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@Cam
Congratulations, you’ve successfully registered for the Hell of the North 2011.
Last year’s inaugural event was a fantastic day out with beautiful weather, plenty of punishment from the Hertfordshire gravé and a great finalé where we watched Mr. Cancellara storm to victory in the velodrome.
THE EVENT - Sunday 10th April– Start:9am Pond Square
• 100km over 20 sectors of gravé
• Halfway point and bailout route at Newgate St.
– Finish:Black Horse in High Barnet
• Watch Paris-Roubaix 2011 with beer and frites
• Complimentary bike wash.
PODIUM PRIZESWe have three prizes up for grabs this year consisting of:
- A signed jersey for the most punctures
- Signed Hell of the North poster for the rider with the most panache
- Limited edition Paris-Roubaix Cap for the best kit and/or bike
- A signed jersey for the most punctures
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Website says entries are closed. Anyone got a spare registration confirmation or am I likely to be ok just turning up?
I got a confirmation email but I also saw one of the Rapha chaps on their blog say they won't be counting.
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I guess they'll check for registration if 5000 people pitch up and demand free chips. If it's just 50% more riders than they've got registered, I'd expect them to have that covered.
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Warm up by watching the full video of A Sunday in Hell here...
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You in gabes, Shannonball, tester?
I'm out, I'll be on duty on the Amersham Rd encouraging our team by riding past them on the tops while they're trying to race :-)
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Thanks jaqui for the warning. Since I'm not registered I'll bring my own muscles :)
You in gabes, Shannonball, tester?Alas, I'm doing the VO2 Pro Max Longest Day, 111 miles in the Chilterns, that day. Signed up for it and started a sponsorship thing just before HOTN was announced.
So, no. And I am gutted. Will you, Skyguy?
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Forecast is sunny until Saturday at least...
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Not registered (so no free beer and chips) though I do plan to ride. Should be brilliant. Hope not too muddy though as plan to ride fixed on skinny tyres
It'll be grand on 23mm, fixed or otherwise. Some of those bridleways are heavily pot-holed, avoid what you can and post over the rest.
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whoop whoop. this should be good-plenty of mamils and all that but interesting course. Spoke to a few folks at work that said last year some sections were so muddy you really needed a mountain bike but with the hot weather should be more dusty than anything else I reckon.
Still not up for abusing my crabon though, and not riding it fixed so it's my poor wee mercian that'll be my steed for the day.
Also, I was told to forget about the frites as last year there was only one fryer and a lot of hungry mouth, beer a different story though.
Who's the lfgss contingent coming along?
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It was amazing. Did it fixed in 4 hour hours so well chuffed
Here are some pics
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Was a really good ride. Had to spend an extended break at the feed station to fix my mate's new high tech rear wheel.
It was an Ultegra wheel and hub, and every single spoke on the non-drive side had unwound, to the point where there was no tension at all. Lord knows how it hadn't folded on him. Because they use a hexagonal spoke nipple (why?) I had to borrow an 8" adjustable spanner from the pub opposite and use that as the world's biggest spoke key. Got him round, though!
At least we didn't get chased by a couple of loose horses, unlike another bunch of riders.
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Am probably never going to get the chance to call 'horses back' again. Brilliant day all round - great route/weather and a pub with football and cycling on (and clientele segregation seemingly based on BMI).
The horses are coming...
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Bloody great ride, can't believe i made it over the gravel descents with hard 23s and didn't puncture.
Anyone else pass the farmers who had apparently brandished a shotgun at a rider for taking a piss on their land? When we passed there was group and the pisser was on the phone to the police explaining the situation with the farmer up in his face and three police cars passed us going in that direction.
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Had a great time and also got away without any flats. Finished in 4 hours too (not fixed though) and feel surprisingly flexible today!
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3 punctures for me and i was using brand new 25c tyres.... though they were conti Ultra race, which simply are shit
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Bloody great ride, can't believe i made it over the gravel descents with hard 23s and didn't puncture.
Anyone else pass the farmers who had apparently brandished a shotgun at a rider for taking a piss on their land? When we passed there was group and the pisser was on the phone to the police explaining the situation with the farmer up in his face and three police cars passed us going in that direction.
I came by just as it was kicking off-I thought the big farmer was going to beat the shit out of him so hung out for a bit.
The guy's missus was frantically trying to fix a double puncture whilst it was all going on so they could get away-credit to him for staying calm with that troll breathing on him. The gist of it was he stopped to take a piss against a fence, the farmer saw him, went inside, got shotgun, fired at/over him and then came down with his family (who later emerged to be retired east end gangsters). Pretty horrible, the old geezer was a total nut and seemed to think that 'breaking every bone in his body starting with his face' was a reasonable thing to do. They then wised up to the fact the po-po were en route and started trying to say he'd 'exposed himself' to their 13 year old daughter (who coincidentally was laughing in the background...) and had shot at a magpie.
wac!
I buggered off when they had fixed their bike and were heading to meet the police so glad to hear they were ok-totally random nonsense for such a beautiful day!
I'd been powering along (well for me that is) up till that point too and had to struggle along by myself for a good 20 mins till I caught up with anyone again, then was totally out of rythym.Good finale in the pub though ;)
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No punctures either! Result!
Did almost eat some fence a few times though and that downhill into a river then out again was pretty unexpected-i almost killed the cameraman I think as I tried to downshift, wee fixed rider in front just powered on through. Boo me and my gears.
Mercian held up a beaut though I forgot to re-inflate my tyres and had a fairly spongy ride to work this morning.
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@Steady - the roads are free to ride. Doubt you'll get the free beer and chips at the end, but get in with a group and follow the pink Rs and you'll be fine. PM me if you need the route.