London to Brighton night ride, March 6th

[Flying Dodo]

[QUOTE 3572213, member: 9609"]Why at night ? I see there is a good moon for the morrow, and I can appreciate getting out on a 'braw bricht moonlicht nicht', I just love hill walking with snow and full moon, but cycling ? I'm not quite getting it, is it a quieter roads thing.[/QUOTE]

Yes!

Try it and see.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Probably @Gordon P and @AKA Bob up to Maidenhead, and @Michael Adu for the whole gig.

It all depends a bit on the weather. I'm not sure if I can motivate myself if there was a considerable turn to the worse.

I might give it a go up to Maidenhead ....

 

[Flying Dodo]

It all depends a bit on the weather. I'm not sure if I can motivate myself if there was a considerable turn to the worse.

It's going to be lovely & sunny on Saturday - go for it!

I'm off to France for the day, but have fun.

 

[StuAff]

The Fridays never have bad trips ... or so I've read ....

That wasn't the crowd I was talking about....

 

[User10571]

[QUOTE 3572323, member: 9609"]The roads where I live are quiet enough for cycling during the day.[/QUOTE]
You are lucky, Reiver.
Meanwhile, have the rest of you lot been talking to Teethgrinder, or something?

 

[Aperitif]

Probably @Gordon P and @AKA Bob up to Maidenhead, and @Michael Adu for the whole gig.

It all depends a bit on the weather. I'm not sure if I can motivate myself if there was a considerable turn to the worse.

Forecast is great for the weekend. Compared to the cold weather, it's the difference between Schalke and cheese. Go(laf) for it!

 

[iLB]

You are lucky, Reiver.
Meanwhile, have the rest of you lot been talking to Teethgrinder, or something?

I believe the Steve Abraham Effect, is either already a thing... or well on its way.

600K audax you say? Excellent idea.

 

[Fab Foodie]

You are lucky, Reiver.
Meanwhile, have the rest of you lot been talking to Teethgrinder, or something?

Ha!
It was my goal this year to break my distance PB of a lowly 150 miles. I was going to enter the Dean but circumstances prevent that ....
I've done London to Brighton and back a few times and also Abingdon to London in both day and night. So I thought I'd link both rides together to give me a 180 miler or so: Abingdon - London - Brighton - London and the coach home.
But then ... if there's a good route back to Abingdon from Brighton, the weather looks good and my legs feel OK, I might give that a go.
We'll see :-)

 

[redfalo]

You are lucky, Reiver.
Meanwhile, have the rest of you lot been talking to Teethgrinder, or something?

TG has been an inspiration indeed, but my real motivation is this French madness in August.

 

[redfalo]

[QUOTE 3572213, member: 9609"]Why at night ? I see there is a good moon for the morrow, and I can appreciate getting out on a 'braw bricht moonlicht nicht', I just love hill walking with snow and full moon, but cycling ? I'm not quite getting it, is it a quieter roads thing.[/QUOTE]

It's hard to describe. For me, it's not really about the empty roads. A few years ago, I've tried to describe the allure here http://cycling-intelligence.com/2011/03/18/the-joy-of-night-riding.

 

[BalkanExpress]

[QUOTE 3572213, member: 9609"]Why at night ? I see there is a good moon for the morrow, and I can appreciate getting out on a 'braw bricht moonlicht nicht', I just love hill walking with snow and full moon, but cycling ? I'm not quite getting it, is it a quieter roads thing.[/QUOTE]

Every religion has it's sacred text http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/may/08/ethicalliving.cycling

 

[StuAff]

Only 300k?

Slackers.

 

[User10571]

Every religion has it's sacred text http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/may/08/ethicalliving.cycling

On that basis, I may as well throw this in here.
Posted passim & to death....


Night rides, why?


The lack of traffic.

The ability to ride four abreast.

The silence.

The night time noises.

The smells.

The temperature changes.

The white line and the silhouettes flashing past.

The camaraderie.

The feeling that at that time the world is yours.


Love it.

 

[Trickedem]

On that basis, I may as well throw this in here.
Posted passim & to death....


Night rides, why?


The lack of traffic.

The ability to ride four abreast.

The silence.

The night time noises.

The smells.

The temperature changes.

The white line and the silhouettes flashing past.

The camaraderie.

The feeling that at that time the world is yours.


Love it.

And the hip flasks

 

[StuAff]

@User9609.. See this lot... https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/why-do-you-r-on-fn-ttc.148145/