FNRttC to Brighton 13th May 2011

[dellzeqq]

Adam P
Adrian C
Adrian S
Alberto C-S
Alex B
Alex P
Andrew B
Andrew C
Andrew F
Andrew T
Andrew W
Andrij B
Andy A
Andy B
Andy H
Annie H
Anthony McC
Bill C
Bruce R
Charles E
Charlie B
Charlotte B
Chris B
Chris Br
Chris F
Chris R
Claudine C
Clive B
Clive P
Craig A
Dan B
Dan Wa
Dan Wi
Danny R
David H
David R
David W
Davy S
Des O'D
Duncan P
Eddie C
Edmar G
Ekene A
Gary S
Geraldine M
Glen J
Gordon P
Grace W
Graham H
Grahame D
Greg C
User S
Holly McL
Howard K
Iain Ap
Ian McS
Ian S
Inga P?
Ingrid B
Jacob W
James G
Jenny M
Jo T
John E
John Gr
John S
Jon B
Jonathan L
Julian N
User10571 B
Kate H
Katie S
Katherine P
Keith T]
Khalil S
Li D-N
Louise L
Lucy B-P
Luke C
Maggie L
Marilyn B
Mark Co
Mark H
Mark T
Martin F
Martin T
Martin W
Matthew S
Megan F
Michael A
Michael L
Mick D
Mike W
Miranda S (hopefully)
Monika S
Neil G
Nigel Cro
Noel C
Owen C
Padraig H
Pamela C
Paul C
Paul Ka
Paul R
Paul U
Pawan N
Peter B
Rahal G
Rebecca E
Rebecca O-B
Rebecca T
Rhoda H
Rich P
Rimas G
Rob H
Roger W
Ross C
Sam W
Simon A
Sonia W
Stephen W
Steve D
Steve R
Steven C
Stuart A
Stuart P
Sue L
Susie F
Suzannah D
Teresa P
Thom F
Tim H
Tim O
Titus H
Toby C
Tom B
Tom R
Wim van R
Xi C

a number of cancellations and a few new entrants - about 139, which is a big ride....

 

[Aperitif]

An 'X' ! Who's she?

 

[dellzeqq]

he. An eminent scientist. Honestly I'm surprised I'm allowed out with you lot and your qualifications.

 

[frank9755]

It is one of the jewels in the crown of England's glory.

What is: Rich's crisp packet?
Each to his own...!

 

[Aperitif]

he. An eminent scientist. Honestly I'm surprised I'm allowed out with you lot and your qualifications.

Sorry. I meant 'she' - as in Xi. But he is an eminent scientist. There was mention of this at the weekend. Being cast adrift with a Friday Night Community and left to 'provide' on a desert island, it seems the only thing we'd have a problem with is decent architecture and venues at full moon.

 

[BalkanExpress]

That tactic works fine all the time the TECs are accompanying slower riders and bringing up the rear. It comes unstuck when you stop for a something that causes a delay to a fast rider and send the slower riders on at an easy pace whilst working on it. Once the problem is sorted, the TEC group can then move quickly to get back to the main group so as not to hold everything up any further.

Simon has indeed given clear instructruction as to how best to encourage riders to continue at an easy pace......


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EYlXay0njE


and if needed I'll shift along quickly enough*



*on the flat with a tail wind,

 

[tanya g]

If u have space for a maybe / don't wait for me entry I'll take you to a nice even 140!

 

[StuAff]

If u have space for a maybe / don't wait for me entry I'll take you to a nice even 140!

Don't wait for me? More, you wait for us, surely?

 

[Mark Grant]

If it's not too late, can I come please.

I believe you have my CTC details, I'll just need to give you a quid for The Fridays.

Mark.

 

[iLB]

So with all this talk of holding people up, or being too slow, I feel like it's time to 'fess up about the bike I'm riding for this ride...

it might have 24" wheels, one very small gear, and a useless saddle... and will look something like this

yes 65 miles on a BMX, am I mad? possibly

So, why am I putting myself through this ordeal?

In the first two weeks of July I'm going out to Romania to volunteer for a charity based there called Networks with a group of students from my church, and we've decided to do lots of fund raising to help bring the cost down. I went out to Romania last summer and we helped with the construction work for a school and community centre in one of the poorest communities living on the outskirts of Arad, but they still need a lot more help!

Thanks for taking the time to read this and if it seems like a worthy cause to you everyone on the team going out and I would be so greatful if you could make a donation to our cause, either by giving your donation directly to me or by visiting our fund raising page at...

http://www.charitygiving.c o.uk/romania2011

and for more information on the Networks charity...

http://www.networks.org.ro /

 

[StuAff]

So with all this talk of holding people up, or being too slow, I feel like it's time to 'fess up about the bike I'm riding for this ride...

it might have 24" wheels, one very small gear, and a useless saddle... and will look something like this

yes 65 miles on a BMX, am I mad? possibly

So, why am I putting myself through this ordeal?

