October Ride for Food-22nd Oct-Rye & Back
- Thread starter martint235
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funnymummy
A Dizzy M.A.B.I.L
- Location
- Lancing West Sussex
I just voted no in the poll, then realised that it meant £11 a head, sorry my brain calculates everyhting I buy in 3's, so £11 for 3 fish suppers is ok LOL!
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Had you been drinking when you wrote this????
Mark Grant
Acting Captain of The St Annes Jombulance.
- Location
- Hanworth, Middx.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Ok ignore Ian's rambling.
The ride is back on and it will take place on 22nd October. The start will be 8am at Bromley South station.
To prove I do listen to people, the new route is 123 miles long, a bit shorter than the original but don't worry there are still hills.
To prove I'm still a stubborn so and so and don't always listen to people, the lunch stop will still be at the Ypres Castle pub cos I like it and its fish and chips are easily worth £11!!!
This ride has to be described as challenging. It is do-able though and I'm not expecting to do it at pace but I'd like to be home around 7 - 8pm at the latest. Flat out I reckon I can do 123 miles in about 7 hours, so this leaves 5 hours for the inevitable faffing about etc.
Bring lights, you will need them before we get home.
The ride is back on and it will take place on 22nd October. The start will be 8am at Bromley South station.
To prove I do listen to people, the new route is 123 miles long, a bit shorter than the original but don't worry there are still hills.
To prove I'm still a stubborn so and so and don't always listen to people, the lunch stop will still be at the Ypres Castle pub cos I like it and its fish and chips are easily worth £11!!!
This ride has to be described as challenging. It is do-able though and I'm not expecting to do it at pace but I'd like to be home around 7 - 8pm at the latest. Flat out I reckon I can do 123 miles in about 7 hours, so this leaves 5 hours for the inevitable faffing about etc.
Bring lights, you will need them before we get home.
Doh! sorry.. trying to control 18mo and type stuff at same time.
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Your ride is destined to be a 'Classic' BigMart. I therefore suggest that the preface to the story of your ride starts at HPC. Have any other 'Rides for Food' started from elsewhere?
jsl
(Don't worry, I won't bug you - I'll be in Brum!)
jsl
(Don't worry, I won't bug you - I'll be in Brum!)
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
There were concerns around the distance. It was originally going to start at London Bridge.
Rides for food starts do vary, Liverpool Street etc, but none have started as far out as Bromley. Shame you can't make it, I think you'd enjoy it. Bit like the 'Teef variation but longer
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Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
For sure I wanted to - yesterday also, but 'nose to the grindstone'. (But I would have tried to make the FNRttC in any case...it was in my mind to do a 250...) and then I would be eyeing up my time in Swansea with the Wheelrights. Anyone with a spare day or two - get on down, the Gower is a super place! There's probably a website somewhere, or on another thread by Claudine? - I know it was a clash with the Northern FNR.
Wheelrights here.
Wheelrights here.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Interested, again...train fare to Bromley South would be over £21 (!), but I can save myself over a tenner by going to East Croydon, a mere six miles to ride. Thinking I'd head west from Rye, probably get the train back from Eastbourne.
And it's an easy route from croydon to bromley..I will send you a map of the best route
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Thanks. Local knowledge is always handy!
Guys I've got to duck out of this one. I don't think I'm capable of riding 163 miles with 7000ft+ of climbing at an average of 14mph never mind Martin's suggestion of doing the 123 mile of the route in 7 hours (which would require an average of 17mph.)
Even at 14mph I believe the ride will take 8 1/2 hours. Factor in 2 hours for stops and another 1 hour for traffic, regrouping and mechanicals and that's 11 1/2 hours. Add to that my 40 mile to and from the start at 14mph makes at least another 2 1/2 hours. I just don't think I've got the legs for it and I've most certainly not got the funds to catch a train if I fail, sorry.
Abs
Even at 14mph I believe the ride will take 8 1/2 hours. Factor in 2 hours for stops and another 1 hour for traffic, regrouping and mechanicals and that's 11 1/2 hours. Add to that my 40 mile to and from the start at 14mph makes at least another 2 1/2 hours. I just don't think I've got the legs for it and I've most certainly not got the funds to catch a train if I fail, sorry.
Abs
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
It'll be a shame not to have you along Abs!! You can do it!!!
The 7 hours was just a guide to how I'd come up with 12 hours for the total, I've no intention of attempting to do it in 7 for this ride. It's a case of we get home when we get home.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
It'll be a shame not to have you along Abs!! You can do it!!!
The 7 hours was just a guide to how I'd come up with 12 hours for the total, I've no intention of attempting to do it in 7 for this ride. It's a case of we get home when we get home.
+1. On August Bank Holiday Monday I did 163 miles, with over 7500 ft of climbing, at a rolling average of 12.9. A bit more rolling than the terrain for this one, but still lumpy. If I can do that, you're more than capable of this one.
