2009-07-11 Sat - Emma Memorial ride

Is there a dress code to this one ? I know some of the others was all white....

No dress code for this, but feel free to wear whatever you want as long as its not offensive considering the nature of this ride.

P.S. After doing a Recce of the route tonight, I think we will have the words etc from Emma's friends and on behalf of Riccardo read at the site of the accident, there is enough space for a group of a 100 or so to assemble there safely off of the road.

1. CrazyJames
   
2. Clefty (available for laminating and cutting spoke cards, and route recce)
   
3. 
   
4. Spudger
   
5. CYOA
   
6. mjs110
   
7. stevo_com
   
8. Sparrow
   
9. Kirth
   
10. fred
    
11. Ale
    
12. naatm
    
13. Soul
    
14. Aleksi
    
15. Dammit
    
16. mattty
    
17. D. Generate
    
18. MrBig-G
    
19. Pistanator
    
20. mr lunch
    
21. Thejammerboy + 1
    
22. iwelumo + ??
    
23. Yap(If I manage to get a frame by this weekend) + 5
    24.Pepperoni
    
24. VinylPimp
    
25. reeen (up for lending a hand cutting/laminating/couriering the spoke cards pls PM me, i'm at old street daily)
    
26. Skully
    
27. Braker
    
28. owen
    
29. evansdelbosque (happy to help in any way if needed)
    
30. Alb
    
31. evil munchkin
    
32. 
    
33. flickwg
    
34. jcgarcia
    
35. timmy
    
36. almac68
    
37. cake
    
38. jv
    
39. Radius (time permitting)
    

i wont be in town till 6.30 ish, i'll have to try and find you. PM me any phone no.s so i can catch you up

+1

well done crazyJames for organising everything - good work.

+100000000000

1. CrazyJames
   
2. Clefty (available for laminating and cutting spoke cards, and route recce)
   
3. 
   
4. Spudger
   
5. CYOA
   
6. mjs110
   
7. stevo_com
   
8. Sparrow
   
9. Kirth
   
10. fred
    
11. Ale
    
12. naatm
    
13. Soul
    
14. Aleksi
    
15. Dammit
    
16. mattty
    
17. D. Generate
    
18. MrBig-G
    
19. Pistanator
    
20. mr lunch
    
21. Thejammerboy + 1
    
22. iwelumo + ??
    
23. Yap(If I manage to get a frame by this weekend) + 5
    24.Pepperoni
    
24. VinylPimp
    
25. reeen (up for lending a hand cutting/laminating/couriering the spoke cards pls PM me, i'm at old street daily)
    
26. Skully
    
27. Braker
    
28. owen
    
29. evansdelbosque (happy to help in any way if needed)
    
30. Alb
    
31. evil munchkin
    
32. 
    
33. flickwg
    
34. jcgarcia
    
35. timmy
    
36. almac68
    
37. cake
    
38. jv
    
39. Radius (time permitting)
    41.Daem
    
    

I too wish my first ride was under better circumstances.

i wont be in town till 6.30 ish, i'll have to try and find you. PM me any phone no.s so i can catch you up

I doubt we will be leaving the stone circle until around then anyway, or just before, if you can try and make it 6:20pm maybe i'll make sure we all wait?

I'm definitely out :(

Well done for organising & hard work you've put into this ride CrazyJames, and hope everyone rides safe.

lil x

1. CrazyJames
   
2. Clefty (available for laminating and cutting spoke cards, and route recce)
   
3. 
   
4. Spudger
   
5. CYOA
   
6. mjs110
   
7. stevo_com
   
8. Sparrow
   
9. Kirth
   
10. fred
    
11. Ale
    
12. naatm
    
13. Soul
    
14. Aleksi
    
15. Dammit
    
16. mattty
    
17. D. Generate
    
18. MrBig-G
    
19. Pistanator
    
20. mr lunch
    
21. Thejammerboy + 1
    
22. iwelumo + ??
    
23. Yap(If I manage to get a frame by this weekend) + 5
    24.Pepperoni
    
24. VinylPimp
    
25. reeen (up for lending a hand cutting/laminating/couriering the spoke cards pls PM me, i'm at old street daily)
    
26. Skully
    
27. Braker
    
28. owen
    
29. evansdelbosque (happy to help in any way if needed)
    
30. Alb
    
31. evil munchkin
    
32. 
    
33. flickwg
    
34. jcgarcia
    
35. timmy
    
36. almac68
    
37. cake
    
38. jv
    
39. Radius (time permitting)
    41.Daem
    
40. town
    

hows the weather looking? Friend said it's really raining heavily ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/8?&search=london&itemsPerPage=10&region=uk

Touch wood not raining atm, but clouds fairly ominous

Put a kagool on....

Not raining at all from my window a mile or two north of the river

Stopped raining in Streatham Hill/Brixton about 45mins ago

Really sorry to miss this today, afternoon did not work out well.
apologies all.. Al

What a good memorial ride; the messages from parents, cousin and friends at Ely Street were very, very moving. Rest in peace Emma.

What a good memorial ride; the messages from parents, cousin and friends at Ely Street were very, very moving. Rest in peace Emma.

+1

Thanks again to James for sorting out this ride. I think it's important that we get out on the roads as a group to raise awareness of this issue as much as possible. These fatalities are tragically avoidable.

RIP Emma.

A big thank you to everyone that braved the weather today to join us on this ride, I applaud you. I'm glad that so many of us came to remember a fellow fallen cyclist, it was a somber occasion, but one that ended pleasantly with a few drinks and some chat among friends.

Special Thanks go to:
Keepsake (Aidy) for printing and prompt delivery of spoke cards
Sano (Ian) for the loan of a HD bullet cam to record the ride
Eterea09 (Diana, Emmas friend) for laminating and printing of spoke cards
Pepperoni (my good friend Marco) for helping with the route, and generally being a good mate, cheers dude :)

RIP Emma, I hope we gave you the send off that you deserve.

+1

Thanks again to James for sorting out this ride. I think it's important that we get out on the roads as a group to raise awareness of this issue as much as possible. These fatalities are tragically avoidable.

RIP Emma.

+2 thanks again James, good to see a big turnout and to put a few faces to names. My father in law runs a haulage company and this has spurred me on to find out if and what kind of awareness his drivers have of cyclists. I'll post a thread with what I find out but I'm afraid it'll be chilling for us. From what I can gather most of his time is spent dealing with insurance companies. He's a good guy though, so it would be good to start some sort of awareness campaign for drivers and cyclists alike.

RIP Emma.

I'm not implying that good work on the above has not already been undertaken, but this is not the thread to discuss it. Apologies:-(

It was very good that so many turned out, regardless of the weather.

RIP Emma.

again, James, well done for organising this. Sorry I missed you in the end, I passed the site at about 8 in the end, spent a few quiet moments, and rolled on.

Well played to all that turned out

good turnout and nice ride and post ride gathering

great organisation by james and lovely read by diana

descanse en paz, emma.

It was a very moving ride and it was a pleasure to meet so many people here. Again, I wish it had been under better circumstances. It was impressive to see the turnout and I truly hope that there won't be the need for more of these rides.

RIP Emma.