Ride100 - 2021?
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If it's the Ride London/Surrey 100, then there's a bit about the 2021 event (or plans for it) here... https://www.sportive.com/events/ridelondon-2021/20...Surrey County Council have pulled out of supporting the event after 2021 too. Too many complaints about disruption on the route apparently. Last year it was cancelled, and beyond 2021 we can only guess what form (if it runs at all) it will take.
I'm glad I managed to get a ballot place and complete it in 2019 now. I'd applied for a place every year but only got lucky once, and it was almost certainly my last chance to do the full 100 mile route because even if 2021 does happen it looks like it will be a significantly scaled-back event...
From one of the charities that supports fund raising riders in the event...
Tommys dot org web page said:
No date has yet been set for the 2021 RideLondon event. If you would like to take part select the register your interest button and we will keep you updated with the latest news.
https://www.tommys.org/get-involved/fundraising-ev...Seems there may be a 50km ride for 'women and families' https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/ridel... but nothing meaningful after 2021.
Tbf, there was a hope that the organisers would move the route in one of the other 3 quadrants out of London (Kent has some nice lumpy bits) as many in the SW were getting fed up with being trapped in their homes for the best part of a summer day. Eg the Leatherhead priest apologised for having to rearrange his services due to the 'lycra facists'! Many local businesses on or close to the route also suffered, though I thought there was some limited compensation. Personally I sensed the event may have triggered an increase in hostility/road rage against local cyclists in the weeks following though I've not seen hard evidence.
Whatever, the organisers seem to have concluded it's too difficult to create an alternative route - understandable perhaps given that the original had the impetus of the 2012 Olympics and the emphasis now looks to be swinging towards cycling as gentle healthy exercise.
Whatever, the organisers seem to have concluded it's too difficult to create an alternative route - understandable perhaps given that the original had the impetus of the 2012 Olympics and the emphasis now looks to be swinging towards cycling as gentle healthy exercise.
No real news here, other than a new route will run from 2022 to 2031
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/ridelond...
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/ridelond...
millen said:
No real news here, other than a new route will run from 2022 to 2031
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/ridelond...
Very light on detail, but good to see some sort of update. A more 'family orientated' one day event, in the spring, with no Elite Mens' race is about all there is now.https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/ridelond...
I can't see it being of any interest to me anyway. I was just happy that I managed to get on the "old" format event in 2019 and that I managed what so many riders didn't and got to ride the whole course with no shortcuts/detours. I'm not big on sportives really, and that was the only one I've ever entered. The new format would have to be just as 'iconic' to tempt me into another ballot entry.
Did the first one, never again, in fact that goes for pretty much any mass participation cycling events... RideLondon was very expensive once entry, transport and accommodation etc was inc, if you weren’t from the local area, it was £250 for four to five hours of riding. The route was ok, final 10kms were a novelty for a non-Londoner but it was all very underwhelming imho. The s
t that was left on the roads afterwards was embarrassing, thousands of chubby wobblers pretending they were in the pro peloton for the day, hundreds of gel wrappers all over the road gave the residents of Surrey all the ammo they needed.
Personally i think the sportive bubble is close to popping if it hasn’t already burst. Those who did them have either moved on to club rides, started racing or given up on cycling. Is anyone still going to pay £50+ for the privilege of riding on an open road with only the prospect of a medal, an energy bar and a sample of chamois cream at the end...
t that was left on the roads afterwards was embarrassing, thousands of chubby wobblers pretending they were in the pro peloton for the day, hundreds of gel wrappers all over the road gave the residents of Surrey all the ammo they needed. Personally i think the sportive bubble is close to popping if it hasn’t already burst. Those who did them have either moved on to club rides, started racing or given up on cycling. Is anyone still going to pay £50+ for the privilege of riding on an open road with only the prospect of a medal, an energy bar and a sample of chamois cream at the end...
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 13th March 16:40
I ride my own version of the PRLS course as a stock 100 mile effort a few times a year now. It pretty much follows the original route, but doesn’t have any of the tunnels, and goes out to R.P. via the Bayswater road / Holland Park, and over the river at the brewery on the way out. I agree that the appetite for paying extra for this type of closed road sportive has probably wained a lot, but it could still be a way for charities to make some coin. It wouldn’t take a great deal of thinking to get a new version of the ride with some decent terrain, going North of London, or East, out towards Kent.
I'd like to see a Tour de France stage re-run for a closed road event. Maybe the Cambridge to London stage (the one a bunch of PHers managed to complete a few years back). but the logistics of finishing so far from the start point would make it difficult to achieve without pricing it too high. But as others have said, the average sportive run on open roads just hasn't got the draw for me. I know they appeal to plenty of riders of varying standards, but I'm happy enough heading out for the day on a rough compass bearing and exploring my way around anything from 60 to 120 miles of riding, and being self-sufficient doesn't faze me either, so there's little prospect of an organiser persuading me to part with cash to follow their pre-prepared route. The Ride London/Surrey was different. The closed roads, the early urban scenery through London before it woke up, the 'iconic' climbs, and the sense of occasion during the weekend made for a more interesting experience, despite the expense of travelling up to London and staying for a couple of nights.
anonymous said:
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Hmmm? Me and the RideLondon fell out a bit on the King's Road in Chelsea, when I was left mending a puncture on that 'ball and chain' bench outside Mowlem & Co...I also did the Surrey part of the route a couple of times unofficially, in years where I didn't get a place, just by following the trail of gel wrappers and temporary crowd barriers that had been stripped out for the roads to re-open. It felt very different doing it without motor traffic and with thousands of other cyclists
anonymous said:
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The tunnels are out, it’s illegal to ride a push bike through the East tunnel, out by the Olympic park, and the Limehouse link tunnel by Canary Wharf. You also can’t ride a bicycle over the Hammersmith flyover (on open roads ). Other than that, you can do what you like. I’d avoid the A12 as well, it’s suicidal when the roads are open.Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff