2008-10-15 - The Bridges V - East to West

Fcuk! 2 hours to go, and the list is still growing!

is there a webcam around city hall? would be fun to watch it live.

If I've understood it "drafting" means that a group rides in formation; the leaders break wind gently while the others ride in the pocket created.

The group saves between 30% - 60% of their energy and progressively faster speeds can be maintained as larger groups mean more wind is dispersed.

If I've got my calculations right then the last 12 people tonight will be doing no pedalling at all and going at speeds of up to 105 mph.

1. MA3K
   
2. Shinscar
   
3. gizmond
   
4. gabes
   
5. Slag
   
6. robin
   
7. Superprecise
   
8. Kirth
   
9. Mobidog
   
10. dancing james
    
11. Vinylvillain
    
12. livingasleep
    
13. PinkGottiMobbs
    
14. Jacqui - Doing as she is told!
    
15. Rik
    
16. Peej
    
17. Donut! (if I'm in the country)
    
18. wools
    
19. tika [i was cut]
    
20. rocksteady + 2 friends (1 ss & 1 geared)
    
21. hillbilly (I'll follow from where ever it starts, cause i swing the other way.)
    
22. jar
    
23. JOL
    
24. Last Caress. Ride ride ride!
    
25. Somebody
    
26. crabtree
    
27. fresh
    
28. Jesus
    
29. Ved
    
30. Dj
    
31. shootthebreeze
    
32. Crispin Glover
    
33. Simon J
    
34. pajamas
    
35. skullbags
    
36. Dropout
    
37. yeh731
    
38. Aleksi
    
39. horatio
    
40. lal
    
41. teddy
    
42. Sparky - 29th Nov would be a birthday ride!
    
43. Pilky - Sparky snap :) 29th would be a birthday ride also.
    
44. Fluff
    
45. Cornelius Blackestfoot (Should be back and riding albeit slowly by then)
    
46. tomasito - hopefully on the new bike, and depending upon date of ride.
    
47. MaxW
    
48. Will
    
49. Hipster
    
50. dandy horse
    
51. usukmetendoller
    
52. oh go on then - mashton
    
53. 31t®um - hopefully it's raining, and am gonna stay right in front of mashton
    
54. VeeVee
    
55. Jaygee
    
56. Caleb - I going to bring my little green house if it rains. And I glueing the chimney on proper this time.
    
57. texas
    
58. fib and friend
    
59. STe5
    
60. Spins
    
61. mmccarthy (first ride, first post here actually =P)
    
62. snowy_again - had too much fun at the last one not to do it again
    
63. ondine
    
64. P!MP
    
65. BlueQuinn
    
66. kisu_shimo (as long as I'm not in Germany! - fingers crossed)
    
67. Harry (another new kid)
    
68. Wibble (depending on whether or not I have rugby)
    
69. Stompy (he he - I got 69)
    
70. Gustav
    
71. Eyebrows
    
72. Ektachrome
    
73. pkmpirat
    
74. Joelounge....... missed out on the last one in for this!!!!
    
75. Punkpixel
    
76. George Sportif
    
77. Stix....(I might have been num 22 copy and paste confusion)
    
78. Sweaty
    
79. Gav
    
80. Sorethroat
    81 . Mackenzie
    
81. in.flucx (new to london (studying at UCL) looking forward to meeting everyone looks like a great ride)
    
82. Crankster
    
83. *domeier**
    
84. Build
    
85. Dicki
    
86. Smith (first ride ever !!)
    
87. Stringerman (two fat ladies)
    
88. alockett
    
89. Lucky7
    
90. chatters
    
91. Dr Crippen....you can all give me a hug
    
92. adoubletap
    94.anrias
    95.mdigy
    
93. Hobo
    97.Asseenonfixedwheelbicycle (plus some cambridge cunts)
    
94. andersb (a cambridge cunt)
    
95. Big Daddy Wayne
    
96. Broker (Where i collect prize?)
    
97. The friend (NOT 'friend') of Billingewill, aka Ed
    
98. Pistanator
    103.Snarble (aka member of the death snarble scratchy soundwave squad)
    104 Gralegav (is it 10am start?)
    
99. damo
    
100. Julio
     
101. Elguapo!
     
102. whatfriends +1 maybe 2
     
103. 50/14
     
104. Charco
     111.Spencerwells
     
105. Slaytanic1
     
106. Todd
     
107. benanza
     
108. Twist305 (got cut back at number 57 - Texas L2 cut and paste numpty)
     
109. taogeogheganhart +1 (maybe)
     
110. nosferatu +1
     
111. Vinylpimp
     
112. Playswellwithotters
     
113. Synthman
     
114. Jackie Chan
     
115. i am russell + guests
     
116. Cooch
     
117. Buddha Fingaz
     
118. Dante
     
119. Ajaxamillion
     
120. Stallionlegs
     
121. robotcommute + 3
     
122. GA2G
     
123. Gatorman (depending on whether I can get my ride in order - its whining at me big time)
     
124. JAH tim
     
125. mdx - (oldest bike and oldest rider!)
     
