GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Me giving you a piggy back would be faster.2636793 said:
Next year................
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Steve Jones
Active Member
Uhmm - whilst some might think that I fit their male market segment, I have to say that I seem to be overwhelmingly kitted out by stuff from sportsdirect.com, whose multi-media marketing appears to be confined to using royalty-free non-PRS in-store music tracks performed by failed karaoke caterwaulers. When I commented on this to one of their exploited shop staff, he said what I was hearing was among the better. So, it appears, that to be part of the Rapha target market, have to have both taste and show no miserly attributes, so I suspect I fail. Pretty as the video was, my wallet remains unmoved, even if my parsimonious ways leads me to extended periods of discomfort...
thom
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- Location
- The Borough
Regent's Park - not laps.
Start at either York bridge lights, the SE corner of the outer Circle or somewhere in between.
Anticlockwise.
Hang a left onto Chester Road, left and do a clockwise loop of the inner circle.
Back on Chester Road, left onto Outer Circle again, wang it up the rise and before the lights and the junction out to Camden Town either
1) stop
2) do a U-turn and crank it up to 11 on the way back towards & past Chester Road, where you stop & keel over !.
I reckon that's about 3 miles. No traffic lights, quiet roads at night - care needed if doing a U-turn regarding traffic, otherwise, how could the CTC fail to provide insurance for that !?
Start at either York bridge lights, the SE corner of the outer Circle or somewhere in between.
Anticlockwise.
Hang a left onto Chester Road, left and do a clockwise loop of the inner circle.
Back on Chester Road, left onto Outer Circle again, wang it up the rise and before the lights and the junction out to Camden Town either
1) stop
2) do a U-turn and crank it up to 11 on the way back towards & past Chester Road, where you stop & keel over !.
I reckon that's about 3 miles. No traffic lights, quiet roads at night - care needed if doing a U-turn regarding traffic, otherwise, how could the CTC fail to provide insurance for that !?
The Regents Park Outer Circle (one lap of) was number 2 on my list,. I'd thought of doing a counterclockwise lap. But, correct me if I'm wrong, I think the gates are closed at ten.
I'll be talking through the insurance thing with the estimable Rob F at CTC Towers next Wednesday.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Didn't really work out. Stains everywhere.
thom
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- Location
- The Borough
http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/...-regents-park/opening-times-and-getting-there
They close midnight to 7am, except for residential access...
The irritating thing with laps of R park are the 5 sets of traffic lights, which is why i suggested that route with loop etc. partly as from a viewing point, you see both out & back.
What about using the stretch of tarmac in Hyde Park north of the Serpentine ? start at the SE end for example, wang it along to the car-park bit just before the bridge - do a u-turn and back to the starting point ?
you're never, ever going to work it out.So 5 pages in and its just a ride around Regents Park in the dark?!
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
So to summarise where we are, basically a 50-something athletic married man is seeking a new outlet for his night time activities, preferably doing something with young people...........!!!!!!
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I think I worked that out a while ago. I'll keep trying though.
I've worked it out pretty much down to the last detail. I need some money and I need some time. That's it.
I trust that is young at heart?