In the first two weeks of July I'm going out to Romania to volunteer for a charity based there called Networks with a group of students from my church, and we've decided to do lots of fund raising to help bring the cost down. I went out to Romania last summer and we helped with the construction work for a school and community centre in one of the poorest communities living on the outskirts of Arad, but they still need a lot more help!

Thanks for taking the time to read this and if it seems like a worthy cause to you everyone on the team going out and I would be so greatful if you could make a donation to our cause, either by giving your donation directly to me or by visiting our fund raising page at...

http://www.charitygiving.c o.uk/romania2011

and for more information on the Networks charity...

http://www.networks.org.ro /

24" wheels? 406 (20") surely?
Would you like to borrow some skinnier tyres (I have a spare set of Schwalbe Marathon Racers)?

 

[dellzeqq]

How small is that gear going to be? Beware Stu's kind offer it will reduce the gear further.

You think Stuart hadn't thought of that!

Will you be sticking with the flat pedals? Have you ridden flaties at all recently? The action of keeping your feet on them makes the shins ache in my experience.

he's got to, for the authentic BMX experience. It's the standing up bottom wiggling I'm looking forward to!

 

[dellzeqq]

Adam P
Adrian C
Adrian S
Alberto C-S
Alex B
Alex P
Andrew B
Andrew C
Andrew F
Andrew T
Andrew W
Andrij B
Andy A
Andy B
Andy H
Annie H
Anthony McC
Bill C
Bruce R
Charles E
Charlie B
Charlotte B
Chris B
Chris Br
Chris F
Chris R
Claudine C
Clive B
Clive P
Craig A
Dan B
Dan Wa
Dan Wi
Danny R
David H
David R
David W
Davy S
Des O'D
Duncan P
Eddie C
Edmar G
Ekene A
Gary S
Geraldine M
Glen J
Gordon P
Grace W
Graham H
Grahame D
Greg C
User S
Holly McL
Howard K
Iain Ap
Ian McS
Ian S
Inga P?
Ingrid B
Jacob W
James G
Jenny M
Jo T
John E
John Gr
John S
Jon B
Jonathan L
Julian N
User10571 B
Katie S
Katherine P
Keith T]
Khalil S
Kim W
Li D-N
Louise L
Lucy B-P
Luke C
Maggie L
Marilyn B
Mark Co
Mark G
Mark H
Mark T
Martin F
Martin T
Martin W
Matthew S
Megan F
Michael A
Michael L
Mick D
Mike W
Monika S
Neil G
Nigel Cro
Noel C
Owen C
Padraig H
Pamela C
Paul C
Paul Cl
Paul Ka
Paul R
Paul U
Pawan N
Peter B
Rahal G
Rebecca E
Rebecca O-B
Rebecca T
Rhoda H
Rich P
Rob H
Roger W
Ross C
Rupert McL
Sam W
Simon A
Sonia W
Stephen W
Steve D
Steve R
Steven C
Stuart A
Stuart P
Sue L
Susie F
Suzannah D
Tanya G
Teresa P
Thom F
Tim H
Tim O
Titus H
Toby C
Tom B
Tom R
Wim van R
Xi C

 

[arallsopp]

it might have 24" wheels, one very small gear, and a useless saddle...

Wastrel! Don't know what you're making a fuss about. I've done this ride and many others on a bike which definitely has 24" wheels, many small gears, and no saddle at all. Kids today, honestly...

(If it does turn out to have 20" wheels and you don't fancy the racers, I can always lend you a disc braked, marathon plus, dyno hubbed front. Nothing like a bit of rotational weight to help speed you along).

 

[redjedi]

So with all this talk of holding people up, or being too slow, I feel like it's time to 'fess up about the bike I'm riding for this ride...

it might have 24" wheels, one very small gear, and a useless saddle... and will look something like this

yes 65 miles on a BMX, am I mad? possibly

So, why am I putting myself through this ordeal?

In the first two weeks of July I'm going out to Romania to volunteer for a charity based there called Networks with a group of students from my church, and we've decided to do lots of fund raising to help bring the cost down. I went out to Romania last summer and we helped with the construction work for a school and community centre in one of the poorest communities living on the outskirts of Arad, but they still need a lot more help!

Thanks for taking the time to read this and if it seems like a worthy cause to you everyone on the team going out and I would be so greatful if you could make a donation to our cause, either by giving your donation directly to me or by visiting our fund raising page at...

http://www.charitygiving.c o.uk/romania2011

and for more information on the Networks charity...

http://www.networks.org.ro /

Nice one Andy.

Will you be joining the ride back as well?