it was ten o'clock this morning
FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Brighton 3rd August
- Thread starter dellzeqq
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Near enough....Over and down Devils Dyke, Handcross, Pease Pottage, Crawley, Gatwick, Redhill, Merstham and Croydon...A23 bike path is slow and full of glass and crap.
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
Ok cool, pref to avoid the bike path then! See you Friday.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
iirc correctly we pick up the A23 just south of Crawley don't we?
Be home by 1-2pm!!!
Be home by 1-2pm!!!
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
I was aiming for Noon 
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Happy to have you back in London by noon if that is your wish. I will just make sure there's magnums in my freezer.I was aiming for Noon
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
The cycle path alongside the A23 out of Brighton isn't bad and has the BIG advantage of avoiding Devil's Dyke. You then pick up our normal route at Pycombe. After Crawley I shall be heading over my usual cross country route (Copthorne, Lingfield, Edenbridge, then one of Hosey, Toys or Ide Hill depending on my legs, then Polhill and so on) rather than up the A23 via Croydon which can be busy on a Saturday morning.
Ant - I'm happy riding on main roads, but I wouldn't recommend the A23 from Brighton to Crawley. It's a very fast dual carriageway and quite nasty in places - especially Handcross Hill which will be lethal on a bike. We normally run parallel to it, to the west. And it's a cracking country route - apart from The Dyke that is.
Ant - I'm happy riding on main roads, but I wouldn't recommend the A23 from Brighton to Crawley. It's a very fast dual carriageway and quite nasty in places - especially Handcross Hill which will be lethal on a bike. We normally run parallel to it, to the west. And it's a cracking country route - apart from The Dyke that is.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Oh, and as for grumpiness. That's not usually a problem, unless someone's rear mech implodes. Which of course never happens on a ride back from Brighton ;-)
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
That's a relief as I think it's my 'turn' ....
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
I do believe it is. My rear hub was the last one.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
Which route might Team Slow take? Depending on my sleep deprivation situation after tonight and the route back to town I might still tag along - I could do with a long ride. But I've got to get to central London and northwestwards, so would either need to end at somewhere I can pick up a train, or be pointed in the right direction.
Good to hear. So we will be crawling to CrawleyTeam Slow member checking in!
