Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Rides and Touring => Cyclosportives and commercial or charity rides => Topic started by: Fixedwheelnut on 22 October, 2017, 01:02:49 pm
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The Gates to Hell are opening soon :) :demon: :demon:
Entries go live midnight October 31st. 1500 places for next years HOTA to be held on Sunday 18th of February 2018
New website here http://www.hellgb.co.uk/ (http://www.hellgb.co.uk/)
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107km of the B7078? Christ.
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107km of the B7078? Christ.
;D ;D no but it does stray on to the B2027 a few times :D
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I still bear the psychological scars from doing this in 2010, on ice-covered roads. I believe I may have been the slowest rider on the day, partly due to wiping out spectacularly on one icy descent, ripping a chunk out of my winter jacket and colouring in large parts of my back and shoulder. I walked every downhill after that.
I had a job interview at 7.30 the next morning and muddled through it dosed up to the eyeball with painkillers. I don't recall a thing from it but I must have been more coherent than I felt as I got the job!
It's a cracking, challenging route, but I think I'll save it for the summer (especially as it now has a mandatory helmet requirement).
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I'm allowing myself to be being bullied into taking part this year! I run a 53/39 front and notice there are some real steep climbs so I take it most(?) riders run a compact setup?
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And riders must have their own personal accident and third party liability insurance as the organiser accepts no responsibility whatsoever.
Entry fee?