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Ugo I've been in contact with the organisers about this as I had been promised £55 too. Apparently they've had issues with their lists and the booking engine. If you e-mail them they are going to sort this out on Monday. This was confirmed on Twitter this lunchtime.

I've mentioned it to them too. Well peeved.

As long as you are done before about 2 in the afternoon when the masses head out to Bakewell to buy a bag of chips you'll be fine !

Notice on an e-mail I've got from Brookes that it says that Eroica Brittania is going to be limited to 1500 places.

No, it's not. I happened to be logged onto t'Ebay and had a look for you. I used to own one though BITD I remember buying it component by component each month out of the wages from one of my first jobs. It looked the business when I had the full set. Why oh why did I give it away !

Campagnolo Veloce or this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultegra-group ... 485b1dd950

If you are successful in getting a discount Ned, let us know. I live that close I could camp and go back home to use my own toilet !

I agree the price is high, but if you view it as three days camping which is included in the price it ain't that bad knowing how much our local campsites charge. As I've said before they are trying to make a profit, but a lot of hard work and money has gone into organising it. Even if you...

I think you'll find they do - most of them have do l'Eroica several times and own retro/vintage bikes themselves.

Bought some of these from t'eBay France a couple of years ago. The real McCoy at a reasonable price: http://www.ebay.fr/sch/Cyclisme-v%C3%A9 ... _nkw=rivat

I must admit the light on my built in bullshitometer started flashing when I read that too !

At the end of the day, the organisers, although all cyclists, are trying to run the event as a business and make a profit. I think I would not be doing it myself except it is on my doorstep, so is more viable than a trip to Belgium or Italy. Plus it's something I want to do - I don't do many...

They have organised in the past include the La Squadra Hot 100, Rapha Giro Ride, Ride of the Falling Leaves Strines Challenge in conjunction with Out of the Saddle (which is the Downing Brother's charity). Marco who is one of the organisers owns Gusto Cycling: http://www.gustocycling.com/

I'll probably be doing it even though I can cycle along the majority of the route any time. The start is only 10 miles from my front door so is considerably cheaper than a trip to Italy or Belgium (much as I wish I had the time and money to do these too). It is pricey, but I'm sure it will be...