my mate to send me the link but this is the screen shot.
ah it looks like its from reddit, ill see if i can find the link later.
ah it looks like its from reddit, ill see if i can find the link later.
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Caporegime
In theory, an aero tandem would be super quick. Essentially the second person would be in the ultimate draft position and you get the benefit of two sets of legs and probably only about 1.2-1.5x the downsides of a single person on a normal bike.
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I bet it must be F scary with that amount of other bikes about though.
Caporegime
Have been toying with getting the Assioma duo shi power meter pedals for ages now but could never quite justify the cost along with worrying about the extra q factor and the fact I have some nice dura ace pedals already. Found some guy selling a 4iiii left hand PM crank on facebook for £230 and we are swapping crank arms. He gets my non PM one and I get the PM one.
Looking forward to no longer getting home after a ride and arguing with Strava about my average power!
Looking forward to no longer getting home after a ride and arguing with Strava about my average power!
I have the Keo version of the Assiomas and I like them. Took a while to get used to how quickly they spin compared to my ultegra pedals but other than that, zero issues with them
Though I have zero frame of reference
Still cycling in my shed as I need to replace my tyres. Though I've not actually been on the bike since Saturday. Little one has been a menace the last few nights so when my alarm goes off at 5:45 to get on the bike I turn it off and roll over.
Though I have zero frame of reference
Still cycling in my shed as I need to replace my tyres. Though I've not actually been on the bike since Saturday. Little one has been a menace the last few nights so when my alarm goes off at 5:45 to get on the bike I turn it off and roll over.
Soldato
Annoying ride.
1 - It was roasting
2 - I got 5 minutes in and realised i wasn't wearing my helmet!
3 - MY HR strap kept disconnecting and then reading bizarre things like 130bpm after absolutely killing myself on an interval
Legs felt good though and because i only did a shorter ride i decided to throw in some random sprints. Hit 706w as a 15 second average which is about 50w most than my previous attempt.
1 - It was roasting
2 - I got 5 minutes in and realised i wasn't wearing my helmet!
3 - MY HR strap kept disconnecting and then reading bizarre things like 130bpm after absolutely killing myself on an interval
Legs felt good though and because i only did a shorter ride i decided to throw in some random sprints. Hit 706w as a 15 second average which is about 50w most than my previous attempt.
Caporegime
I've forgotten my helmet a few times. Luckily I notice within about 30s usually but still a faff to go back, get the key out, go back in etc.