England : Lancashire ColinJ's 103 km or 107 mile 'Back from the Dead' forum ride Sat 29/03/14

[ColinJ]

@ColinJ - I bet you could track down @phil_hg_uk - sounds like his sort of thing.

Am I imagining it or is Phil off doing other things these days? He doesn't seem to post as much as he used to.

I thought about a post with tags for @phil_hg_uk etc, but there are an awful lot of people who have come on my rides over the years and I wouldn't want to offend anybody by forgetting them! (I cannot possibly remember all 100-odd. Last time I tried, I think I got to 50 or 60 and was stumped.)

This thread will be running a long time so anybody who is interested in local forum rides should stumble across it eventually.

It looks like we should be able to get a good turn out. In fact, there could be logistical problems if too many people want to ride. I certainly think that we need one person with a GPS per 6-8 riders. On previous long rides, we split into smaller groups on the return leg so faster riders could get back before dark. I think I was riding for about 45 minutes in the dark on the last such ride, so I was thinking of starting earlier this time, maybe 09:00. And before anybody points it out (potsy!), yes - I need to arrive on time ...

 

[dan_bo]

I'll putmyself in as a maybe- be good to see you all again.

 

[Christopher]

I'll putmyself in as a maybe- be good to see you all again.

Well I suppose you can come along....

 

[dan_bo]

Well I suppose you can come along....

Very magnanamous of you bra.

 

[MartinQ]

At least we have 11 or 12 weeks to get some miles in.

Even with that time, I (probably) won't be up to doing 100 m. I'll keep an eye on things and hope its one of the shorter distances.

 

[Alun]

I should be up for this one @ColinJ Hopefully it won't be the full 100 miles, though.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Ping @Martin Archer and @middleagecyclist I'm sure they'd like this ride as it's not far from them.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

And ping @tubbycyclist too.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

And what about little Liam?

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

And ping @trio25 who'd probably ride there and back from Derbyshire just for a warm up and cool down...

 

[potsy]

Is @bromptonfb on commission?

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

No just procrastinating about going back to reading A.T Beck's seminal works on CBT....it's a bit dry.

 

[potsy]

I should be up for this one @ColinJ Hopefully it won't be the full 100 miles, though.

I'm kind of hoping it will, we can do it Al

 

[middleagecyclist]

Ping @Martin Archer and @middleagecyclist I'm sure they'd like this ride as it's not far from them.

I'm interested. Thanks @bromptonfb. I can use my Etrex 20 with aplomb as well so happy to help waymark the route.

 

[Mickthemove]

Definitely a Maybe here, i have trouble planning two weeks in advance at the moment and its a week after the warm up of the cheshire cat!

I must truly actually believe i see an Olympic athlete in the mirror and not a sumo when i look!
If i can do it i have no probs straddling the back with a GPS and a torch!