2009-03-21 Sat - The Bridges VI - West to East

How long did it take from Kew to Ken's old house?

We got to Parliament sq for midnight and the last few bridges were fairly swift, bout 2.5, 3 hours I think.

With a needlessly long wait at Battersea for a puncture that was proving impossible to repair (everyone was just standing around drinking).

Would have said hi if I'd known. I want your frame. Tell me more!

You can start a bidding war with Harry Major

I'll start the auction at £800

took about 2 hours from kew to westminster.

theres a lot of whinging about the pace but it was just a cruise, the pace got upped on a few bridges, but only briefly, it was slower than ost of the long out of town forum rides i've been on, i managed to spend 20 minutes on the phone and didnt get dropped.

i guess all the people who dropped off had punctures and shirley you could have just skipped a couple of bridges to catch up??

or am i being overly critical.

Thought the ride overall was great with the exception of missing the millenium bridge. Pace was spot on, no need for any beer stops, it's a ride not a boozecruise.

Was hilarious the amount of knobends coming out of the bars and pubs around Hammersmith and Putney shouting complete bollocks. Wacky cunts!

Loved the pace of the ride and had a real blast. No real issues or problems occurred which was cool. Who's the guy with the 'cocaine white' ribble and the BagJack? I was talking to you loads but never asked your name.

Me, Dangeruss, down from Manchester for the ride and to visit Damo, was great to meet a load of you guys, thought the ride was a fucking blast, will definitely try and make it down for another

With a needlessly long wait at Battersea for a puncture that was proving impossible to repair (everyone was just standing around drinking).

Erm... yeah, sorry!, i'll put my hands up to that one, i'd had a stupid puncture filled weekend (Damo can attest to just how stupid) and i'd put an extra rubber rim tape in on top of the glued down cotton stuff which meant getting my gators back on after changing a tube was near impossible...! (Thanks to the super chillled guy who gave me a hand & the dude with the track pump, lifesaver!) i was too full of adrenalin from chasing the group down after having to stop to put extra air in to my deflating tyre...

If i'd realised we we're gonna stop at Parliment Sq, i'd have probably been able to make it there just putting a bit of extra air in, but ultimately it needed to be changed if Damo & I were gonna keep up with the pack.....

Think my favourite moment are similar to others: The up-stairs and off-road section at the beginning, chasing the group down to the Battersea park stop, Parliment Sq etc etc....

The one down was Brick-Fucking-Lane!!! i mean sorry but WTF!! the place was like the Hogarth picture of Gin lane, fuck ups, drunks, crack heads and general chaos crammed onto the street... thank god for the reward of the Bagel that made navigating the piss, broken bottles & puke worthwhile......

Oh and thanks to the guys who rolled back towards Tooting with us, helped keep the spirits up riding with a few others to get home.....

the pub in kew did stink and everyone in it was a knob (apart from all us!)

The look on my face at seeing my freshly built Claude fluro wonder go down as the fat cunt waddled his fat fat fat lardy arse past it must've been something to behold.....

scratched my forks!

Also.... glASS, speak properly Nik[/QUOTE]

He deserved a slap. Glaaaaaaaass.

This is Brick Lane my friend....

No, this is the London Fixed-gear/Single-speed Forum. Lost again?

My first forum ride. Loved it. Good pace, good people, good times.

Missed the millenium bridge for an offy stop and searched brick lane but to no avail.

Well up for the next one (gutted i'm in Bulgaria for the Monopoly ride).

Here comes summer...

No, this is the London Fixed-gear/Single-speed Forum. Lost again?

You might not've been around for that little jape.. my friend.. :p

The look on my face at seeing my freshly built Claude fluro wonder go down as the fat cunt waddled his fat fat fat lardy arse past it must've been something to behold.....

scratched my forks!

Also.... glASS, speak properly Nik

He deserved a slap. Glaaaaaaaass.[/quote]

If it were my newly build fluro baby i'd have slapped him Nik....Hang on....... Teleflorist quote fail

i guess all the people who dropped off had punctures and shirley you could have just skipped a couple of bridges to catch up??

or am i being overly critical.

I tried, but the trouble is, how do you know which bridge you're most likely to catch up on - I tried waiting at 2 bridges to no avail.

I suspect this was during the Battersea stop Velocio mentioned. If I had not skipped the bridges I would have caught up, and had time for a drink. As it was I gave up assuming you were all still ahead of me, and in fact I was back in Bethnal Green by the time you had got to Parliament Square.

This is why you need at least one proper mid-point stop that everyone knows about and can aim for.

p's from friday pm to sunday am. v. v. frustrating.

Who the fuck are you?

haha owned
im going to put the pictures up but dont expect anything amazing

*it was dark

in fact...worst pictures ive taken for weeks, shouldve bought my flashgun...dont hold your breath a couple coming at ya

Less talkin, more porkin.....come on lad!

ive got a picture of you merking a mars bar so less abuse please yes?
also im barely legal

also blame flickr and bt internet for thier appalling upload speeds...

[QUOTE=CrazyJames;590488]For me the funniest moment was the unexpected stairs as we were riding by the river, cue last minute bunnyhop, followed by couple of people behind me nose diving down them and someone screaming stairs back at people hahaha, I think Jonny Fitz actually pulled an accidental nosewheelie going down them also..... awesomeness.[/QUOT

the stairs were the hightlight of my night i cant belive i surrvived the jump.

[QUOTE=CrazyJames;590488]For me the funniest moment was the unexpected stairs as we were riding by the river, cue last minute bunnyhop, followed by couple of people behind me nose diving down them and someone screaming stairs back at people hahaha, I think Jonny Fitz actually pulled an accidental nosewheelie going down them also..... awesomeness.[/QUOT

the stairs were the hightlight of my night i cant belive i surrvived the jump.

You should change your username to SUPERFITZ haha, I heard you swearing behind me as you went down them lol! i've never laughed so hard yet feared for someones personal safety all at the same time!

SUPERFITZ it has a certain ring to it lol

sorry i missed this.

got roped into dinner with friends.

but i saw a load of you going up brick lane about 1am sunday morning.

sounds like you had a good time.

With a needlessly long wait at Battersea for a puncture that was proving impossible to repair (everyone was just standing around drinking).

ah i wondered why we were there for so long, not that i was complaining mind.

Oh come on, everyone knows bagels were invented at Zabar's sometime in 1936.

Oh and dude, its BEIGEL, hence why the Jewish owned and jewish run 24 hour BEIGEL bake on Brick Lane (the one with the white sign) has it printed that way on their sign, I should know i'm Jewish, by birth but not by nature.