FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast York to Hull 9th September 2011

[StuartG]

Can you please remove me from the list I have to do some work on the outside of the house before winter gets here.

Alternatively you could try and get Del to re-route the ride to include a free 3am architectural deconstruction of your abode ... we would be lost without it ...

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Alternatively you could try and get Del to re-route the ride to include a free 3am architectural deconstruction of your abode ... we would be lost without it ...

I understand you guys have some sort of fetish about bungalows

 

[CharlieB]

Can you please remove me from the list I have to do some work on the outside of the house before winter gets here.

Priorities, Phil, priorities…

 

[Tigerbiten]

Sorry for the late entery, but can you add me to the ride.

I've been waiting for my cycling arm to come back from fixers before I entered because my spare arm is to short for long rides.
I find it hard to turn right with it on.

See you in York.

Ps: e-mail sent.

 

[Arch]

Sorry everyone, but after agonising, and putting off the decision for ages, I'm going to withdraw. I haven't ridden more than a very very leisurely 20 miles in one day since I bailed out of the ride to Tan Hill at 50 miles. For the nicest of reasons I just haven't done any long rides this summer, and my fitness is right down (thanks to changes at work, I don't even ride the Maximus so much). I fear I would be off the back all the time, and it's not fair to have people waiting.

Next year.... (we'll be millionaires, etc).

If there's any pre-ride imbibing, I might be tempted out.

 

[Arch]

That is a shame, are you sure?

Yes, I've thought about it long and hard. I was so fed up at not finishing Tan Hill, I don't want to be fed up all over again, and I'm painfully slow on the trike, I think I'd struggle to keep a decent pace, and I haven't ridden that sort of distance on an upright for a couple of years.

 

[CharlieB]

Yes, I've thought about it long and hard. I was so fed up at not finishing Tan Hill, I don't want to be fed up all over again, and I'm painfully slow on the trike, I think I'd struggle to keep a decent pace, and I haven't ridden that sort of distance on an upright for a couple of years.

Echoing Adrian, that is a shame - I was looking forward to meeting you, A.

 

[dellzeqq]

Will this be a serious lock ride or a low risk ride?
For comparison, Whitstable serious lock for both Andy's and outside The Waterfromt. Bognor low risk both at The Cabin and outside the cafe.

serious lock ride.....

 

[CharlieB]

…or Adrian, you could use the hack you rode to Southend in March…

 

[CharlieB]

Anyone from the York locality -
As I arrive in York at about 3:30, I've planned a wee 30m circular for the afternoon out to a Cawood hostelry I know, and back. The outward route uses the B1222. This looks a fast road - is it a reasonably safe one?

 

[growingvegetables]

This looks a fast road - is it a reasonably safe one?

Hopefully somebody more up-to-date will come along . Fwiw, I drove it 20 years ago; it was then a quiet, gentle, slow, pleasant, country road alternative to the nasty A19.

Hmmm, I rode it a month ago on a motorbike - looks like it may have since become a popular ride for Leeds bikers, some of whom obviously have had a problem with multitasking. Braking AND steering? Naaah, not enough brain cells to cope with both those - just judging by the number of accident hazard signs and their messages.

You're doing it on a Friday though - should be quiet? Something tells me Leeds bikers have ........ "other priorities" on a Friday

 

[craigwend]

Got new batteries for lights - apart from the really little one that I don't actually need for the 3rd rear LED - check

Joined CTC - check

Informed Simon I am going & finally joined CTC - check

Figured out how to get to York - well admin/shaun is ringing t-trains tomorrow to reccy (or plan b / c / d etc.) - check

chosen bike - weather-check http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/336 well perhaps nearer the day...

get some extra miles in - did a whole 12 miles at center parcs last week (over 5 days) - check

taken half day off work to try & fail to get some sleep - check

tranzlater pack fer nen lercals - check http://www.greengates.karoo.net/hull/speak.html


awaiting instructions - check...

 

[Shaun]

Figured out how to get to York - well admin/shaun is ringing t-trains tomorrow to reccy (or plan b / c / d etc.) - check

Rang Hull Trains today and there shouldn't be any problem taking the bikes (can't book the bikes on anyway, you just turn up and hope for the best - but at that time it'll likely be just us and the driver, so not an issue ... ):

Hull 20:35 - York 21:43 (15 mins. wait Selby) - 1h 08m - £18.50
Hull 20:56 - York 22:54 (50 mins. wait Doncaster) - 1h 58m - £25.00
Hull 21:33 - York 23:44 (25 mins. wait Leeds) - 2h 11m - £18.50

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[dellzeqq]

the last train would be cutting it a bit fine

 

[StuartG]

Good to know of the excellent if rather tardy rehydration arrangements t'other end. But what of York? (Jeez what play was that in?). I'm arriving @ 21:51 in desperate need of recarbohydrating. I got the Last Pizza in Cardiff (Jeez - who sang that?) and i wouldn't wanna miss out -Yo?