England : London Sunday London ride

[ianrauk]

Long Martin has a favourite team? How come he has never mentioned this?

He's too embarrassed to say..

 

[martint235]

Long Martin has a favourite team? How come he has never mentioned this?

I don't believe I've ever hidden it. Still the most successful English team in Europe.

Unfortunately we've technically had to drop the claim to being the most successful English football team due to some people in Manchester.

 

[Mista Preston]

"right said Fred let's have a cup of tea then"

sunday? anyone?

Meeting Ross at a ridiculous hour to go get some breakfast in Yalding.....gonna be a 50 ish miler but will be early

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

If anybody's looking for a ride destination for tomorrow, I've just discovered that there's a Herne Hill Revival day going on at the velodrome, 12:00am until 4:00pm, free and lots going on...

Preliminary Program as follows.
Track opens at 12.00 noon for warm up sessions and then Racing will start at 12.30 with the following events:

• Grand Old Ordinary One Mile Challenge (for original ordinaries only)
• Tandems – Sprint and longer race.
• Roadster race – steel mudguards, upright handlebars, no derailleur
  gears, etc. To be ridden in jacket & tie. Time bonuses to be awarded for
  appropriate dress and imaginative interpretation of dress code.
• Early pneumatic/Pre WW1 race.
• Devil take the hindmost (heats & final).
• Sprint race for classic bicycles.
• Open Frame race – for drop top-tube cycles (i.e. ladies cycles). Race
  open to ladies and gents on this type of cycle.
• Slow Bicycle race – A non speed event that any ability can participate
  in. No fixies or trikes.
• Longer race for classic race bikes – 20 or 30
  laps – steel frames only. (Definitely no carbon or other fancy
  new-fangled materials!
• Solid tyre all comers race – high bicycles of any age, solid-tyred
  safeties, etc
• Children’s race if enough present.
• All comers race – anything goes.
• Grand Parade at end of races.

Track closes at 4.00pm sharp.

I'm kicking myself for allowing myself to get dragged into a family birthday meal tomorrow afternoon because it looks like it's going to be great fun.

EDIT: Oops, I forgot to include this link

 

[Aperitif]

My 'frame' might fit one or two categories, Chris, but alas my bikes, no. Have a lovely time.
I might do 10 laps of Hyde Park as fast and as slow as possible, in case I lose count. Might doss around as well, inbetween times. What doth the weather hold?

 

[Andrij]

If I feel like heading out in the morning, I may opt for laps of Regents Park: 18km warm-up to get there, around in circles until I get dizzy, then another 18km cool-down back home. I'll be the one on a comedy bike.

Hmmm... Just getting there and back is further than I usually do on my commute. Victoria Park is much closer, has no cars, but is too small for laps. Before Richmond Park is suggested, don't recall the distance but best time I've managed between home and RP is 1.5 hours.

 

[Aperitif]

The Honest Sausage is the topcat eatery of choice.

 

[ceepeebee]

I can't make up my mind which way to go tomorrow either, I have a morning pass but hills are appealing less than usual (and that's not much)

 

[User10571]

The Honest Sausage is the topcat eatery of choice.

Isn't that in Greenwich park?

 

[ceepeebee]

there's one just round the corner from the zoo in Regents park iirc

 

[Aperitif]

Isn't that in Greenwich park?

Maybe. It's a bit furter away from the one in Regents Park.

A chain of sausages, honest.

 

[martint235]

Right, ready to set off for the Dartford Crossing followed by the joys of Essex!

 

[Aperitif]

Whizz up the A12 and you gain a second dan, black belt in 'Mouse-ke-teer-doh' Just mind the expansion joints and traffic approaching your left @ 55 - 60 mph. You may se remnants of User's shorts on the hard shoulder too...good luck, say 'Hi' to Helen.

 

[Mista Preston]

Right, ready to set off for the Dartford Crossing followed by the joys of Essex!

have a good ride Mart.

Today's cycling plans have been dashed for me due to the wife and both kids throwing up everywhere !

 

[Aperitif]

have a good ride Mart.

Today's cycling plans have been dashed for me due to the wife and both kids throwing up everywhere !

You really must stop wearing that lycra around the house, Clive!
Sorry to hear this and a collective GWS to them.