126. toast
     
127. (purple) Tom +1 hopefully
     
128. VelocityBoy
     
129. ladystardust
     
130. The Singing Pie (Norman's CC) aka Bald Dave of Dave and Bruno
     
131. Bruno (Norman'ss CC) of Bruno and Dave
     
132. Old Tom (Norman's CC)
     
133. Maybe Colnago Dave the Dude
     142.Fixedwheelnut
     143 My nieghbour Roman (Riding my other bike)
     
134. Sammy
     
135. rg37(rich)
     
136. BMMF (maybe, on utility hack fixed)
     
137. J-D-S-H
     
138. Cuppa T
     
139. furious tiles
     150.Slowbot
     
140. Oli (not on forum)
     
141. BigSteev
     
142. GrowUp
     

Vee Vee, this is most disappointing. Was looking forward to seeing you. You lazy ***** ***** ****** ** **** **** ****!
At least you get to see match of the Day

Speak soon

:-)

If I've understood it "drafting" means the leaders break wind gently while the others ride in the pocket created.
I bet that doesn't smell very pleasant after a couple of beers/kebabs.

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If I've understood it "drafting" means that a group rides in formation; the leaders break wind gently while the others ride in the pocket created.

The group saves between 30% - 60% of their energy and progressively faster speeds can be maintained as larger groups mean more wind is dispersed.

If I've got my calculations right then the last 12 people tonight will be doing no pedalling at all and going at speeds of up to 105 mph.

i should point out that 105mph in skinny jeans is dangerous.

That's why Pajamas will be at the front ;)

I'll be breaking enough wind for all the group etc.

A south/west crowd has started gathering at the Morpeth Arms on Millbank if anyone is interested.

have fun everyone, Im really bummed I cant participate this time, be safe! x

EPIC FAIL ALERT!

My fucking seat clamp bolt snapped at westminster bridge. surprisingly nobody had a spare seat clamp bolt with them...

was having a blast aswell

I bailed early due to generally not recovering from my run out this morning. Attempt at a century fail :(

On the other hand that was absofuckinglutely massive. Way over 100 heading towards 150 people out on road.

very disappointed that i missed this tonight.....let me know how it went when anyone gets back

Grrr, if i knew about this and had my wheel i would have came.

When's the next one?

Sounds rad!

i only caught it for about a mile or so near the strand on the way home -i was on a specialized allez, with a patchwork all over print hoodie on, saw some absolutely stunning bikes, it was like a convoy and looked pretty nuts. just felt a little out of place on my bike. . probably should have taken my flat mates lefty.

now even more disappointed sounds like it was a brilliant turn out.......is it over now or could i head down and catch the last few?

That was awesome.

Although I think we're the first back and at home due to two things:
1) We live at Kew Bridge
2) At Putney we got bored of waiting at every bridge for 15 minutes, and just zoomed off to Hammersmith, Barnes, Chiswick and home.

But it was a fantastic ride, some really great company, perfect weather... couldn't really ask for more.

And how many of us were there? No official count, but maybe 140?

My apologies if i seemed a bit spaced out when talking to anyone....i think the painkillers i took before the start were kicking in by the time i arrived....then washing them down with a beer probably wasn't wise.
Bailed early due to my dodgy back....but nice to meet some more new faces
:)

That was MASSIVE!! I'm so pissed that I had to bail. But it was awesome to see so many people on bikes just out having some fun.

Epic ride bright times.

i waited at vauxhall bridge untill 11pm but i saw no one :(
i was late to be fair, so i zoomed off to Kew by my tod..
Arrived in Kew at 12.00 -12.30 and no one was there ?
It was a last minute thing so maybe i was waiting near the wrong pub.
so i did the ride solo on the way back too..
was a good ride nevertheless, nice smooth roads :) and no traffic lights, heaven !

Bangin' bruv. Bangin'.

Just home to Walthamstow now. Started with everyone, doubled back to do Blackfriars when everyone seemed to carry on along Embankment, figured I was behind so tanked it over every bridge up to Battersea where I found Hayden from the Cambridge lot. Waited there for 50 mins until the bunch caught us up, rode with them to Putney then got bored of waiting so headed of over Hammersmith, Chiswick etc to Kew at about 1.10.

Thanks to the Cambridge lot for the supply of booze - I owe you guys. Hope your mate whose tyre blew out got back ok.