Hell of the North (London)

To my great surprise I got an entry. Anyone else?

@MechaMorgan did but he hasn't claimed his ticket yet...better hurry up before Sunday night.

If someone doesn't want their ticket Ill take it pls

Any spare entries floating about? Would love a legit ride...

Bump! anybody sick or with other plans fancy selling their ticket? Pretty pls?

So I am gonna try this on some open pave 27s (I'm praying that it doesn't rain) and a slightly bigger inner ring

Has anyone else modified their bikes for it?

For a 90-odd KM ride? Come off it. This isn't Paris-Roubaix.
Full crabonz and 25mms for me.

ride fixed, its way more fun

Ok what I didn't say was I'll be using Qrings for muddy chainloss comedy

I think I'll just swap out speedplays for spds and leave it at that.

Actually not sure I can be fussed with this. If anyone wants my spot, drop me a pm.
Provis gone.

@amey I thought you were riding the roubaix challenge?

i'm doing it thanks to croft's ticket, up for meeting people from at the start line as i'll be on my own

Does anyone want to clean my bike for me?

Speedplay sucked, but not a surprise. Might get some pavés, though @fredtc had the right idea.

@ilmimi, was that you demonstrating the Speedplay flaw in front of those two horse? Hope your hip isn't too sore in that case.

yep, spds were definitely a good idea

I really enjoyed HOTN! It reminded me of my teenage mountain biking, which inevitably meant that I gunned it at the nearest sign of mud and I ended up finishing 45 min ahead of my friends. I think I might buy a Cx this winter...

It wasn't - did he have a purple jersey on? I didn't crash fortunately - thought I was guaranteed to have a comedy stationary fall as it was so hard to unclip for most of the ride.

Lucky escape! The other guy came of twice, I think -- was riding with some RCC people, one of which was wearing a purple rain jacket.

Enjoyed the route, and the chips. Did not enjoy the 4 hours of whining from the front and rear brakes, both cocooned in mud.

did you guys see the chap with severed forks?

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i saw him do it. he remained remarkably happy considering the situation!

What did he actually do?

If I was him, I'd be pretty pleased that I hadn't broken both my arms!

he hit a big boulder at speed on one of the off road sections. he did fall off pretty hard but was up and laughing fairly quickly and seems happy at the pub later so I don't think much damage was done

Typical performance from a Moots...

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