Cycle Sportives

A 70 mile ride through the Surrey countryside?

phew. for a minute i thought it would involve "the pain cave".

I'm plugging this sportive btw;

http://www.granfondoluciano.co.uk/

It's an excellent first sportive for those who've never ridden one with a few tough hills, including Whitedown (aka The Widowmaker) as the final climb of the day, but at 70 miles or so it isn't insanely difficult. I rode it last year as preparation for the Etape and got in a good group (eventually whittled down to two of us) and it was great fun.

The event starts and finishes at Leatherhead Sports Centre so is easily accessible from London.

Nice one Andy, just signed up. My enthuasism for cycling has wilted as of late, this will give me a reason to get my arse into gear.

do it Damo! Your one of us (Rollapaluza) now... evil laugh

done. entered. signed. paid for. pain cave booked.

in on this. see sstc thread for pointless bravado.

Also in!

should be plenty to get a lfgss pain train going. next stop: suffering!

I have a Saxobank bidon and the motor from a Scalextric car in my bottom bracket.

Let's do this!

i'll need a "doctor".

two weeks in girona and a motorbike with refrigerated panniers, please.

Que Cera Cera

Well done Nhatt and the boys on Roubaix. Chapeaux the lot of you. Wet cobbles = scary biscuits.

Have registered for the Luciano. There is talk of France in August but it's all in a good cause if I can't go.

Damo, make sure you remind of the bike lend so that you can ride it a few times in prep. You are welcome to it for all of next week to practice on if you can pick it up from me before monday.

pm being sent...

http://www.cyclefitevents.co.uk/index.htm

19 September

Entered the 150 km ride. Will ride geared.

The goody bag sounds promising.

Just entered too, looks good

Yep, also in for the Tour of the Marshes.

Also in for the 150k ride.

as long as my goody bag doesn't include bill oddie or tim brooke taylor i'll be happy.

little photo of Rolla in the report on the Tour of Wessex (and car boot sale) in this week's comic...

how are peeps going, i am tempted to sign up

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Yep, also in for the Tour of the Marshes.

They have a 'no helmet - no ride' policy. You will have to mess your hair up Sam.

I've just entered the Legs of Steel;

http://www.fulontri.com/LegsofSteel/LegsofSteel2010/tabid/195/Default.aspx

I've ridden it for the past 3 years and it's a great little end of season event. The course is tough but at 50 miles isn't that long. It should be familiar to anyone who rides in the Surrey Hills.