West Beers : Every Thursday @ The Lamb Brewery, W4 4PH

good times at first wests last night. loved the compass ride with dov, mccarthy et al. couldnt believe how many cyclists there are on the london rush hour commute (especially the lycra gangbangers).

nice to have a chat to lots of forumungers; max (i dont have 10p to my name), mark (colnago), stix, vee (v?), raleigh conversion purple rims, james from nz immigration (cheers for the insight),
french canadia girl etc etc

also found out it takes the exact length of the first MGMT album to cycle back to Hampton Court from wests. although if would have been quicker bushy park hadnt been locked.

Good to meet you dude, sorry couldn't make the ride back, will do next time. Glad to hear you found your way without any problems... Oracular Spectacular...

I grew up near Bushy park, you can still get thru the pedestrian gates at the side of the main ones, but it's sketchy in there when it's dark coz it's pitch black and there are some big fucking Deer in there. They like to stand in the middle of the road after dark!

p.s. what was that crazy back light that Max has? He told me the name but my memory is shite!

Fibre Flare but I've been beaten to it... sucks waking up at 4pm...

^ hehe yeah and constantly stating his desire for sleep...

great night, had a lot of fun and even got to show off my golf swing. another highlight was the (presumably quite drunk) chick who borrowed fiddy's bike, went cycling off sitting on the top tube then came haring back down the street shouting "how do i make it stop?". comedy gold. See you fools at the track.

That girl was Vicky Pendleton, didn't you realise!? Her cadence was to die for...

I totally would have ridden through had i checked the ped gate. riding in the pitch black with deer whist pissed would have been a nice end to the evening. having to ride to kingston, then back to HC was annoying as fuck

Not knowing the quickest route back to Hampton etc is a drag because you just end up going via. the towns you know and essentially going round in big circles... but not getting lost...