2007-05-27 - Let's ride to Southend and then out into the sea

gutted i missed it, even if it was pissing down

im glad that i did as well, woke up had my breakfast was ready to back to bed when Roberto said fuck the rain and lets go...so we did!! nice ride

mareeoh a few photos from today
mareeoh`s flickr

Damn, you're quick with the pics! :)

I found Old St. and made it back alive. Been eating since. Almost bonked again coming home - what was that hill(S) called?

Top notch effort those of you who made it out in that rain. Twas very good fun! Bit different to the normal club runs :)

I was so happy, I even washed my bike.. poor thing. :)

I think I'm cursed though.. just went out for more food and it went from no rain to pissing down.. again! :P

Hope the rest of you softies enjoyed your lie-ins! The eight of us expect showerings of praise.. and beer.. and driveline components..

Booya!

Well, at least we beat the weather that is now outside.

As someone said this morning, some dude with a big beard is out there building a boat to put animals in.

mareeoh Slamm, can you please send me the photos in the original size???
gutosm84@hotmail.com email or msn ...

Me too please??? firsthippy A T gmail D O T com

we had enough rain today, I wont go outside home today...no way!! a friend said that is going for a ride now, to the pub...no no, i had too much of this rain

velocity boy Well, at least we beat the weather that is now outside.
As someone said this morning, some dude with a big beard is out there building a boat to put animals in.

T'was me. I think I saw that bearded cnut outside Oxford Circus..

With your stats, that makes my day 105k. Not too shabby considering the crap we rode through.

32mph down that hill going after Roberto.. what rpm is that with a 44/17 I wonder? Almost ditched it at the end - don't try to skid going that fast peeps! :S

im proud of you guys,im well up for the next one,aslong as it aint on sunday(polo)!!

chapeau to all who braved t'rain today - i was sodden enough doing Richond Park so fair dues...

hippy 32mph down that hill going after Roberto.. what rpm is that with a 44/17 I wonder? Almost ditched it at the end - don't try to skid going that fast peeps! :S

Some bad math in my head leads me to believe it's in the 150rpm to 160rpm range.

Did notice you wobble and jump around at the end, thought you were just showing off ;)

Yeah well done guys!

velocity boy [quote]hippy 32mph down that hill going after Roberto.. what rpm is that with a 44/17 I wonder? Almost ditched it at the end - don't try to skid going that fast peeps! :S

Some bad math in my head leads me to believe it's in the 150rpm to 160rpm range.
Did notice you wobble and jump around at the end, thought you were just showing off ;)[/quote]

Trying.. just didn't quite have feet in right location. Hard to time it at that rpm.

I can't believe I'm still eating and drinking. Didn't make the pub in the end - gf has baby nephew over we are taking care of him. Offered the little git a beer but he said something about 'only the finest single malt for me'..

Ride was wicked, seriously. I still can't believe we made it - about myself, i nearly went back to bed this morning after check out the weather!

Smaller group, less stops, riding faster, 3 punctures, 1 mini-accident, a very few pictures, shitty weather... but i am sure we're all ready to do it again! ;)

no no no, 4 punctures, I was the king of the puncture had 2, david had 1 and i think ben had 1 too...

nice photos ;)

Yeah, puncture at the end when we had to wait in the cage at the traffic lights whilst it was fixed.

Oh, and the reason I'm standing like a prat in the photos (me in pink cap) is that I was absolutely sodden. So I was trying to stand in such a way that my limbs wouldn't touch each other or my torso! Heh, fecking crap waterproof gear.

david, did ride with gears???

Ahhh, just had a really good sleep!

Slamm, I know you are getting a lot of requests for this, can I get the high-res version of that photo too please? ben.broomfield@gmail.com cheers.

Lots of gears. As many as I could carry.

I still don't have my new wheels, so I'm still single-speed. I wanted the extra brake, and with the Etape and Dunwich Dynamo coming up I want to get used to my road bike again (for distance anyway).

I bought along Bike Porn.

Hippy and photoben, the photo's winging it's way to you now.

Trust me to be the only one with his eyes shut!

slamm here's the riders at the final destination…
L-R: Hippy, photoben, Brett, velocity boy, slamm, mareeoh, Roberto & mdja(?)

Roberto, noticed you snapping a few times. Where's ya pics at? :-)

Yep, that's me on the right! Nice to meet you all!

Well, yeah, great ride - despite the rain that was a whole lot of fun. I particularly liked riding blind down the A13 (I had to abandon glasses) and our exploration of the darker side of Essex. I was going to clean my bike but I got home just in time to eat loads of pasta and go straight back out, didn't make it home till 3am so probably no bike cleaning today either.

Next time we should make it onto the pier, and stop at the Circus Tavern on the way past Thurrock (don't know if anyone else noticed it as we passed) for the Cage Fighting :)

Yeah, cage fighting is a definite! :D

I like mdja's custom foot-rest.. even if I'm not mad enough to detach my feet from pedals. You too photoben! :P

Thought I'd bikely the route... A couple of bits of guesswork at beginning (I was too wet to see where we went) and end (not sure where we took a right to the seafront). Bikely claims it's 43 miles, and you can see the 'fun' hill in the El. profile.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/London-to-Southend-on-Sea