Ride London 2015
Discussion
Look, if you're not interested in the ride, either because you're far too good to do a mere hundred miles over some not-terribly-huge hills, because you're convinced you wouldn't get a place from some curious (and almost certainly spurious) idea that the ballot is rigged, because you don't want to spend £58 to ride on "roads you can ride at any other time", because Prudential ate your dog, because it'll be too busy with 30,000 people, or anything else, that's fine. I respect your opinion.
But I'd prefer it if you expressed it somewhere else.
I should have said.
But I'd prefer it if you expressed it somewhere else.
I should have said.
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.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.
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.
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