Comments on: London to Brighton route map http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/ A bit about cycling, a bit about genealogy, a bit about radio but mostly a lot about nothing at all Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Debty http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2185 Debty Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:59:02 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2185 Ahaan... I will follow. Ahaan… I will follow.

]]> By: Mark http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2177 Mark Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:00:15 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2177 Hi Adrian, Thanks for all the effort taken over building and loading the maps. I did the ride for the 1st time last year and just following the route brings back great memories. One point though. I'm not sure about your route through/round Haywards Heath. Talking to a colleague that rode with me last year, we think the route went from Lindfield into town, we remember going over the roundabout on the A272, then followed the B2112 south to Ditchling Common. You're a much more seasoned l2b'er though so we may be wrong. Sunday will tell! Can't wait Regards Mark Hi Adrian,

Thanks for all the effort taken over building and loading the maps. I did the ride for the 1st time last year and just following the route brings back great memories.

One point though. I’m not sure about your route through/round Haywards Heath. Talking to a colleague that rode with me last year, we think the route went from Lindfield into town, we remember going over the roundabout on the A272, then followed the B2112 south to Ditchling Common.

You’re a much more seasoned l2b’er though so we may be wrong. Sunday will tell!

Can’t wait
Regards
Mark

]]> By: Adrian Fitch http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2099 Adrian Fitch Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:05:00 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2099 Hi Tom. E-mailing them to you now. Hope you have a good ride. Hi Tom. E-mailing them to you now. Hope you have a good ride.

]]> By: Tom http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2098 Tom Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:37:39 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2098 Was hoping to try this next week Adrian, but can't seem to get the map to upload. Can you help? wanabepunk@hotmail.com cheers mate. Was hoping to try this next week Adrian, but can’t seem to get the map to upload. Can you help? wanabepunk@hotmail.com cheers mate.

]]> By: Yep Sport » Blog Archive » London to Brighton http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2076 Yep Sport » Blog Archive » London to Brighton Fri, 16 May 2008 15:01:05 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-2076 [...] route was copied from Adrian Fitch’s website: See here for the route, which I converted to TCX using the extremely excellent Bike Route Toaster and [...] [...] route was copied from Adrian Fitch’s website: See here for the route, which I converted to TCX using the extremely excellent Bike Route Toaster and [...]

]]> By: Adrian Fitch http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-1676 Adrian Fitch Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:10:07 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-1676 Sorry Michael but I don't have the maps in any larger scale. I import them into Bikely for anything more detailed than 1:50,000. Love your portfolio by the way. Sorry Michael but I don’t have the maps in any larger scale. I import them into Bikely for anything more detailed than 1:50,000. Love your portfolio by the way.

]]> By: Michael Preston http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-1665 Michael Preston Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:40:07 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-1665 I've done this ride for some 14 years now. The BHF used to produce detailed route maps, but some years ago they stopped under the premis that, "too much information might encourage non-official riders to attempt the route". Pah! The really annoying thing about this is that if you want to try to complete the ride before or after the actual event as either training, or just for fun, the route finding out of London can be a bit problematic. So thanks a lot for putting the route map on the web Adrian, I think a lot of people will be downloading this. One last thing, I'm wondering whether you have PDFs in a larger map scale? I’ve done this ride for some 14 years now. The BHF used to produce detailed route maps, but some years ago they stopped under the premis that, “too much information might encourage non-official riders to attempt the route”. Pah!

The really annoying thing about this is that if you want to try to complete the ride before or after the actual event as either training, or just for fun, the route finding out of London can be a bit problematic.

So thanks a lot for putting the route map on the web Adrian, I think a lot of people will be downloading this. One last thing, I’m wondering whether you have PDFs in a larger map scale?

]]> By: Adrian Fitch http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-1343 Adrian Fitch Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:11:17 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-1343 The actual route of the 2007 BHF London to Brighton Bike Ride is on Bikely <a href="http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/2007-BHF-London-to-Brighton" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The actual route of the 2007 BHF London to Brighton Bike Ride is on Bikely here.

]]> By: Jez http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-739 Jez Mon, 07 May 2007 07:42:21 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-739 What a great post. We cycled the route (as best we could work out) yesterday, so it was great to log on this morning and be "reminded" of some of the ascents. What a great post. We cycled the route (as best we could work out) yesterday, so it was great to log on this morning and be “reminded” of some of the ascents.

]]> By: Matthew Brett http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-355 Matthew Brett Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:30:36 +0000 http://adrianfitch.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/london-to-brighton-route-map/#comment-355 They don't print a route because on the actual day you would never need to refer to one, its so well marshalled you just follow them. All they give you is a picture showing the height of the route so you get an idea of the climbs. From what I remember there are 3 climbs with Ditchling Beacon being the worst. other than that its undulating but nothing bad. Unless you have an early start time you will likely get caught behind people less dedicated pushing their bikes up these hills. I got caught on the first one but was lucky enough to make it all the way up Ditchling Beacon without someone stopping in front or crashing into me. That's what happens when you have 20,000 people or however many it is doing the ride. They don’t print a route because on the actual day you would never need to refer to one, its so well marshalled you just follow them. All they give you is a picture showing the height of the route so you get an idea of the climbs. From what I remember there are 3 climbs with Ditchling Beacon being the worst. other than that its undulating but nothing bad.

Unless you have an early start time you will likely get caught behind people less dedicated pushing their bikes up these hills. I got caught on the first one but was lucky enough to make it all the way up Ditchling Beacon without someone stopping in front or crashing into me. That’s what happens when you have 20,000 people or however many it is doing the ride.

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