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What other precautions do some of you do when leaving your bike locked up in london. My son who works in London is going to start commuting when he starts work after lockdown He has a good D lock with extension cable to loop round wheels and frame and we have changed the seat clamp from QR to...

Has anyone here done this? I really want to give this a go. I live in London now however Birmingham will always be "home". I could get on the canal in watford and then cycle to birmingham spend the weekend at my mums house, possibly get collected by my wife in the car or cycle back a few days...

As above has anyone done this, and do you have a tried and trusted route, Organizing a club ride. all help appreciated.

Looks pretty damning on the news, surely people can't be that daft?. Discuss.

London is full of interesting history, quirky corners and the downright bizarre. And this edition of the Sunday London ride will be seeking some of these out. Curiosities and trivia is the theme. Subject to recce, the route is around 15 miles - negotiated at a very conversational pace - and...

I need to travel, with bike on Saturday next from London to either Reading or Newbury. I note the comment on the NR website that cycle reservation is necessary. I don't recall this when i last travelled on GWR (a few years ago ) from Swindon and Reading into London. My plans, as always are...

As folk may have gathered I get a lot of mailshots etc about interesting london events, and indeed go to rather a lot. Will probably dump the more "interesting" here now and again for all you cultural hounds. For starters I give you this...

The Coronavirus (Wuhan virus) outbreak. How worried should the world be?

An impromptu ride led by myself. It's a short ride which I may embellish with a couple of extras, but still probably on about 10-12 miles max. Meet at Hyde Park Corner (by the Royal Artillery Memorial) at 9.30am, leaving as soon as the Horse Guards have passed (usually about 9:45am). There'll...

As a northerner enticed to London many many moons ago, and still in love with so much of it, I really shouldn't do this. And it will of course play into the hands of some, but on seeing this plugged in the often bonkers too cool by half Londonist I really can't help it...

West as requested. From Hyde Park Corner (09.30 etc. as usual) via Barnes, Richmond Park and Kingston to Bushey Park for coffee and cake. Trains back to civilization north from Teddington (Oyster). Or ride. No theme. 30km, flat of course. Some paved towpath. Anyone? @ianrauk @topcat1 @AlexB...

Details and more pics of the bikes on...

Just been on BBC News, the event may not go ahead , through Surrey anyway , shame

The 2020 Winter Warmer is on Sunday 12 Jan, from Chalfont St Peter, heading out into the Chilterns. As last year there are three versions. The long version is 108km (1200m of climbing), medium route is 60km and short version of 44km. The long route is a challenging winter ride which goes up...

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that January 2020 will be the tenth anniversary of the Sunday London Ride (and a CycleChat thread running to over 500 pages). It would be rude not to celebrate the occasion, so I'm proposing a ride on 12th January. Not a themed ride, but a gold old...

So I can buy the rival build for £899 But with the frameset currently on offer at £233 - I am wondering if I could do a Tiagra build for less ? - there was a tiagra groupset (new on eBay for £299) - a set of Askuim dics can be had for around £150 ........ Any thoughts ? Its going to be my...

I am trying to take my training a little more seriously and on weekends I get out to Surrey for some long rides, but are there any routes in London which do not involve stopping and starting at traffic lights ever two minutes in London? i am based in archway and work centrally and could put in...

Current showing on Channel 5 now. They were saying about London's cycling infrastructure when I was flipping through. I'll be watching it on 5+1 at 2040 in a bit. Will be interested to see what they say.

A late (ish) reminder to all regulars, infrequents and anyone else who has not previously attended and would like a lovely day out - all are welcome. Apparently there are 15 registered veteran cycles this year. I will be there at some stage, some time, somewhere, (south of Crawley), provided...

A social morning ride round town to some of the less well known memorials, mainly but not all war-related. Meet at Hyde Park Corner (by the Royal Artillery Memorial) at 9.30am, leaving as soon as the Horse Guards have passed (usually about 9:45am). There'll be a quick comfort break part way...

Hope this is the right bit of the forum, apologies if not: I'd like to (try and) cycle from Chertsey Road in Twickenham to The Strand and maybe from there Regent Street/Oxford Street/Piccadilly and back again. AA route planner makes it look fairly simple, A316/A4 and possibly Thurloe...

Hey Guys, Long time no post! I've been cycle commuting for a few years now, but a change in job means I now have to cycle a new route. Up to now I've had a trusty (cheap!) Carrera TDF fitted with full length mudgards & pannier rack (although I did upgrade the wheels to fulcrum racing 7's and...

Helped a cyclist this morning who had been knocked off along Q1 route by an Uber driver who failed to stop at a give way and ploughed in to the cyclist who had right of way. Poor lad had a pretty heavy fall, hit the side of his head/face, ribs, elbow and leg as he went down and looked a bit...

I have taken part in this event for the last two years, guaranteeing my place by riding on behalf of http://www.charlieschancefoundation.org/ I have been made aware that they have several places available for 2020 and therefore I thought I would post it here in case anyone is interested.

Coming home on the tube during rush hour after a meeting, a bloke saw my crutch and started getting up to give me his seat. I stopped him halfway and said no it's fine, really - I'm ok. He sat there for about 15 seconds, then got up saying no I'm sorry I just can't. Sit down. London - the...

All good things must come to an end. Yes folks, brace yourselves, as this is the last ever Friday Night Ride to the Coast for 2019. So make the most of it, get yourself an all night pass and join in the fun. All the blurb including the link for the sign up form can be found here.

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Friday 13th September will be unlucky for those who don't turn up to participate in the evergreen route of London to Brighton. All the details including the sign up form can be found on the website here. Adrian will be leading. I'll be around, possibly near the back, possibly near the front.

I’ve just heard via Facebook, that the Ride London Surrey organisers, have secured another 10 years for the event. Crikey, that’s forward planning:laugh:.

May be of interest to the good cyclechat folk. I'll be there if in town...