January ride for fish n chips

[HaloJ]

• Fly - unless the duvet wins
• Flying Dodo
• Frank
• HaloJ
• User10571 - may join ride
• Ianrauk - Joining at Aldgate
• User3143
• Lukesdad - may meet us for lunch
• Mark Grant
• Martin235
• Martok
• Origamist
• rb58
• Red Jedi - if not working
• SteveVW - Moorgate station with 2 others and a possible extra one if he thinks he can keep the average speed up
• topcat1
• zigzag

Changes

• Andrij - out due to some shoot stealing his bike
• Davywalnuts - resting injured knee
• GBS - is now out to recoup some more

Potential return leggers

• HaloJ
• Ianrauk
• Martin235
• Martok
• rb58
• Red Jedi
• topcat1

 

[frank9755]

I was planning on doing a return too.


In any case, there's not much point in me getting the train to Stratford as it still leaves me 15+ miles short of home!

Was chatting to a cycling friend last night and he said that Maldon was his very first cycling trip, to the youth hostel when he was 14. I said I thought it was a good trip for a 14 year old and he confessed that he and his friend got a lift part of the way in the back of a van!

 

[redjedi]

I'm sure Rimas (zigzag) won't mind if I put his name forward for the return leg. I think he should be able to manage it

What's the plan for the return leg? Are we back tracking the way we go out or doing a more direct route make to the smoke?

 

[lukesdad]

My route over looks pretty complex, hope I don t get lost. There s just too many roads round here........Oh why cant it be like home ? One road everywhere,sigh

 

[martint235]

I'm sure Rimas (zigzag) won't mind if I put his name forward for the return leg. I think he should be able to manage it

What's the plan for the return leg? Are we back tracking the way we go out or doing a more direct route make to the smoke?

Is there a gpx file of the route (and back)? I'll be bailing at a convenient point to get the Woolwich ferry on the way back.

Cheers for organising this Abs, I'm really looking forward to it. Weather is still looking good, Monday is booked off work for resting, Woohoo! Just got to remember to install Facebook for Windows before I leave on Sunday.....

 

[redjedi]

This was the last one Abs put up on Mapmyride

I assume it's still the same apart from an extra bit in Maldon to get around to Haybridge Basin.

 

[ianrauk]

Is there still fish and chips to be had in Maldon?

 

[HaloJ]

The MapMyRide route is bonkers and goes the wrong way up one way streets, I presume riding on the pavements. I've recreated it using bikeroutetoaster for the outbound and I'm working on the two return choices. One swinging more Southwards to accommodate those wanting to go south of the river and the other following a similar route to the outbound.

Please excuse my tardiness with getting the return route complete I've had a relatively bad week.

Abs

 

[redjedi]

Have you tried ridewithgps.com. Very good for plotting routes.

 

[HaloJ]

Have you tried ridewithgps.com. Very good for plotting routes.

Not yet actually. Only used it for post ride analysis.

How many of the return leggers want the ferry? I'm thinking of using Dellzeq's route for the return leg as it's on roads that are better lit than the country lanes of the outbound route.

 

[ianrauk]

Ferry would be good for me & User10571.

Last trip across the river is 7.30pm

 

[martint235]

Ferry would be good for me & User10571.

Last trip across the river is 7.30pm

I'm hoping to be back long before that!!!

 

[stevevw]

[QUOTE 1280452"]
I'll be riding back, after all what I signed up for was a ton with some fish n chips for me lunch.

But I won't be catching the ferry, instead I'll be getting the train from Kings Cross
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Lee you are welcome to ride back with the Herts boys. As long as you believe the way I will be going is the correct way

http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=199001

Oh and I may let you draft me this time.

 

[HaloJ]

Lee you are welcome to ride back with the Herts boys. As long as you believe the way I will be going is the correct way

http://www.bikeroute...x?course=199001

Oh and I may let you draft me this time.

That's actually a good way for me and Martok to get home as we'd only have to duck down the B158 and down the A1000.

 

[stevevw]

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Edit: Looking at the route and it's not bad at all. I could carry on going to WGC and then jump on the Wheathampstead Road to Luton. I'll make a decision in Maldon.
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Lee I can give you a nice fairly direct route to the lower luton road on some quiet lanes saves going through WGC too.

http://www.bikeroute...x?course=202149