Hell of the North (London)

You don't want mudguards on terrain like that. They'll get clogged up with mud and foul the wheel.

So it's a case of giving yourself a rub down with some HTFU before you leave then?

Crosser I think with some cheap and robust 23s Blizzards probably.
Would have been nice to do t on the Gios, but it won't be restored by then.

So it's a case of giving yourself a rub down with some HTFU before you leave then?

Yes. Do you see Boonen, Cancellara et al fitting mudguards before the proper Enfer du Nord?

:-)

Andy are you doing this?

Thinking about it the last few Aprils have been pretty warm and dry.

BTW Andy it's me (lifts up sun glasses) oldgit from over there.

I could be up for this - especially tempted by the power washer

Any word on the start time for this?

Watch the website
http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-110410

looks like fun

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:( I don't have a suitable bike for this

I sent in my registration yesterday, so hopefully there are some places still. I am very excited about this, need to borrow the Vittoria Open Paves off my Mums bike.

GAv - how do you register? I thought it was a free event.

Watch the website
http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-110410

I'm not sure that I'm posh enough to join Piers, Lowell, et al...
:-)

@shannon it is free.

Free is my kinda price :0)

Anymore details on this or am I missing something, really fancy returning to my old haunting ground after thirty years.

http://www.rapha.cc/hell-of-the-north-1

it will be mental.. and very messy.. praying for loads of rain and frost before next sunday.. followed by beer and chips in pub and watch the paris-roubaix afterwards..

*Free to those that can afford it, very expensive to those that can't. *

I would like to do this if I had the right bike

don't you have a cervelo to borrow?
(i think Planet-x, Boardman and Felt are banned from this event)

I am doing it on my 80s 7-speed Peugeot, with 25s. Not sure if I should go with 13-23 or 11-28.

I'm doing it on my tricross, 42-17 with stelvio 28s. Looks like it's gonna be a lot of fun, shame the forecast is good, we need to do a raindance!

i'm doing this with a few others from the forum so see you all out there. i think that i'm going to wish that i had a more suitable bike half way through...

54.4 miles and only 250 feet of climbing, according to the route download. Should be a breeze :-)