London Boroughs Spiral, Summer Edition

20th is a no
27th is a distinct possibility

I'd totally forgotten that it's the big march on Saturday. Not that the march is likely to make any difference, but I'm really torn between going there (currently winning) and doing the ride. I suppose I could do part of the spiral and ride to Queen Victoria Street for 12pm, but I want to do the spiral whole when I do it and not leave it.

20th is a no
27th is a distinct possibility

It's a bit too late to change the date now I think

Don't worry about me, I'll definitely do it sometime, ideally still this summer.

At the time the date was set, I didn't expect to be able to ride at all, but everything went better than expected. :)

Wahh, okay have fun..last year was a blast

Weather looks as though its going to hold as well.

Apparently I have guests this weekend. Might still be able to ride a portion of it, will post back once I know.

Apparently I have guests this weekend. Might still be able to ride a portion of it

"I'm just popping out to the shop" :)

My phone number is unchanged from last time, and it's in the phone numbers thread if you don't still have it.

That was the kind of thing I was planning to do. I have added my new number there so please update yours. I'm thinking I might meet you at the first stop. That is easy for me to get to, what time do you reckon you will reach there?

My number is unchanged, just scroll up.

If we took the same amount of time as the first ride, we'd get there at 0940, so probably some time before that with it being a much smaller group. I can text you a better ETA when we're a few ks into the ride and we know our average speed if you like - how long will it take you to get there from home ?

Doh - I meant 'please update my number if you had my old one'. About 45mins at a relaxed pace. The roads should be quiet at that time.

OK then, I'll drop you a text at least an hour before we get there.

Um, that is starting to look like a lot of rain..

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Yup, looking like a soggy afternoon now. At least it will be warm with little or no wind.

My apologies, I've decided to go on the march today. Hope you have an awesome ride. I hope to do the Spiral sometime soon!

see you in a bit.

I'm at the start

Moving off now

50 cups of coffee and you know it's on:

https://www.strava.com/activities/329421500

I enjoyed that ride a lot, thanks Magnus for giving me a deadline so that I had to get around to organising one, otherwise it might have been years. Things I foolishly skipped on the first ride: Ice-cream, check. KFC, check. The little bit of rain we got was annoying, @fasih's drivetrain exploding was bad, but the day was mostly excellent.

I was brought down to earth sharply this morning though when I read of a rider killed in Harrow on Sunday, after we'd passed within 500m of the scene the day before.

Glad to hear you guys got around ok. I managed to get home fine after trashing my
front derailer. Its a shame there was such a small turnout. Happy to let you guys get on with it, not been riding much of late would have just slowed you down eventually.