2012-08-04 - Exmouth Exodus

To avoid confusion with last years ride here's a lovely shiny new thread for this year...

Ride: 100ish miles overnight Bristol to Exmouth

webby: linky

Hats and I are planning on the 19:00 from Paddington to get to Bristol about an hour before the official start time. I will be taking the 13:30 on the 5th back from Exeter to London, close to Exmouth.

list:

1. Hairnetnic
   
2. hats
   
3. TTM
   
4. roolbg
   
5. O'Shane
   6.pt
   

I just managed to get my bike booked on to the train with me (after the booking system lost my request for a bike when I booked yesterday). Or at least I think I have. The man at East Coast wasn't massively reassuring... Oh well, if worst comes to worst, the bike can have my seat and I'll sit in the bike carriage.

I may be interested... Though i will probably lose the will to live after the DD.

I may be interested... Though i will probably lose the will to live after the DD.

I'm missing the DD much to my chagrin so need an alternative all nighter!

I wish I was hardcore like others

Di ot.

the date format is wrong in the title - should have leading zeros for list sorting reasons...

Di ot.

huh

Oh, sorry. Long days at work.

Do it.

ftfm

Hahaha

Di ot.

I did think that was short form for 'idiot' :-).

Who's riding this then? and does anyone have any advice for someone who's never ridden 100miles in the middle of the night before?

Take warm clothes, keep food in your pockets. Eat/drink every 10miles. Have decent lights. Don't fall asleep.

Who's riding this then? and does anyone have any advice for someone who's never ridden 100miles in the middle of the night before?

That'll be the list then!

list:

1. Hairnetnic
   
2. hats
   
3. TTM
   
4. roolbg
   
5. O'Shane
   6.pt
   
   

Eat a lot during the day, bring high carb snacks of some variety, drink plenty of water as you see fit on the ride.

Get in plenty of miles on your saddle in the run up, 60/70 mile plus. If nothing else then just for confidence on the night.

Train times out and back are mentioned upthread somewhere...

1. Hairnetnic
   
2. hats
   
3. TTM
   
4. roolbg
   
5. O'Shane
   6.pt
   
6. Chainbreaker
   

Wft?!? Your crazy Welshman!!! Take me off that list!

I need to see if I can do the DD this year first.

Haha, good work O'Shane.

1. Hairnetnic
   
2. hats
   
3. TTM
   
4. roolbg
   
5. O'Shane
   6.pt
   
6. Chainbreaker- dependant on Dunwich denouement
   
7. Dropout.-provisional (last year was memorable)
   

Keen on this. Coincidentally will be going to Olympics sailing on the Sunday, 50 miles back along the coast in Weymouth.

Will you guys be fixed or geared? How are the climbs? General route chat from those to do it last year?

1. Hairnetnic
   
2. hats
   
3. TTM
   
4. roolbg
   
5. O'Shane
   6.pt
   
6. Chainbreaker- dependant on Dunwich denouement
   
7. Dropout.-provisional (last year was memorable)
   
8. Dumps
   

1. Hairnetnic
   
2. hats
   
3. TTM
   
4. roolbg
   
5. O'Shane
   6.pt
   
6. Chainbreaker- dependant on Dunwich denouement
   
7. Dropout.-provisional (last year was memorable)
   
8. Dumps
   
9. velorbi
   
   

trying out their coach/truck back to bristol

I'm ss and have not ridden this before. After avebury I'm going to take this cautiously.

Got me a handlebar mount for bottle cage, now to remove the bottom bracket cups and I might have a bike to do this on, awyeah.jpg

Ok, being the idiot I am, I have two tickets from Paddington now. Obviously I'm using one but if anyone wants the other for say £5 then let me know. The only problem is that it is on the previous train, ie 17:45 instead of 18:00, and it requires a change in Bristol or something... Let me know if anyone wants it...

^ I'll take that ticket for sure.

1. Hairnetnic
   
2. hats
   
3. TTM
   
4. roolbg
   
5. O'Shane
   6.pt
   
6. Chainbreaker- dependant on Dunwich denouement
   
7. Dropout.-provisional (last year was memorable)
   
8. Dumps
   
9. velorbi
   
10. habbi