Late May Bank Holiday next Monday 27th

Sounds great, see you there

Rocketgirl9 wrote:

I suppose I better join you, Andy and Darren.
Darren, shall we meet up at Tunbridge/Cousins Way at 8?

I just thought i'd point out,our ride will be over 120 miles "not trying to scare you of course"

I just thought i'd point out,our ride will be over 120 miles "not trying to scare you of course" [/quote]


How many miles from Emersons to Create centre. I might drive there then

about 7 miles straight across town .....

Rocketgirl9 wrote:

I just thought i'd point out,our ride will be over 120 miles "not trying to scare you of course"

How many miles from Emersons to Create centre. I might drive there then[/quote]

If you go from Emerson's straight down the cycle path which is probably the most direct route it will be 10miles each way plus 80 for the ride. Going Frenchay way I'm unsure on the distance but probably not too much more. Happy to meet up at 8 if you do decide to cycle, if not we'll see you at the create.

So far i have only done the cake ride, and i have been told that increasing distance more than 10% per time could be a challenge so i think i'll give it a miss, how long was the cake ride incidentally?

If Stela can do it you can come along and have fun.
Cake ride normally about 40 ish miles

Doesn't look like we'll get tan lines on this century ride

john m wrote:

about 7 miles straight across town .....

7 miles from hambrook will get to" old market" no further.

emersons to create maps as 13km ....
hambrook to create maps as 12.3km ......

Obviously depends on route and start point but ... :)

Um... I'll drive all being well as I was feeling quite ill today

Um... I'll drive all being well as I was feeling quite ill today

Count me in. For all the East Bristol Massive, I'll be riding down the cycle track to the Create Centre, it's the most direct route, anyone is more than welcome to join me.

Rocketgirl9 wrote:

Um... I'll drive all being well as I was feeling quite ill today

You are feeling quite ill and you are going to ride 80 miles in the baking sun?I hope it's not Man flu

Woke up yesterday,to find i have a sore throat,this has now developed into"man-flu"i will be missing all of the weekend fun.
Hope you all enjoy

andy williams wrote:

Woke up yesterday,to find i have a sore throat,this has now developed into"man-flu"i will be missing all of the weekend fun.
Hope you all enjoy

Rule #5

It is man flu you know that can be very serious

I'll meet at Costa a 8.10 also

What time do people estimate we'll be back at create based on prev experience??

Where do people normally park? Can we park in BW Cycles car park or is it in Create centre?

Add me to the list. See you at the Create Centre.

Slow_Darren wrote:

What time do people estimate we'll be back at create based on prev experience??

The ride from and back to the Create Centre is roughly 75 miles, the average pace of the previous bank holiday epic ride was 14.6 mph so that would give you a moving time of just over 5 hours, plus the stops at Cheddar and Sand Bay, say an hour and a half, plus the odd stops along the way, say a quarter of an hour, which gives a total time of 6 3/4 hours so I reckon we won't be back at Create much before 4 pm. If anyone thinks I've under or over estimated the length of our Cheddar and Sand Bay stops, please chip in. And of course if we have any Clifton 9 tyre-shredding or otherwise mechanicals along the way, that'll add to the time.

...... I reckon.

I'm up for this. Happy to lead the longer route if anyone wants to come with.

Rocketgirl9 wrote:

Where do people normally park? Can we park in BW Cycles car park or is it in Create centre?

I think the Create car-park gets locked early so don't park in there. BW Cycling is very close by (there's a nice little map of their location on their website but I don't know what their outside-of-hours car-park arrangements are. Scott normally parks up by the Lockside cafe in Brunswick Place (it's not far from Create), have a look on Google Maps.