Badgers Reloaded

nice quick edit there

Just because I forgot you

Do you think I have time to read all your posts?

I think you make time to <3

Happy to meet y'all in Walthamstow, I'll be riding out from Hoxton anyway (Lea Bridge Road, yay).

which pub

If only! Haven't been on a bike since I left London, sad times!

All those not attending - please pm me your addresses so I can send out your notices

This sounds much better. Can you create a thread for it?

:D

Will continue a list, purely for the hilarity of seeing how often it gets broken, and how many people drop out

1-BN
2-PhilDAS
3-Howard
4-Tvh
5-platypus
6-Whatok
7-Dogs
8-CH
9-CC
10-Hippy
11-Gio?
12-vilms5000
13-Thrasher
14-returnofthestaff
15-spotter
16-Ramsaye?
17-Maj
18-Booga?

Registering a non specific, highly tenable interest in this. Doing a badgers ride is on my life bucket list and, as yet, it has not been ticked...

I'll be travelling down with Tom that morning, so you're obviously welcome to join :-)

The list, pls

Cheers. Let me know what train you go for when you sort it.

1-BN
2-PhilDAS
3-Howard
4-Tvh
5-platypus
6-Whatok
7-Dogs
8-CH
9-CC
10-Hippy
11-Gio?
12-vilms5000
13-Thrasher
14-returnofthestaff
15-spotter
16-Ramsaye?
17-Maj
18-Booga?
19-jdp??

Invites also sent out to far away badgers, just because

oh wow mine got missed.

I'm coming back from centerparcs (!) otherwise i'd be well keen.

oh wow mine got missed

1-BN
2-PhilDAS
3-Howard
4-Tvh
5-platypus
6-Whatok
7-Dogs
8-CH
9-CC
10 - hippy
11-Gio?
12-vilms5000
13-Thrasher
14-returnofthestaff
15-spotter
16-Ramsaye?
17-Maj
18-Booga?
19-jdp??
20-hippy has friends?
21-RS?

Yeah saw it, and I’m devastated as I won’t be around on 9th.

Hoping for rescheduling

Might be a long commute for @psg1ben, the kind that can only be ridden single speed.

I had a look at the old rules and they still apply, so...

I don't ask much, but these are some guidelines that I'd like to set out:

Please try to sort your bike out before the ride. Don't decide that your brakes need bleeding while we're all standing about in the car park. Fettling is fine ( pumping up of tyres/forks/shocks ), but do your best to have a fully functioning bike when you arrive.

Try to carry the basics – Something to drink, some food, at least one spare inner tube & some patches. I will have a pump and basic tools with me, so those things are optional. I'd recommend wearing gloves, but helmet use is entirely up to you. I won't lead you into doing anything silly or dangerous, but you are responsible for your own well being out there.

Epping Forest is not a racetrack. If you want to race, go and enter a race. Obviously some element of competitiveness will rear it's head. This is fine, but please limit it to racing uphill, where you've less chance of hurting yourself or anybody else.

Please don't scare horses, run over dogs or generally endanger anyone else using the trail. It's not Whistler bike park. The trails are open and shared and sometimes busy, so don't act like a twat towards people out enjoying themselves for the day. LFGSS forum members are well known for their polite and deferential manner, so I know this won't be an issue.

There will be a mixed range of abilities on the rides. Several back markers or 'sweepers' will be required. This won't be a day long job and nobody likes to be stuck at the back, so people can take it in turns. As long as I know who's going to be the last rider through at each point. I really don't want to have to go looking for anyone. We'll stop to regroup at the top of any climbs, the bottom of descents and at any road crossing ( some of which can be a bit dodgy ).

If you're uncertain of your ability to ride an obstacle please tell me. There are no razor sharp rocks, or deep ravines to go crashing into, but even flying off into a small bombhole the wrong way could land you in hospital. It's advisable to give some vocal warning to the rider behind you, if anything dodgy is up ahead.

Please do take lots of photos. I want plenty of happy memories to look back on :-)

Tldr - Go back and read the rules

Have wanted to join a badgers ride for ages but unfortunately have a wedding that day (mine) and apparently can’t move it

Tl;dr tandem log jumps

Prepare yourself!

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This one feels more appropriate

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Head tube angle is very on trend.