England : London The Italian Job - 100km from Finsbury Park to Little Chalfont

[ShannonBall]

On 12 June 2016, Islington Cycling Club will stage a 107km (67 miles) audax ride that starts and finishes in Finsbury Park. This ride is called The Italian Job, and it will have an Italian theme: café, food, style. The cost event £6 to £9 to enter.

This is on the morning of the Finsbury Park Festival of Cycling, so riders return to the start point in the park, where a serious cycling party is in full swing. The club can run a stall/control point at the finish.

08:30 start – all riders away before 09:00. Earliest return would be 12:04 for the fastest riders, ie when the set up is over. Cut off for last finishers is 15:38, ie with the festival still in full swing. Peak time for finishers would be 13:00-14:00, ie good for lunch.

Look Mum No Hands! will run a pop up café all day from 07:30 for riders to fuel up and stay all day for the festival.

You are encouraged to show some Italian style in some respect.

This is now open for entries on the Audax UK website: http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/16-88/

 

[ianrauk]

In the diary Shannon

 

[ShannonBall]

Great, Ian.

 

[Mark Grant]

Sounds good, I'll drag Gail along too.

 

[Dogtrousers]

You are encouraged to show some Italian style in some respect.

And if we don't show some respect, will Don @ShannonBall see to it that we sleep with the fishes?

 

[ShannonBall]

Indeed. Respect is very important. Death by biscotti!

 

[steveindenmark]

We would like that.

 

[ShannonBall]

Nice bike. Where are the pedals?

 

[martint235]

I need to start sorting my entries out for these things. In the diary though.

 

[outlash]

Looks good .

 

[martint235]

I need to start sorting my entries out for these things. In the diary though.

Right. Got my act together and entered this.

 

[ianrauk]

Signed up too.

 

[ShannonBall]

Still penty of places left for this!

Enter at http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/16-88/

 

[Mark Grant]

If we were to do this on a tandem is parking available nearby? I don't think Gail would fancy the ride to Finsbury & back as well as the ride itself.

 

[Blue Hills]

You are encouraged to show some Italian style in some respect.

Saw Breaking Away eventually the other day. Hopefully no one will be inspired to copy Team Cinzano.

May not do audax, may get the festival of cycling in one of my old haunts.

edit - here you are folks - enjoy, or maybe not

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