2009-08-29 Sat 10pm - Overnight to Brighton Take 3

Firstly, MANY MANY thanks for organising the ride, Oliver. And to everyone else for not sneering at the back-end loiterers, and to those lovely backstops who [strike]persuaded me to keep[/strike] kept me going. And to Farid for the light that made a huge difference to my enjoyment of the dark.

blackburn voyager 4 from evans, about £22.

Am inspired though, by y'all. You guys were incredible. SOOO impressive to be on fixed gear bikes. It almost makes me sick. I'm going bike shopping though - so if you work in Chamberlains' - keep an eye out?

there are people on this forum that are literally twice as fast. but the pace set by the slightly more experienced riders you can achieve within <6 months of light training.

did you think we all just push shagged out lo-pros and keirin bikes with aerospokes around east london? :-)

amazing ride , super man oliver the organiser , cant wait for the next one on saturday

great job Oliver, Mat, Owen and Bryce.

Gutted I couldn't go, but I went to a wake on Friday night and spent Saturday nursing a hangover and trying to get back from deepest Norfolk. Next time!

Down for the vintage car rallye, defo.

despite the high likelyhood that you are literally within a 10 metre radius of me as I type this, we still haven't met and therefore I don't belive that you actually exist.

Was a great ride. Thank you to everyone (Oliver especially) for making it what it was. Admittedly it was a tad on the slow side but it was yet another great example of the forum 'no man left behind' mentality. Wouldn't have it any other way and it certainly didn't detract any from the overall night ride experience. Plus it had more than enough fast and exciting sections to keep the speed demons happy. Oh, and I had my first experience of riding in a bunch that took turns at the front whilst the others drafted. Win.

without a shadow of a doubt - best bit of the night was powering down in full fixed-gear peloton with you, owen and bryce, all riding 70" and on a catchup mission coming in to ditchling. We ate about 10k of tarmac in almost no time, the group getting tighter and tighter as the trust increased. Sweet. I'm up for this anytime.