The Fridays Tour

[iLB]

what day are you leaving LE ?

 

[rb58]

Monday 11th. Mid morning I expect.

 

[User10571]

This will be my first trip staying in B&Bs with a bike and one thing that is on my mind is bike security overnight. I have a flimsy and small cafe lock, and a much more substantial (aka heavy) proper lock. For LON-JOG I shall be taking the 'proper' lock as that can go in the luggage, but for LE-LON I shall be carrying everything on the bike so am less inclined to take it. But that will all depend on the overnight security. The places I'm staying at have all told me it'll be fine, but there are degrees of 'fine'. I know several of you have done this sort of thing before, so what's your experience?

Cheers
Ross

My experience? None.
But when Pippa did her (mostly) solo LEJoG 2 years ago I lent her my one of these:
http://www.parker-international.co.uk/20109/Kryptonite-Evolution-Mini-5-with-FlexFrame-Bracket.html
It is beefy enough to deter all except those 'going equipped' ( and frankly, no lock is going to deter them) - and I'm of the view you'll find few of them anywhere other than Hoxton, Clerkenwell and round the Elephant & Castle - and maybe Liverpool.

It's a tough little lock, especially when using Sheldon's locking method, yet small/light enough to be split into it's component parts and distributed between jersey pockets, without permanently distorting their shape.
It is my lock of choice when I'm on the move, and parking up for brief periods only around Londres.
G'luck with the ride BTW.

J

 

[martint235]

Not wanting to hijack this thread, I've created a new one for those only completing day 1 of LonJOG and would like to discuss getting back.

 

[iLB]

Monday 11th. Mid morning I expect.

Nice, could you take the sun with you and leave it down there for when we start on the 14th?

 

[ianmac62]

Holy Moly!

Is it too late for me to make my excuses for the first stage?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/31/radio-4-ulysses

DZ, I have the unabridged audiobook of Ulysses (read by Jim Norton) on my iPod. I'm bringing it with me anyway.

Had you stuck to the route through Northampton, on the morning of Bloomsday we would have cycled past Lucia Joyce's grave (James's daughter) which is in the cemetery at the bottom of my street. Each year there's a celebration at the graveside there with readings, drama and song. Here's Peter Mulligan of the Northampton Connolly Association at last year's Bloomsday:

 

[ianmac62]

England's last group game is on Tuesday, we'll be in Jedburgh so still the right side of the border to get coverage. After that they wouldn't play again until Saturday or Sunday if they got through the groups. Just hope they win the group and everyone will be home before the QF match (except me, I'll be in Thurso)

Jedburgh is quite a tourist town and welcoming of English visitors. That evening, however, the locals will be supporting plucky little Ukraine.

 

[rb58]

G'luck with the ride BTW.
J

Cheers User10571. Starting to look forward to it now, and checking the weather forecasts regularly!

 

[rb58]

Nice, could you take the sun with you and leave it down there for when we start on the 14th?

Will try. Sunshine and showers next week on the long range sites, a fraction warmer, but with a following wind. Afte this weekend's weather, I'll take that.

 

[Aperitif]

Jedburgh is quite a tourist town and welcoming of English visitors. That evening, however, the locals will be supporting plucky little Ukraine.

The Scotch are probably reading it as 'Ukrankie' ...may the best team win, for I care not. You superFridays will all be a-bed anyhow!

 

[mcshroom]

Jedburgh is quite a tourist town and welcoming of English visitors. That evening, however, the locals will be supporting plucky little Ukraine.

I thought it was just on the English side of the border, looks like I'm wrong.

 

[redflightuk]

the locals will be supporting plucky little Ukraine.[/quote.

So will i. i picked them in the works sweepstake

 

[ianmac62]

I know this is a little bit off topic. (Because any videos I do on LonJoG will be taken while I'm standing still.)
I've tried a low budget alternative to a helmet cam - a simple clamp with a screw to mount a small light camera. The clamp fits nicely onto a wide diameter tube and so I tried it on my Brompton.
So the other day I set off to shops and recorded the ride. It's here:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puKEFYChgnI

As you'll see, the little video is quite jumpy. (I've used YouTube's automated tool to reduce some of this.) So, I'd like some advice.
I've seen some videos on YouTube (of bike rides such as FNRttC rides) where the video is clearly on a sort of fast forward - a fifty mile ride in ten minutes, for example. (I think this would solve the jumpiness too.) Does anyone know how this is done?
Cheers,
Ian

 

[mcshroom]

I'd PM arallsopp and ask him. I think he does them by processing all the images and taking one every few seconds or something.

 

[ianrauk]

I'd PM arallsopp and ask him. I think he does them by processing all the images and taking one every few seconds or something.

He does, it's not a film rather then time lapse photography.