Pistonheads Sportive Meet Up - October Circuit Breaker

[Eddh]

I had a great day - nice to meet some of you.

I am Edd (obviously...) who was riding the Scott.

[Cagey]

Steve vRS said:

Great day and for about 20mins I was KOM for the Epic course until everyone else started uploading their rides

I'm a broken man now though!

Edit to add: strange I was KOM but Guffy was quicker than me. Strava glitch as he is not on that segment which is the entire course.

Edited by Steve vRS on Saturday 25th October 19:12

Great riding with you today Steve. Cracking average for the route. See your Strava is pretty much all PBs compared to last year!
Glad I went back down the hill at Burton Dassett - Managed to snatch 5th overall on the segment from the left turn up to where the road split at the top of the hill!

[Steve vRS]

Thanks for dragging me around!

[broster]

Good course, glad I got there early, no que and had a good start. Sorry I didn't ride with you, had a chat with gruffy, tired to keep up but you were to quick for me! And then had a brief chat with mikees at the end (I was the guy on the Planet X).

[MadDad]

Great effort all, I was pi@@ed that I could not make it - teach me to put my plans on the calendar!

I took it out on the group ride this morning, a few people in the Windsor area with sore legs this evening!!

[broster]

Good course, glad I got there early, no que and had a good start. Sorry I didn't ride with you, had a chat with gruffy, tired to keep up but you were to quick for me! And then had a brief chat with mikees at the end (I was the guy on the Planet X).

[mikees]

Is there a ph Strava group?


Nice to meet you broster.

Cheers
Mike

[Gruffy]

broster said:

...had a chat with gruffy, tired to keep up but you were to quick for me!

This'll make you laugh: you were a bit quicker once we hit that big hill. When we hit the top I wished you well and sped off, as I like to give it the beans on the way down, only to discover it was a false flat. Not wanting too look like an idiot I gritted my teeth and dipped well into the red for the second half of the climb.

Edited by Gruffy on Saturday 25th October 21:47

[yellowjack]

mikees said:

Is there a ph Strava group?

http://www.strava.com/clubs/pistonheads

[broster]

Strava link to epic route if your interested http://www.strava.com/segments/wiggle-circuit-brea...

Seems to show up as a hidden segment on mine. 40th place for me! Pleased with that

[broster]

Gruffy said:

This'll make you laugh: you were a bit quicker once we hit that big hill. When we hit the top I wished you well and sped off, as I like to give it the beans on the way down, only to discover it was a false flat. Not wanting too look like an idiot I gritted my teeth and dipped well into the red for the second half of the climb.

Edited by Gruffy on Saturday 25th October 21:47

Haha! I ended up putting my garmin display to show up comming hills! Payed off a few times!

[Gruffy]

Steve vRS said:

Great day and for about 20mins I was KOM for the Epic course until everyone else started uploading their rides

I'm a broken man now though!

Edit to add: strange I was KOM but Guffy was quicker than me. Strava glitch as he is not on that segment which is the entire course.

I've appeared on there now that Strava has processed my file properly. 4th place (this year. 5th place all-time). Very happy with that, on the mighty Triban superbike. 24 minutes off the KOM though! I was passed near the end by a guy on a Cervélo TT bike, who was absolutely hauling ass. I figured he'd done the standard route but, maybe.

Edited by Gruffy on Saturday 25th October 22:19

[Gruffy]

(Most of) Team PH

[MadDad]

[M3John]

Absolutely fantastic day guys ! Really enjoyed it despite the *issues* on route.

Special thanks to Nathan for stopping on puncture number 1 and helping out (I owe you a tube sir) and even more thanks to him for managing to find the most microscopic of stones protruding the tyre causing all the punctures !!

JT, as always mate, was a pleasure and thanks for helping with the other punctures too !

Next time can we have less hills please !

[broster]

Gruffy said:

I've appeared on there now that Strava has processed my file properly. 4th place (this year. 5th place all-time). Very happy with that, on the mighty Triban superbike. 24 minutes off the KOM though! I was passed near the end by a guy on a Cervélo TT bike, who was absolutely hauling ass. I figured he'd done the standard route but, maybe.

Edited by Gruffy on Saturday 25th October 22:19

He was flying! Had a support car too by the looks of it! Big silver merc with quad exhausts!

[Gruffy]

The Merc passed me a couple of times. He was on the epic route too then. I don't mind giving 24 minutes away to a TT bike then.

[broster]

Yes he was passed me just before the routes joined up again.

[Usget]

I wondered what that Merc was doing! Support car on a Sportive is a bit much, no?

[anonymous-user]

You should be able to stalk this mystery man with his support car using the strava fly by viewer... Definitely up for another meet like this, happy to travel so let us know what events people are planning to do in 2015 and we can get a few more group photos!