Ride London 2015

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AJ-T

327 posts

189 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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okgo said:
You donated to charity, nobody owes you anything, not their fault you didn't read the form correctly. They do not take any money if you tick the right box.
Judging by other peoples posts on here I would say they didn't make it clear enough. However I should have read the small print granted, although being a charity ride you'd think they wouldn't have to make it difficult for its participants! Like I said, if I do it in the future, I won't be paying.

okgo

37,858 posts

197 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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I suspect you won't just be able to join in without considerable trouble from other riders and security alike. Rightly so.

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Had an email from a friend this afternoon saying the registration hasnt closed yet, assume they havent had 100k applicants, so I signed up... may or may not take up the place dependent upon whether he gets a place too but will offer it here first.

walm

10,609 posts

201 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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My experience this year:

They said: you can't change your allocated time.
What I did: turned up with a mate (him orange, me blue loading areas) and simply walked past ushers saying we were riding together. They didn't give two hoots.

They said: your entry is non-transferable.
What you could do: give your entry bumpf to a mate once you registered - i.e. your bike sticker, helmet sticker, bike number plate and jersey number. No need to produce ID once you have registered at the bike show.

They said: don't join the ride after the start.
What you could do: join pretty much anywhere there was a pedestrian crossing across the road.

Many people hypothesised that loads of people drop out so there is no harm in joining down the way.
Of 25k registered indeed 21k turned up this year. But that may have been the weather warnings.

Personally I wouldn't join without paying.
And a muppet-tax doesn't count as paying.

Gizmoish

Original Poster:

18,150 posts

208 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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walm said:
My experience this year:

They said: you can't change your allocated time.
What I did: turned up with a mate (him orange, me blue loading areas) and simply walked past ushers saying we were riding together. They didn't give two hoots.

They said: your entry is non-transferable.
What you could do: give your entry bumpf to a mate once you registered - i.e. your bike sticker, helmet sticker, bike number plate and jersey number. No need to produce ID once you have registered at the bike show.

They said: don't join the ride after the start.
What you could do: join pretty much anywhere there was a pedestrian crossing across the road.

Many people hypothesised that loads of people drop out so there is no harm in joining down the way.
Of 25k registered indeed 21k turned up this year. But that may have been the weather warnings.

Personally I wouldn't join without paying.
And a muppet-tax doesn't count as paying.
Agreed.

You can't change your start time - but after I realised I'd forgotten my bottles (mnnnnnggggh) and the wife went to get them, I simply joined the next wave. Not even the right colour.

And as you say - once you've picked up the rider parcel, nothing stopping you simple giving your numbers, badges etc to a nominee.

Fourmotion

1,026 posts

219 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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Gizmoish said:
And as you say - once you've picked up the rider parcel, nothing stopping you simple giving your numbers, badges etc to a nominee.
You didn't even need to pick up your envelope - you could nominate someone to do it for you, giving them a brief letter and a copy of your ID.