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I was one who opted for the Spiral Ride last month and it wasn't too bad when I did it. Got a bit grim around the East London portion, especially around Barking and Dagenham, but I was going through there around midday on Christmas Eve so possibly extra traffic with people shopping or something not sure. Looking like there's going to be a few more imaginative London rides for the next couple of months at this rate too.
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the way AUK is interpreting the latest Covid guidelines means any future 200s (for the moment, anyway) I do have to stay within London
Yeah... interesting interpretation. This is their Tier 4 guidance which you will have seen but I'm sharing for the benefit of others:
Tier 4: 2 riders per event route per day. Maximum distance 200km. The whole route must be contained within the original Tier 4 area. (Note: as per published Government guidance, the 32 London Boroughs and the City of London comprise one area for tiering purposes and the same will apply to the Tier 4 area of Essex and the Tier 4 area of Surrey).
Not sure I agree with their interpretation, which nobody else seems to be using. If my club used their interpretation it would mean our members couldn't ride into Essex, which is 7 miles away.
Which would be a bit daft for a road club.
I'm eight months into my 3rd RRtY but the way AUK is interpreting the latest Covid guidelines means any future 200s (for the moment, anyway) I do have to stay within London. I've seen chat of the London Spiral ride in the cycling in corona times thread, and I have a couple of pals who did a London boroughs 200 on new years day, but fuck me, their report of it sounded grim.
Nevermind, eh.