[email protected] (Dave Kahn) wrote in message news:<
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[email protected] (MartinM) wrote in message
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> > IT IS NOT A RACE!!! it clearly says that on the entry form.
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> What entry form? He's riding the route as a private individual.
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> > By all means try to finish in a reasonable time but don't be surprised if you get loads of
> > complaints from fellow riders if you treat it as a TT and ignore marshalls instructions etc, and
> > if you have a prang with no number don't expect any help from the emergency services en route.
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> As long as he goes early, and is as fast and fit as he thinks he is, he won't be in anyone's way.
> If he gets caught in the crowds then he'll just have to trundle and I agree that any attempt to go
> fast would be anti-social if not downright dangerous.
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> > I have been at the start at 9.16 to hear that the first rider had just arrived having left at
> > 6.00, so don't expect a fast time anyway.
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> A 6:00 start would be about right.
I agree about starting early to avoid the crowds. I had to ride along about a mile of the route
once on the way to another ride and it was very early, only a handful of riders at Walstead by
about 0800. Had to ride back the same way later on that day and they were dropping like flies (year
2000, melting roads)
The issue of unregistered riders is a tricky one. They say they limit entries to 27k for safety, is
that because of all the extra riders that they know will swell it to over 50k? it's not is if you
are doing the BHF out of cash if you ride as an extra, I just heard once that it was in danger of
getting closed down due to too many riders so I would always avoid it myself unless officially
entered. (would avoid it now anyway, it used to be fun, now just a gridlock, IOW is much better);-(