2009-04-26 Sun - 6am London Marathon Ride

That'd make for an amazing photo.

Guys Guys guys, HTFU, lets do it together, what can they do? You just have to follow police instructions at the time they tell you to do something, and they've got to stop you first. Fifty cyclist are thro in a couple of seconds. If they put up a roadblock, tell em we checking the course for our runners, leave aand come back on a couple of hundred yards down the road. I don't even know if they have the right to chuck you off. No one seemed very bothered on the TdF course.

I'm trying to get the Colnago boys to come.

Forgot to say we should do the whole route starting at 6, hardly any of it will be officxially closed by then anyway...

North Side of the tower? If theres still room then Im in...

1.Brothers Chug_It
2.Ved

1. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
2. Skully
   
3. Tomasito
   
4. PinkGottiMobbs
   
5. miss_socks
   
6. Broker
   
7. fresh (bout time somebody respectable was at number 10!)
   
8. Crazy James (so crazy he messed up the list!)
   
9. Oliver Schick
   
10. emab
    
11. photoben
    
12. damo
    
13. George Sportif au leau preau
    
14. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
15. jimbilly.
    
16. Spins
    
17. Hovis Brown
    
18. kx.001
    
19. pajamas
    
20. coppiThat
    
21. veLLo
    
22. Guerillaphoto
    
23. Aleksi
    
24. wibble
    
25. tika
    

26. DC100

        [report](http://www.londonfgss.com/report.php?p=629824)
    

DC100, the last list had 50 people on it

Nice!should be good then!

He means you copied the wrong list.
Find the latest one, not one of the earliest ones.

anyone heading up from the coast

Has this been capped yet? I'd be up for this ride..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/interactive/2009/apr/22/london-marathon-route-map

Doh.Thanks Harry...

1. Brothers Chug_it
   
2. Ved
   
3. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
4. Skully
   
5. Tomasito
   
6. PinkGottiMobbs
   
7. Broker
   
8. fresh
   
9. photoben
   10.George Sportif au leau preau
   
10. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
11. Spins
    
12. kx.001
    14.coppiThat
    
13. veLLo
    
14. Guerillaphoto
    
15. Aleksi
    
16. wibble
    
17. Gina
    
18. Gloves
    
19. Crowbar
    
20. Barbados
    
21. texas
    24.Jung
    
22. 
    
23. gormley
    
24. Sasmon (I take it that this is not a race?)
    
25. 
    
26. wickerman
    
27. Walled
    
28. Gustav
    
29. Harry
    
30. Heyholetsgo
    
31. Andrea
    35.JcGarcia
    
32. kyle
    
33. habbi
    
34. Library Music
    
35. Morgybaby
    
36. JohnnyFitz
    
37. d14vd_h
    
38. Marc-oos
    
39. mackenzie
    
40. robofoxx
    
41. sano
    
42. l3seance
    
43. Strider
    
44. Bobs Dids
    
45. Mann1e
    
46. Last_caress
    51.jacklamusic
    52.DC100
    

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.

-1 Now working on Sunday.

1. Brothers Chug_it
   
2. Ved
   
3. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
4. Skully
   
5. Tomasito
   
6. PinkGottiMobbs
   
7. Broker
   
8. fresh
   
9. photoben
   10.George Sportif au leau preau
   
10. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
11. Spins
    
12. kx.001
    14.coppiThat
    
13. veLLo
    
14. Guerillaphoto
    
15. Aleksi
    
16. wibble
    
17. Gina
    
18. Gloves
    
19. Crowbar
    
20. Barbados
    
21. texas
    24.Jung
    
22. 
    
23. gormley
    
24. Sasmon (I take it that this is not a race?)
    
25. 
    
26. wickerman
    
27. Walled
    
28. Gustav
    
29. Harry
    
30. Heyholetsgo
    
31. Andrea
    35.JcGarcia
    
32. kyle
    
33. habbi
    
34. Library Music
    
35. 
    
