Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
I don't think the SMRbtH bunch will be having so leisurely a breakfast as to warrant hanging around for 2 days until Sunday! Unless they get really drunk of course......
FNRttC Southend on Sea Night Ride Thursday 24th March 2016
- Thread starter AKA Bob
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I don't think the SMRbtH bunch will be having so leisurely a breakfast as to warrant hanging around for 2 days until Sunday! Unless they get really drunk of course......
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
I think there was one occasion when it was.
I'm still in negotiation with the authorities about doing the ride. We are going to Bury St Edmund's for a long weekend and are supposed to arrive there by Friday afternoon. I reckon I should be able to make it quite easily. She will also have more room in the car for passengers, luggage etc.
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
2012. Rode up to HPC for the first time with Hummers et al. 5 hrs 6 mins rolling (!!).
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
65 miles to cycle from Southend, quite flat. Sounds like an excellent plan!
mmmmartin
Random geezer
or @Trickedem could consume Beer then ride to Chelmsford and take the train.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Enquiry made. Answer positive.
The Plan: Cut breaks short by ten minutes Mon/Tues/Wednesday of that week. Thursday: out the door at 9pm instead of 9.30, claiming that time back. Time enough to get home (40 minutes), get changed & get to Hilsea station for the last train up to Waterloo. That gets in at 00.33. Which is not half an hour behind the ride, you'll be passing Waterloo Bridge (sort of) on your way east, and I'll have half a mile less to get to the Blackfriars tunnel. And moving somewhat quicker, even with panniers loaded for a weekend away. Result!
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StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Check will I
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
How flat is this ride.
I am trying out my single speed legs atm, but this would be my longest ever SS ride.
I am trying out my single speed legs atm, but this would be my longest ever SS ride.
OP
OP
AKA Bob
Riding a folding bike far too much of the time...
- Location
- Reading upon Thames
Check will I
No Tunnels but two bridges..... including going past Waterloo...
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
https://www.strava.com/activities/216953033 was the 'farewell' ride, route will undoubtedly vary though. However, highly unlikely to be anything an SS couldn't handle, and even then nothing that's not too long to walk up.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I did it on a Brompton without too much difficulty. The Junction 31 route, if the little helpers don't decide to change the route too much, is pretty much pancake flat until the outskirts of Southend when there is a bastard hill. There is a pub at the top, but don't count on it being open.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
I've done it fixed on several occasions. I may do so again this time. There's Bread and Cheese Hill before Southend, but the hard bit is quite short. On one occasion we went over Langdon Hill, which is about twice as long as Bread and Cheese. But we've only gone that way once.
Go for it.
Nigel182
Guru
- Location
- Chafford Hundred,Essex
Me and the Girlfriend are going to sign up for this with the new Documents Thingy tomorrow when I can get on a Computer rather than a phone.
