Hell of the North (London)

more fun, if you have any mechanical sympathy, on a cross bike - rough surfaces/ off road sections much more fun if you can go fast and be confident that your bike is not going to break.

You will get mocked though. And rightly so - it's not really within the spirit of the ride. Bit gutted that it clashes with the Ldn classic this year - would have liked to have completed it on the 'right' bike.

so what tyres? 32mm slicks or something with knobbles?

i have previously done this route on sunday best bike, with 25mm tyres, the wheels/brakes kept jamming with all the mud. so this time i intend to use the commuto x bike with disc brakes (but will remove rack and mudguards)

Either will work. I did it on conti speed cross which is a 35mm file tread. Other half did it on 28mm marathon supremes with mudguards and didn't have any issues.

how hard will people laugh if I do this on a 10 year gt zr3000?

Nothing - as I don't agree with cycling for charity. Unless your name is Ed Scoble and you are cycling from London to Casablanca, fixed and unaided.

But like I said, well done for raising money anyway. Good cause too :-)

I don't get how it is any different. Some people cycle 100km for fun, others 5000, 10000, whatever. But that's me. Maybe I should feel bad that my epic sufferfest long-distance unsupported black-and-white-photo cycling holiday (if you like riding bikes it's always going to be a holiday) didn't raise any money for anybody else.

You will get mocked though. And rightly so - it's not really within the spirit of the ride. Bit gutted that it clashes with the Ldn classic this year - would have liked to have completed it on the 'right' bike.

Doesn't it clash with the Classic every year? I missed the Classic registration so I'm in for this. trispok and disc wheel at the ready. Bring it.

so what tyres? 32mm slicks or something with knobbles?

i have previously done this route on sunday best bike, with 25mm tyres, the wheels/brakes kept jamming with all the mud. so this time i intend to use the commuto x bike with disc brakes (but will remove rack and mudguards)

Upgrade to the 25mm slicks again ~(skinnier if you have them), with the extra mud clearance on the commuto you won't have the jammin' issues from last time and will not lose pace on the long road sections that link up the short not really muddy at all sections.

what a joke, places taken within one day of going up! where did all these people hear about it? also (bit cheeky i know) but whats the issue with just turning up and riding anyway seeing as tho it's a free event?

take a CX bike - i took my carbon racer last year and although quick on the roads was a nightmare on the bridal tracks, grave and cross field jaunts!! spent most of the ride squirting my water bottle into my brakes to remove constant mud and debris - great day out but did end up covered in shite!!!!

And looking at how the weather has been the last few weeks it will be muddy out there.

what a joke, places taken within one day of going up! where did all these people hear about it? also (bit cheeky i know) but whats the issue with just turning up and riding anyway seeing as tho it's a free event?

Nothing is free in life but death which does cost your life, so stay away from the beer and chips!

Either will work. I did it on conti speed cross which is a 35mm file tread. Other half did it on 28mm marathon supremes with mudguards and didn't have any issues.

Got a pair of 32c Vitoria XNs that should do it nicely - file tread with knobbly shoulders for the field sections

what a joke, places taken within one day of going up! where did all these people hear about it? also (bit cheeky i know) but whats the issue with just turning up and riding anyway seeing as tho it's a free event?

i believe it was mentioned on their twitter feed

similar issues as to black riding the Tweed Run, it is a bit like gate crashing someone's party

the event is organised and insured for a certain number of people, facilities laid on to cater for their needs. it is a nice event laid on free, but if loads of people turn up without registration it means that future ones may be put in jeopardy, or they would need to be charged for.

Hope to schlepp the bike for some sections for the first time this year?

missing out again - going to the johnstones paint trophy final

route link?

so what tyres? 32mm slicks or something with knobbles?

i have previously done this route on sunday best bike, with 25mm tyres, the wheels/brakes kept jamming with all the mud. so this time i intend to use the commuto x bike with disc brakes (but will remove rack and mudguards)

Don't forget you need to collect your tyres from me.

i believe it was mentioned on their twitter feed

so you're expected to be following twitter every minute in case things like this pop up, koz if you don't you'll miss out? crazy situation that this is full within a day, oh well

things like the tweed run have similar issues, it goes live, people who are online enter, and the event fills up.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread101496.html

so you're expected to be following twitter every minute in case things like this pop up, koz if you don't you'll miss out? crazy situation that this is full within a day, oh well

I got an email too

but he would have to be checking his email!

some people have other things to do than follow twitter feeds! just someone post the route up and i'll do it myself!

best of both worlds, and cheap

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-tourride-city-road-tyre/

i already have the schwalbe marathon duremes, but they are a really slow heavy tyre (and they are schwalbes high end fast touring tyre)

some people have other things to do than follow twitter feeds! just someone post the route up and i'll do it myself!

this was the route last year:

http://app.strava.com/activities/6397500

might of changed though

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Would it be silly to do this on a pre cursa? Or should I build my Pompino back up?

If you can get 25mms on it with a bit of cruft clearance I don't see why not.