36. JohnnyFitz
    
37. d14vd_h
    
38. Marc-oos
    
39. mackenzie
    
40. robofoxx
    
41. sano
    
42. l3seance
    
43. Strider
    
44. Bobs Dids
    
45. Mann1e
    
46. Last_caress
    51.jacklamusic
    52.DC100
    

Guys Guys guys, HTFU, lets do it together, what can they do? You just have to follow police instructions at the time they tell you to do something, and they've got to stop you first. Fifty cyclist are thro in a couple of seconds. If they put up a roadblock, tell em we checking the course for our runners, leave aand come back on a couple of hundred yards down the road. I don't even know if they have the right to chuck you off. No one seemed very bothered on the TdF course

Amen to that...

Forgot to say we should do the whole route starting at 6, hardly any of it will be officxially closed by then anyway...

Amen to that too. Still up for the oh six hundred start.

late entrant if theres still room. Cheers

1. Brothers Chug_it
   
2. Ved
   
3. Cornelius Marathonfoot
   
4. Skully
   
5. Tomasito
   
6. PinkGottiMobbs
   
7. Broker
   
8. fresh
   
9. photoben
   10.George Sportif au leau preau
   
10. JOHNNY_TANG_888
    
11. Spins
    
12. kx.001
    14.coppiThat
    
13. veLLo
    
14. Guerillaphoto
    
15. Aleksi
    
16. wibble
    
17. Gina
    
18. Gloves
    
19. Crowbar
    
20. Barbados
    
21. texas
    24.Jung
    
22. 
    
23. gormley
    
24. Sasmon (I take it that this is not a race?)
    
25. 
    
26. wickerman
    
27. Walled
    
28. Gustav
    
29. Harry
    
30. Heyholetsgo
    
31. Andrea
    35.JcGarcia
    
32. kyle
    
33. habbi
    
34. Library Music
    
35. 
    
36. JohnnyFitz
    
37. d14vd_h
    
38. Marc-oos
    
39. mackenzie
    
40. robofoxx
    
41. sano
    
42. l3seance
    
43. Strider
    
44. Bobs Dids
    
45. Mann1e
    
46. Last_caress
    51.jacklamusic
    52.DC100
    
47. fuzzydownthere
    

I'm still in.
I want to do the whole ride, from start to finish too.

I have work at 10, so I think an early, 6 or 6.30 start at Greenwhich or Black Heath would suit me.

harry do you want to meet somwhere east maybe BL and roll down together?

I'm coming now; I've decided. Planning to go for the 7am slot. I assume that there will be a big group at the bridge, so will see you there

Guys Guys guys, HTFU, lets do it together, what can they do? You just have to follow police instructions at the time they tell you to do something, and they've got to stop you first. Fifty cyclist are thro in a couple of seconds. If they put up a roadblock, tell em we checking the course for our runners, leave aand come back on a couple of hundred yards down the road. I don't even know if they have the right to chuck you off. No one seemed very bothered on the TdF course.

I'm trying to get the Colnago boys to come.

+1

Was sad to have missed the ride last year, will be up at the crack of dawn this time.

I say keep it in one mass group, looks more organised that way(which it is technically)
If the cops stop the first lot they will be more likely to stay force in effect and block anything subsequently coming down the path, rendering the whole exercise pointless for the latter groups.

Best just to blitz through.

Not bothering to put my name on the list(s), looks like a great big noodle-mess at the moment.

yup think multiple groups mean less power to the people and more likelyhood that the later groups get stopped, i say choose a time that the roads will be closed but is early enough to allow us through without too much hassle
as has been said before if they stop us ( bear in mind stopping 40 - 50 high speed bikes will be tough) act decently step off the track and 100 yards later pop back on at the worst have an early breakfast.
its a shame were only doing 15 miles of it would be better if we could do the whole lot,
or at least those who want to do the whole lot can set off and meet the rest at tower bridge if we ever get a defined meeting time down.
hopefully this ride comes together over the next day as it sounds epic

Well shall we set and *actual *start time then? It would appear that 7 or 7:30 might be the more preferable time and would give us long enough to get a good ride through.

I'm keen to do the whole route. Start at 6 in Blackheath. Anyone else doing that?

Dave has the right idea.Everyone should stop panicking and just go for it.

Agreed, 7 seems like the time to start.
The question is Towerbridge or Black heath?

I think the latter.

And Marco: Sounds like a plan. Bagelshop?

7am blackheath sounds right. The whole thing should only take an hour and half absolute max.