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@Bike_Destroyer
Well this was all going well a few pages back and then it seemed to get all out of shape and now no one knows what the hell is going on!
The whole point of this ride was to ride the closed roads without traffic, lights, peds, etc (as a couple of people have said already) so if we're doing it early before the roads close then surely that's pointless? I also figure that the worst anyone can do to you is ask you to leave the course, in which case you get off and re-enter a few hundred yards down the course (as has also been mentioned previously). Or, in the worst case, get off the course and go eat some big greasy breakfast.
So if I am right we may as well just meet up (stick to the staggered times if that suits you best) at the times we want and go for a nice fast ride around some amazing closed roads across London city.
I'd be up for meeting around 7:30 for the ride. It may also be considered to ride the route backwards. I'm not sure if that would work out better or not so that we're not near the 'heavily guarded' Mall closer to the time of the race. If not then I say keep the list going that cornelius blackfoot started with the staggered start times and start at Tower Bridge for a 14mile ride.