Hilly 50 - March 9th

[Phil H]

The Cheam and Morden CTC Hilly 50 is happening on [url=http://cheamandmordenhilly50.blogspot.co.uk/]March 9th[/url] starting at 10:00am from Ryka's café at the bottom of Box Hill. Bring tough tyres and low gears.

[djembi]

Hi Phil, this looks great, I think I will go
ian
How long should it take

[Amy]

[quote="djembi"]Hi Phil, this looks great, I think I will go
ian
How long should it take

[Phil H]

Just another reminder. This is a cheap and fun event. Don't expect any mod cons like tarmac though.

Since CSS is pretty much the opposite direction to the start for me, we'll be going straight to Rykas. Get there early and enjoy the leather/lycra fetish club atmosphere. It's been done a coupe of times on fixed so even if you have a 39x25 there's no excuse.

[jon avery]

A good ride! Blew the cobwebs away!!

[Amy]

Glad you enjoyed it, Jon. I remember the first time I introduced the Addiscombe to this event - you should've seen the whingeing on the forum - 'oooh that was hilly', 'tough', 'thought it was a CTC event'

[Phil H]

Visibility was a bit iffy. Coming down into Dorking was interesting with cars overtaking bikes coming up the other way.

Lots of people on the ride despite the dodgy conditions. It seems to get bigger every year.

I'd been off the bike for a few weeks so the ideal way of getting back into it was to hit a load of steep climbs. Tom enjoyed it too - he managed Whitedown without putting a foot down despite us both being pretty knackered by then.

Someone has made it into a Strava segment. I see the best time is 1 hour 47minutes - 18.3mph. Blimey.

[jon avery]

[quote="Phil the Pie"]Visibility was a bit iffy. Coming down into Dorking was interesting with cars overtaking bikes coming up the other way.

Lots of people on the ride despite the dodgy conditions. It seems to get bigger every year.

I'd been off the bike for a few weeks so the ideal way of getting back into it was to hit a load of steep climbs. Tom enjoyed it too - he managed Whitedown without putting a foot down despite us both being pretty knackered by then.

Someone has made it into a Strava segment. I see the best time is 1 hour 47minutes - 18.3mph. Blimey.