2013-06-15 - Gears for Fears Road Ride Slide to Bristol (100 miles)

Still on radar...

I might ride to Bristol to see you all. Depends on weekend plans.

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I will join you guys depending on how I feel from the Ditchling Devil the weekend before.

Whats the plan once you get to Bristol?

1. TM
   
2. Laner
   
3. Jake
   
4. Indra(depending)
   
5. fussballclub
   
6. Mk1mark
   
7. Sumo
   
8. 
   
9. Tom (tentative in)
   
10. braker
    11.
    
11. Hairy
    
12. Whatok
    
13. Mk1mark
    
14. Rogan
    
15. alfie pozbly
    
    

out. Weekend of my degree show. Probably should have known that one.

If it's nice sit in the park, if not find a pub? I'll probably stay the night in Bristol and get the train back the next day.

What's everyone's fitness looking like?

terrible

If it's nice sit in the park, if not find a pub? I'll probably stay the night in Bristol and get the train back the next day.

bristol has loads of really decent pubs and a good range of places to eat, im trying to figure out a way to get my stuff home to salisbury before the ride still

What's everyone's fitness looking like?

awful

Perfect, I will be there then but mine isn't too good so I don't mind getting dropped :)

The route has been posted so if I get dropped I can decide to turn back or carry on slower.

What's everyone's fitness looking like?

Mines pretty good.

Which in reality means is probably worse than all of you playing it downers

I would massively be up for this..instead I shall be in Butlins on a stag do entitled "90's Reloaded" yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas

Sure you'll be fine Indra, just wear a brake so you don't have to waste energy slowing and stopping!

Oh yeah I've got a brake on the seta now slightly bigger gear too.

Oh yeah I've got a brake on the seta now slightly bigger gear too.

what gear you running?

51x18 or 76GI probably but not finalised yet.

I'd aim for around 68-70, it's quite flat most of the way there so you might find yourself spinning out bare.

49x18 I guess then, forgot I had a 49t chainring.

If its flat then surely he will want the bigger gi so he doesn't spin out? I would have thought around 73-78gi would be perfect for riding with a geared group on flat terrain.

That's what I thought at first but I'm always open to suggestions, I can spin pretty well.

Bigger GI, yes, but not so large that knees start hurting. I'd avoid 73-78 as it does get fairly hilly towards Bristol IIRC.

I've been pushing 73 around Epping forest and Chingford for the past week, could go larger as need but I reckon I'll give 49x18 a go this weekend to see how it feel.

Bigger GI, yes, but not so large that knees start hurting. I'd avoid 73-78 as it does get fairly hilly towards Bristol IIRC.

hilly as fuck in bath and bristol but i think the route avoids the worst of the hills, the railway bike path is dead flat all the way from bath to bris though so i think HTFU and run the higher ratio is right

I did this on 66 GI, seemed fine. Bendix did it on 80+ GI, she also found it fine.