daveno7
Reged: 04/03/2007
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i submitted my entry this am -and now i am thinking of the challange ahead..over 110km of hills etc...i suppose not for the faint hearted...but seeing the weather recently training might be a challange...but we can do it..(cleats included)
any forum members doing the "hell of" ...
while this will be my first sportive- this will be interesting on my stead...
go forth,plunder the lanes...
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 3999
Loc: Man of Kent
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When is it?
Is it expensive?
Ashdown Forest?
I am reluctant to spend money I haven't got, to ride a bike, but after hearing all the positive stuff about sportives, I am tempted. Though I suppose I could do the route next Saturday.
For nothing 
Is it on cyclosport?
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tvrbird
Reged: 21/06/2008
Posts: 1132
Loc: slumped over the keyboard
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Yup, or
www.hell.gb.com
and I've had the entry page open for about 2 hours....can't quite bring myself to push the button....yet...
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patch
Reged: 30/12/2007
Posts: 141
Loc: East Kent
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I am trying to get a mate to do it aswell. Dont have the bottle to do it alone.I am up for the challenge.Will let you know if were in.
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tvrbird
Reged: 21/06/2008
Posts: 1132
Loc: slumped over the keyboard
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Just entered. Oh dear.
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What doesn't kill us makes us stronger - Friedrich Nietzsche (German Hill Climb Champion and sub-19 man)
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tonybv9
Reged: 08/10/2007
Posts: 744
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I did it last year, and expect to do it again this year. It is a tough ride, and worth doing. It's run by my former club, and has evolved from their reliability trial.
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paulypaul0
Reged: 10/12/2006
Posts: 324
Loc: West Sussex
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I've entered. Did it last year and it's definitely a challenge for us Southern softies....  It's not expensive for a sportive (£15), and was well run last year over a great route. This year they've addressed lots of the little niggles people had last year with a new HQ, chip timing etc so if it's sunny I expect it'll be even better....
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patch
Reged: 30/12/2007
Posts: 141
Loc: East Kent
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Im in.Got my no.and start time.Talked my mate into it aswell.
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 3999
Loc: Man of Kent
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I'll be there as well. I noticed there are a few VC Deal men, Patch, is one of them you?
I've got a fairly late start time, 5 minutes after Messrs Birnie, Pickering and Cleverly from the comic. I suppose if I start fast, then I might be able to catch Lionel and harangue him about the Wednesday Comments.  Not deliberate timing I promise. 
As long as its not snowing, I have joined the sportive movement, lets hope its a good as everyone says.
How much did it cost as a reliability trial tonybv? I bet it wasn't £15
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tonybv9
Reged: 08/10/2007
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Quote:
How much did it cost as a reliability trial tonybv? I bet it wasn't £15
Last time I rode it cost £5, and you got a hot pasta meal at the end.
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 3637
Loc: Sticks ,Scotlandshire
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Well done Wuverley..see you in the Ullapool next year at this rate!!! Just don't start fast..most folk do by accident, If you deliberataly go out fast you will die!!!!Good luck, even if it's not for you, you can say "been there, did it!"
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 3999
Loc: Man of Kent
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Cheers bfergie, I will pace myself carefully, no worries, I've done 70 hilly miles on reliability trials in the past ( a long time ago), the first time after a very heavy nights drinking, I can remember the pain. The next time I was more sensible.
The main reason I've entered this is to make me keep going out over the next 3 months.
Thanks tonybv, are you riding?
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tonybv9
Reged: 08/10/2007
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Yes, I expect to be there. I'll look out for your Lemond frame.
Last year it was nothing like an old style reliability trial, and more like an early season road race. Everyone else seemed to be on their best bike, and really fit.
The extra little hill just after the new start is a bas###d - short but very steep. I ride past the top of it regularly, and get vertigo just looking down.
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 3999
Loc: Man of Kent
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Sounds good. I doubt I'll be really fit, but I'll be on my best bike, no worries.
Tis the only one I've got.
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patch
Reged: 30/12/2007
Posts: 141
Loc: East Kent
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hi i noticed them to but dont know them. Im not one of them.I do some of there events but dont have the time to ride enough to join.I have a 9.25 start so should be back about lunch time, thats if you have a late lunch.
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EdwardPickering
Reged: 12/06/2006
Posts: 21
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Hello Wuverley,
Go easy on us, won't you? There's a good chap.
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daveno7
Reged: 04/03/2007
Posts: 647
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there seems to be a forum gang going for the " HELL " - i wonder if the comic lads should give a free shirt maybe ....we can only ask...
have to get into some serious training i think...might have to have a sneakly recce of the first few miles ....
bike is coming out of the shop on sat morning...only more damage than expected on it
more hills,hills and damn hills
daveno7
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 3999
Loc: Man of Kent
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I've read your reports, you'll be home long before me, unless you're taking photos.
Which I wouldn't dream of sneaking in on. 
Yes daveno7, training will be necessary, I feel, in my case at least. I hope you and your bike's fine.
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