Hell of the North (London)

So...who's in?

Will be (possibly foolishly) doing it fixed with 30mm tractor tyres.

Sounds epic.

So...who's in?
Will be (possibly foolishly) doing it fixed with 30mm tractor tyres.

Very tempted riding this fixed.. PM on its way

Looking forward to this - nice alternative to the standard 'North Loop' - is it 10 am start?

Sign in starts at 9am, riders setting off from 9.45am.

never seen the chance to start a list not taken..
Was thinking of doing this on my tarck bike...

23mm tyres and a carbon road frame, lord help me.

It's gonna be pretty dry. There's nothing you can't ride on 23s that you can on 30s, albeit a bit slower.

23mm tyres and a carbon road frame, lord help me.

Uh oh...

Tempted to get my cx bike out for this and join in.

http://www.bikemap.net/en/route/1499103-rapha-hell-of-the-north-2012/#gsc.tab=0
#gsc.tab=0

is this route still the same for 2014?

Nope, a whole chunk of it is different this time. There's a really cool new thing right in the middle of the ride that I can't disclose, but is awesome

Thanks Scoot!
As I don't have an official entry for this - I have to turn up and follow people then.

imma out dimi; you can have my place

go on then.

what should I do?

I'll sort it. Dimi send me your email address on FB

^ awesome! Thanks jess

Scoot saves the day, once again.

so whose riding this fixed?

1.)

okay im out.

That was amazing. Best ride I've done this year so far. I even started to like Rapha.

Thoroughly enjoyed this although some sections were brutal on 23's.

Howard: "is the Roubaix over?"

Scoot: "Yeah ended five minutes ago. Xxxxxxx won"

Pause

Howard: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Other than that little hickup this was amazeballs

Smashing day. Great riding - perfect weather. Good to see various people through the day. Shouted DAS at someone in a forum cap and blue jersey at the top of one of the later secteurs.

150km fixed today. I am officially broken now.

Villa-ru, I think that was me. By that point, the best bit could do was attempt to grin (I was making the most of a few minutes waiting for Doug)

Chapeau doing it fixed.

Velodrome was an excellent touch.