L'eroica 2012

i'm in for 205 this year and possibly a new bike - anyone have a british 23" bike going? i'd love a full rest project to keep me amused this summer

Hi, I'm a new member so I hope it's okay to jump right in to this thread. You might remember my brother and myself Tom. We travelled back on the flight with you, and regaled you with our tales of woe after being humbled by L'Eroica.

It looks like we have been lucky enough to register in time, so maybe we'll see you there again this year.

Gary.

Not doing it this year but for any of you first timers your gonna luv it !!

Did 135km in the heat, rode out with no extra warm clothing for the chilly dark start, exhausted by halfway, shrivelled up like a prune through lack of water, made use of every weedy tree for shade during the last 20km but had the ride and weekend of my life !!!

My advice is book the best hotel,campsite or back seat in car that you can afford, take in all the local events surrounding the event (the organised meal night before ride, full of singing Italians and ex pro hero's is fab), say hello to everybody and smile at every italian girl you can, buy a wolly retro jersey which you'll probably be too hot in but you'll treasure forever, eat and drink everything at the foodstops (delicious) and above enjoy as much Chianti as possible at the end of the ride !!

Here is my video from last year.

L'Eroica - YouTube

play with sound up !!

Neil

Hello again Snapper met you and Mr Spintoofast at Spaltenna last year, shame your not heading over again - oh well 2013 eh? The video brought back some great memories. Can't wait to get back out to Tuscany, watching Cancellara on the Bianchi today was pretty humbling / inspiring.

As there are 24 of us on here signed up already, who, subject to a poll/decision making etc, would be up for a custom LFGSS merino jersey?
I have been speaking to oregonCyclewear.com in the states and if we can order 15 jerseys between us, we can get a short sleeved merino with 2 lines of lettering for $66 dollars each....... Seems really good value for 100% merino.
Is this too cheesy?
Have a look and discuss.....

Hi

Yes maybe 2013, perhap with family ?

the LFGSS Merino shirt sounds like a good idea, I'd buy one and I'm not even going.

It would be cool to have the word 'London' in full lettering as there were no london's last year, (lots of New york's, Paris, Milan etc). You'd have to come up with a distinctive colour, Bianchi have already sewn up the light blue !

Neil
PS You can never have enough cheese !

can do stedlocks, although for the last 2 years i've worn woolistic merino jerseys,

i'll speak to alex the owner about a price - he's a lovely american chap living in switzerland and he'll be there filming again this year no doubt - last year i wore a heineken jersey along with another 25 guys from all over the world as part of his 'team'

Hi, I'm a new member so I hope it's okay to jump right in to this thread. You might remember my brother and myself Tom. We travelled back on the flight with you, and regaled you with our tales of woe after being humbled by L'Eroica.

It looks like we have been lucky enough to register in time, so maybe we'll see you there again this year.

Gary.

hello gary! good news!, have you send the flights are crap this year? can't got for just the weekend from LBA - what you planning on doing instead? full week or fly from different airport?

here in NL there ain't many hills to train on,
methinks a few missions down to Belgie will help
is triple speed really better for this event?

Triple is possible, or a TA cyclotouriste with 50 & 34 chainrings... it mostly depends on your training/condition. 39 x 28 should get you to the top of most hills. Here's some suggestions to prepare yourself:

Around Valkenburg you'll find plenty of nasty short climbs on a ride of just 100-110km:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/127949343

or:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/123099539

And if you try this one in the Belgian Ardennes you'll know for sure, it's comparable to L'Eroica's 205km, I'll be doing something like this around mid september:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/122157100

wow, that's cool, map previews :)

@stedlocks I'd probably be in for the LFGSS L'eroica jersey!

Really enjoyed the Strade Bianche yesterday after getting a place on Wednesday - awesome.

yes stedlocks, an lfgss merino jersey would be very nice!

I'm on my phone at the minute, but if we can get at least 15 people interested, we can set up a poll for designs/wording etc..... I'll still probably get one for myself whatever though :0)
Who's interested then?

I'm interested in a merino jersey! They look great on the website...

here we go then, the jersey list;

1 stedlocks
2 peter v
3 tapsnbath
4 billundben
5 snapper65

10 to go ;-)

I'm going with 15 others from West Yorkshire. We're staying in some fucked up villa in Gaoile. We're all doing the long distance. No bike yet.
1 Tika
2 W11
3 Stedlocks
4 Norther Graeme
5 Happytramp
6 Billundben
7 Tapsnbath
8 Rik van Looy
9 Rossco13
10 + 11 Pullingteth + signora Pullingteth
12 Tilover
13 + 14 Innanzi + signora Innanzi
15 Tonyme
14 Gios78
15 Schnitter
16 + 17 Peter V + Eddie Spaghetti
18 BenJam
19 snowstorm
20 Peter C
21 Freshideas
22 Sarged1978
23 Saarf
24 Wazuluwazu
25 Therealyorkie

@tillover, could you find out what sort of price the guy from woolistic would do them for?
We can then decide the maker, as well as the design.... The perfect retro LFGSS merino jersey, begins to take shape!

here we go then, the jersey list;

1 stedlocks
2 peter v
3 tapsnbath
4 billundben
5 snapper65
6 saarf
10 to go ;-)

thanks for the heads up on routes and gears Peter,
bang on point as ever

Saaaarf, Im going for 177.5mm cranks just to make it even easier

ok,thanks, I have a few, I'll check lengths, I have nuovo record group, with an '82 rear mech which would complement what i'm using

@tillover, could you find out what sort of price the guy from woolistic would do them for?
We can then decide the maker, as well as the design.... The perfect retro LFGSS merino jersey, begins to take shape!

am in discussions with him now... will let you know!

1 stedlocks
2 peter v
3 tapsnbath
4 billundben
5 snapper65

1. Sarged1978
   
   

Quick question; has anyone heard from the organisers regarding thier place? I live in Italy, so I am not really that worried that I didn't recieve a confirmation, but I would like to know if anyone else has. Money's paid, so I am assuming I am in...

Someone said further up the thread that they update the list in April?

Thanks stedlocks! I guess we can expect similar this year. See you there.