[Cannon]

anyone have any experience of riding the BHF L2B in the front group.  Planning on going out at 6am, the earliest time, is it still mental?  Is there a big queue to get off at that time?

 

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[Cannon]

You are quite right kevvjj,

You are quite right kevvjj, it isn’t a race or a sportive.  That being said i wanted to do the charity event and avoid the ‘circus’ that alotronic describes.  My question was purely aimed at the initial starter congestion and how early i might need to get out of bed.  As it turned out I arrived early and it paid off, avoiding the intial crowd out of London and riding behind the motorbike escort for the entire duration.  Didn’t do it to get a good time (2:37 in the end), but you know what once there are open roads ahead why not test yourself (and enjoy the scenery).

[Anonymous]

as BHF have stated over and

as BHF have stated over and over again, it ain’t a race or a sportive or anything like that – chill out and enjoy the scenery

 

[alotronic]

Why on earth would you be

Why on earth would you be going for a time in L2B?! It’s a f*cking circus of skills, aspirations and abilities. I really enjoyed it *as a circus* but wouldn’t consider it at any kind of speed. I saw four people fall off the year I did it… best ride off the front and stay there or keep out of people’s way and ride a sensilble tour speed… don’t get me wrong, it’s a fun day, but best treated as such. 

[srchar]

I did the L2B a good number

I did the L2B a good number of years ago.  Many riders in the groups I rode in had clearly never ridden in a group before.  Which is fine – but makes riding in a fast group a fairly tense affair, requiring levels of concentration that aren’t fun to maintain for that distance, so I didn’t 🙂

If you’re not going for a time, I’d stay out of the groups and just enjoy it.

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