Hell of the Ashdown

"My other bike is also OTP titanium"

Hmmmm

I've got some photos up now
This is the guy on 75" fixed clicking the pic goes to the gallery.

so it was also my first sportive. quite a shameful 6hrs 14min or so. Of which 5hrs10 were in the saddle. The rest was spent fixing a friends puncture and drinking coffee..

had a pretty good time. was riding pretty strong for the first half. even going up kidds hill (the wall). i used to ride that hill at least once a week when i lived around those parts. Then once we got to the other side of Groombridge, something tweaked within me, i realised i then had another 60km or so to go. So in the end i just sat in the saddle and span. Really couldn't be bothered to push myself at that point.

a photo of me..

Colnago all the way!

Fixedwheelnut.. i think i may have thrown you the devil horns on one of the earlier hills?

I think i may have caught the sportive bug, already planning on doing these 4 rides. http://www.srs-events.cc/index.htm

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Pics are up on sportivephoto.com

Great riding Sam, Martin...and ahem Sam.
Along with all the other forumengers that rode.
chapeau!

yeah total respect for you guys getting out there that day.

martin - i would expect nothing more from your photos - always at ease on the bike. i suspect Sam and Matt's pictures show a more true picture of how hard it was.

hey matt (SBB) - great work dude on getting out there popping your sportive cherry and such a tough day, nice one.

nice work Matt, tongue out too?!?

i'm also doing the springtime classic

I have just registered. 27th February 2011. Time Slot 08:29

http://www.hell.gb.com/

Signed up. 8:33 slot. You'll see me soon enough :)

vinerrider and i have just signed up on the 0931 slot.

ahh tom that is bad planning. it would have good to ride together.

balls. that's what I get for drunkenly clicking through. the dulwich lot are heading out at 0930 - it's a good train to be part of. I'll see if I can shuffle my slot.

Emailled them asking if it's possible to tranfser. Will see how it goes.

I may have gotten away with it.

After saying that I probably wouldn't go for three in a row I've signed up yet again. Off at 8:25am with the purple_mj. Tom, if you're off at 9:30am you'll most likely see me at the the top of the Wall!

PS It would be four in a row if I hadn't bailed with bugger all training back in 2008.

i am signed up for 08:24...

but i thought this was end of jan (i am looking at last years thread title) and there is a possibility i will be away snowboarding :-( not booked yet, so i will try and avoid this weekend.

Ah if there's a bunch starting around half 8 maybe I'll just stick with that. Though I don't fancy my chances of gaining 8 minutes on you and Martin...
(First time doing this so no idea what to expect. Will look at a route at some stage.)

I can't vouch for Martin, but you will definitely catch me.

Cunting bloody Paypal...

Hopefully there will still be places available by the time i've sent them a proof of address.

No places available on the baby route :(

In at around 9ish.

Bumpedy bump. It's getting closer...
(Sunday 27th February 2011, just in case the thread title is confusing you and you're as absent minded as I am)

http://www.northroadcc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

This is the perfect excuse to pull out of Hell of Ashdown.

anyone need a slot? i am not going to be using mine.

Bad luck Joe.