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ok I might do this instead of the night ride as I live in Brighton.hmmm will see what I can do.
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my vote, make it a week later.
I'm going away on the 10th, which is why I suggested next week-end. But there's obviously nothing stopping the ride from happening on the 12th/13th, it would just mean that I couldn't make it.
An outside possibility is of course to do it on two consecutive week-ends but that would reduce numbers.
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have you considered how people are going to get back??
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does not bother me as I live in Brighton so will be basically riding home
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have you considered how people are going to get back??
No, not yet. Personally, I am thinking of doing there and back if I get company.
It's all a question of timing. There probably won't be anything open in Brighton where people can warm up if we arrive before civilised hours. I think it would be reasonable to expect a slow ride to take about six hours, so if we left quite early that could mean that we might be in Brighton in the middle of the night. In that case, there's probably nothing for it but to turn around after a short break. If we left quite late, say midnight, we'd probably arrive around the time when the first trains go back. I'll have a look at train timetables now.
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hmmm, I will look around but yeah there are plenty of places open late in Brighton.
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There are trains from Brighton to London at 3:50am, 5:24am, 5:50am, 6:04am, 6:10am, 6:14am, 6:24am, 6:49am, 7:07am, etc. so that seems to be easy.
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hmmm, I will look around but yeah there are plenty of places open late in Brighton.
Cool, that sounds good. Local knowledge FTW.
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Just realised i'm on Pajamas' Brick Lane right the night before
Me too! This is assuming that people do want to go ahead with the 5th.
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to be honest I might do both
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to be honest I might do both
Get on the list! :)
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Great idea, wish you were doing it on a Saturday night.
I wouldn't have any objections to that, I just thought that quite a few people might be at the Fixed mag launch. Note to self: must find thread to confirm that that's taking place.
Bit short notice though.
True. I confess that I was waiting for someone else to start a thread and took my eye off the ball.
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I wouldn't have any objections to that, I just thought that quite a few people might be at the Fixed mag launch. Note to self: must find thread to confirm that that's taking place.
This is as far as it's got over there by the looks of it:
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Last Night Ride to Brighton 2008
Posted by
@Oliver Schick
Quite a lot of people on the bridges ride thread ...
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread10714.html
... were keen on a night ride to Brighton still this year.
Current plan:
Definite:
Possible:
Based on what mmccarthy and I would prefer, the current idea is to leave Friday evening (5th December) @ 10pm from Hyde Park Corner under Wellington Arch, get to Brighton in the middle of the night, perhaps 4-5-6 hours with decent riding and not too much stopping, so 2-4am (a train goes back to London at 3am, and then loads from about 5am onwards), visit a 24-hour cafe to be found by Guerillaphoto and then perhaps ride back, which I'd be keen on if I have company.
Please, if you want to come along, let us know beforehand, if you just turn up we may well miss you!
Route most likely to be a tried-and-tested route largely avoiding main roads, used on forum rides before.