anothersam
SMIDSMe
- Location
- Far East Sussex
The basics
What: London to Hastings ride.
Where: A map of the route is here. It's ~82miles. Depending on circumstances of the day it may be shortened a bit – see the post following that one.
Meeting at the southwest corner of Somerset House, aka the northeast corner of Waterloo Bridge. Secondary meetup point in front of the dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park.
When: July 25th, a Saturday. Would like to depart 8am at Somerset House, 8.45~9.00 at the dinos, in which case best guess is we'd be rolling across the finish line at 6pm. Time of departure not yet confirmed though.
Why: The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind. Also: points of historical interest. Also: hills, if you like 'em.
Who: Sign up sheet updated regularly.
The above was appended to the following OP as a public service.
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I'd like to do another ride between London and Hastings.
I will admit to a very thin CV for organising rides; I've only done two. The first attracted 2 participants. As did the second. So that's a grand total of 4 people who have trusted me enough to follow me across the landscape. We all made it through alive and, I believe, reasonably happy, despite the hill tally (which may have contributed to the lack of uptake; people can get quite nervous when you casually mention lots of hills). If you follow the road.cc links above you'll get a good overview. Basically, lots of history and lovely scenery, pleasantly taxing at times rather than extended torture – I do it on a singlespeed, after all.
I may also be open to a triangle ride,
or a witch's hat
this one between Tunbridge Wells and the coast, or some portion thereof. I'm aware a lot of people aren't as gaga over London miles as I am.
This is extremely preliminary; so preliminary I'm not going to post any more pictures yet, and anybody who knows me knows how much I like pics. At this point let's just say sometime this summer. I simply want to see if anyone is interested – anytwo will also do – before I start putting serious thought into planning.
What: London to Hastings ride.
Where: A map of the route is here. It's ~82miles. Depending on circumstances of the day it may be shortened a bit – see the post following that one.
Meeting at the southwest corner of Somerset House, aka the northeast corner of Waterloo Bridge. Secondary meetup point in front of the dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park.
When: July 25th, a Saturday. Would like to depart 8am at Somerset House, 8.45~9.00 at the dinos, in which case best guess is we'd be rolling across the finish line at 6pm. Time of departure not yet confirmed though.
Why: The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind. Also: points of historical interest. Also: hills, if you like 'em.
Who: Sign up sheet updated regularly.
The above was appended to the following OP as a public service.
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I'd like to do another ride between London and Hastings.
I will admit to a very thin CV for organising rides; I've only done two. The first attracted 2 participants. As did the second. So that's a grand total of 4 people who have trusted me enough to follow me across the landscape. We all made it through alive and, I believe, reasonably happy, despite the hill tally (which may have contributed to the lack of uptake; people can get quite nervous when you casually mention lots of hills). If you follow the road.cc links above you'll get a good overview. Basically, lots of history and lovely scenery, pleasantly taxing at times rather than extended torture – I do it on a singlespeed, after all.
I may also be open to a triangle ride,
or a witch's hat
this one between Tunbridge Wells and the coast, or some portion thereof. I'm aware a lot of people aren't as gaga over London miles as I am.
This is extremely preliminary; so preliminary I'm not going to post any more pictures yet, and anybody who knows me knows how much I like pics. At this point let's just say sometime this summer. I simply want to see if anyone is interested – anytwo will also do – before I start putting serious thought into planning.
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