? Cheers man
Once you're at the top of Ditchling Beacon there's 7 miles mainly downhill to the finish line. It's possible to do it with the motor off.
If it's 54 miles long then you'll get to the foot of DB around the 46 miles mark. I'm not sure what route it takes over the North Downs but there's a few mini-hills to traverse over the high weald (the bit right in the middle between the two Downs).
I just wonder how easy it'll be to climb DB by pushing or cycling with no motor. Very hard I presume. They should let you peel off the route and use the flatter cycle lane beside the A23 instead
Just to answer the previous question around how much off-road is it, not very much at all.
There are a few part's which are bridleways, or paths running along the river, and one section of single track off-load which was good while it lasted.
From memory it felt like half to 2/3rds was on the road.
With the right bike and fitness level, it should be possible to do it one one charge but DB would take a fair chunk out of your remaining battery...
I did it 3 years ago on my acoustic lightweight XC and only saw a couple of eMTB's but a lot has changed in the last 3.5 years
The stops didn't have any charging facilities that I can recall but perhaps the cater for eBikes now.
I would potentially be up for it...
50 miles on a non ebike hardtail would finish me off ! Then again the 1st 10/15 miles are on roads so the 16 mph ass cutoff would finish me off too !
Think I’ll give it a miss
Have you heard of the Brighton to London ride ?I’m thinking about it. How do we get back home afterwards?
Have you heard of the Brighton to London ride ?
Using your stats, should it be -75 miles ? and 1,464m of descending ?It’s only 50 miles
Hardtail is perfect for the L2B offroad route. When I road it my mate was on a Gravel bike and there were only a couple of small sections where suspension would have been nice but not essential (although he did get 3 punctures) .[mention]PhilBaker [/mention], I have heard that most people ride on hard tails, so the terrain cannot be too difficult, except for the DB climb. Is that correct and fair assumption?
I want to do it on eMTB, but analogue HT might be a more intelligent proposition
That was as much as I could fit on the screen without it being super small and the London part is definitely flat with no off-road sections so didn't show it...
I tried it on the kenevo and did my longest ever ride. It worked really well, except for the last few miles.I don't ride a Specialized myself, but I thought their 'Mission Control' app had a feature where you could plug in the end point of your ride and it would regulate the assistance given to ensure that you got there on the charge available. Obviously there must be a limit to how far you can go - but has anyone tried a long ride using this feature?
There's a shortcut or teleport section ?Do we have a conclusive distance of L2B race? I see a range from 50 — 75 miles. That is a big diff!
Do we have a conclusive distance of L2B race? I see a range from 50 — 75 miles. That is a big diff!
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