England : Cambridgeshire Not a Christmas Friday Night ride - 11th December

[derrick]

I see you have a route, but it could be worth checking this one out, It's a route i have done a few time now, That time of night the roads will be really quiet and the roads are nice, Just a thought.
https://www.strava.com/activities/391389123

 

[Flying Dodo]

Yes, that's a nice route, although doesn't have the attraction of Stansted for a halfway way point.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Work may throw a spanner in the works for me. Fingers crossed it doesn't.

 

[Gordon P]

It's still a route I want to do

Scheduled for October in 2016 which was balmy this year.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Or it might be run as London to Cambridge.

 

[Flying Dodo]

In other news, for anyone coming along this Friday and intending to have breakfast at the arrival point in Liverpool St. Station, the Wetherspoons has an outside area where we should be able to lock bikes to the railings, so make sure you bring a decent lock. We'll be inside but you can sit overlooking the outside area.

 

[tatr]

In other news, for anyone coming along this Friday and intending to have breakfast at the arrival point in Liverpool St. Station, the Wetherspoons has an outside area where we should be able to lock bikes to the railings, so make sure you bring a decent lock.

For those that don't live in London or know the Liverpool Street area, a "decent lock" means about 2kg of quality steel plus a cable for your seat and anything else that has a quick release. £200 of front wheel can vanish in about 2 seconds.

I might pop down on Friday night and leave a good d-lock and cable attached to a nearby railing.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Sad but true.

And my lock does actually weigh around 2kg.

 

[tatr]

Evans have these on offer at the moment: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/abus/granit-x-plus-540-d-lock-with-ush-bracket-ec068031

Only 1.5kg!

 

[mmmmartin]

When we go to Hull we have at least two people standing outside the cafe next to the bikes at all times, on a shift system. And on The Tour, I'm hard-pressed to recall leaving the bikes unwatched at any time.

 

[mjr]

I might pop down on Friday night and leave a good d-lock and cable attached to a nearby railing.

And you think it'll still be there the following morning?

 

[robjh]

Any plans for having something to eat in Cambrdige beforehand? It worked well when we did that in Reading last year.

.... Although ideal would be get to Cambridge in time for a coffee before the night begins.....

If anyone wants to meet up in Cambridge before the ride, this place is open till 11pm :
http://www.espressolibrary.com/
They even let you bring your bikes inside. It's in East Road, 5 minutes ride from the station.

 

[jiberjaber]

I might be a possibility for this ride... not sure how I missed it being announced

Might also consider a ride home, given it will be possible wind assisted, however getting out of That London is always a bit miserable!

Is there a posted route? <<< Got the route http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11231830

 

[Flying Dodo]

For those that don't live in London or know the Liverpool Street area, a "decent lock" means about 2kg of quality steel plus a cable for your seat and anything else that has a quick release. £200 of front wheel can vanish in about 2 seconds.

I might pop down on Friday night and leave a good d-lock and cable attached to a nearby railing.

Although having said that, at 8am on a Saturday morning, there's unlikely to be many tooled up bike thieves around and we'll be very close to the bikes. And in case anyone only has a cable lock, my heavy duty chain will go round at least 2 bikes.

 

[AKA Bob]

Although having said that, at 8am on a Saturday morning, there's unlikely to be many tooled up bike thieves around and we'll be very close to the bikes. And in case anyone only has a cable lock, my heavy duty chain will go round at least 2 bikes.

Could be embarrassing......