FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast Brighton July 15th 2011

[Wobblers]

Some riders are rendered helpless after attending the post-ride debrief, Arnold. Positives and negatives are brought to the fore and discussed around the table. As a serious cyclist yourself, you will know how important it is for rehydration to take place, particularly in the elderly riders. Overemphasis can, however, lead to temporary disorientation, in which case, a quiet rest on a train provides the perfect interlude...

...buying tickets is a more important custom in England - like stamp collecting, I suppose.

Surely you mean "tired and emotional", 'Teef?

 

[Aperitif]

I show no emotion, particularly when tired.

 

[Christophe]

Hi Simon,
Please add my name for this ride as well.
Thanks

 

[mcshroom]

I'm not sure it's open yet Christophe

(although if it is can I add my name too )

 

[frank9755]

Just in case anyone was interested.

Does it start early enough...?

 

[Christophe]

I'm not sure it's open yet Christophe

(although if it is can I add my name too )

It's OKAY!
I shall be BACK on WEDNESDAY!!... Raaar...





(btw, total failure of getting anything booked with Southern before yesterday's deadline, their website was runningly shockingly sloooww).

 

[slowmotion]

That depends on what you mean by early enough. If you mean so that one can avoid wasting one's life on yellow beer of lowly standard, I doubt it.

Are you re-writing history? As I recall, last time in Brighton, there were many refugees from the hideous "brown stuff" who were clamouring to reach the Promised Land of Yellow Beer.

 

[slowmotion]

* other opinions are available.

You are too reasonable. I suspect that I am expected to challenge you to a WifeBeater-fuelled brawl.

 

[dellzeqq]

while we're waiting for the thread proper to start up, perhaps it's time to reflect on this

http://www.addiscombe.org/club-run/ In 2007, our clubrun became the largest in the UK, with 122 riders!

who's going to tell them?

 

[srw]

I was one of them. It was a lesser of two evils though. Yellow beer has a narrower range than brown. Its bottom end is a bit above the worst brown but its top end falls short of the best brown.*

There is, of course, an alternative - black beer is, for some, palatable, and has a very narrow range.

And if you're in North-Eastern France or Belgium, biere blanche is often a very acceptable alternative to biere blonde - and if you're lucky biere brune is also available.

 

[Aperitif]

Whose cider you on?

 

[dellzeqq]

it's not the beer, it's the company. I can honestly say that the 'brown beer' tasted as good as any - and far better than most. And it was your happy smiling faces that made it taste so good.

 

[Andrij]

Just in case anyone was interested.

Participating in the above would make participation in and completion of the DunRun a tad difficult...

 

[dellzeqq]

tickets arrived in the post with bike reservations!

 

[dellzeqq]

I now declare this ride open for registrations. Sadly, Susie will miss this one!

Christophe P
Marcus C
Tim H
Anne H
Frank P
Adrian C
Stuart G
John E
Andrij B
Jenny M
Martin F
Luke C (I'll add friends as they pitch up with the dosh)
Dan B