Tuesday Night Ride Club '09

wools and shoots. shame fellas, but will see you out there again soon.

cosy little group this evening hitting the trains out so reckon we should all cosy up on the same train. i don't mind which - mashton - you happy to hit cannon street instead of victoria - or tika, teddy, STE5 and tom happy to get over to victoria for the direct train?

i don't mind which and we can still go on separate trains if that is what is easiest for everyone.

the route from orpington station to st mary cray station is here

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3208484

New guy here. Got shit lights but tempted to hop on, seeing as it's pretty much my local route and my ride home from work will give me just enough time to get to st mary cray once i've dropped off my bag etc. Unless having shit lights will piss you all off, in which case I'll just go home. Or buy a singleshot in my lunch break.

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19:06 from Cannon Street (to Orpington)

1. jonny
   
2. teddy (no foldy though)
   
3. tika
   
4. wools
   
5. Tom-saracen
   
   
   

19:09 from Victoria (to St Mary Cray)

1. jonny
   
2. mashton
   
   

Riding Out

1. jonny
   
2. Texas
   
3. Gav
   
4. Sean
   
   

Unemployed gimps meeting everyone at St Mary Cray

1. Sam
   
2. andyp
   
3. purple_mj (folderless but pleased to ride alongside)
   
4. 6pt
   
   

**

6pt, would be great to have you along but we really do insist on proper lighting. if you can pick one up or at lunchtime or if any TNRC regulars can step up for a loan of one then that would be great.

anyone anyone?

@6pt - I'll have a spare light with me if yours isn't good enough.

nice one STE5 - just to confirm - the light needs to be good enough to light up the road ahead - it's gonna be real dark out there.

Cheerse STE, I'll still try to pick up a singleshot at lunch and get it charged by the eve, but it's nice to know there's a fallback option.

good work fellas. be good to have you along 6pt

It will be pretty much dark from the word go tonight.

Right, gotta go and work out how to attach a bottle cage to a Brompton!

Well it is a back up light, but it does have a 230 lumen output.

19:06 from Cannon Street (to Orpington)
1. jonny
2. teddy (no foldy though)
3. tika
4. wools
5. Tom-saracen

19:09 from Victoria (to St Mary Cray)
1. jonny
2. mashton

Riding Out
1. jonny
**2. Texas **
3. Sean

Unemployed gimps meeting everyone at St Mary Cray
1. Sam
2. andyp
3. purple_mj (folderless but pleased to ride alongside)
4. 6pt

Probably not going to make it out tonight... Not 100%. Probably only 68.4%, threatening to decline further.

Smash those lanes.

19:06 from Cannon Street (to Orpington)

1. jonny
   
2. teddy (no foldy though)
   
3. tika
   
4. wools
   
5. Tom-saracen
   
   
   

19:09 from Victoria (to St Mary Cray)

1. jonny
   
2. 
   
   

Riding Out

1. jonny
   
2. Texas
   
3. Sean
   
   

Unemployed gimps meeting everyone at St Mary Cray

1. Sam
   
2. andyp
   
3. purple_mj (folderless but pleased to ride alongside)
   
4. 6pt
   
   

Sadly I am out for the worst of reasons: I have to go to Ikea.

I hate my life sometimes.

haha mashton, at least that is not as bad as the stair carpet incident. oh, IKEA, actually, that is worse.

polkinghorn - sorry to hear that dude. heal up man.

dropping like flies for tonight - all scared of being dropped by a man on a brompton no doubt ;)

shall we close off victoria then?

19:06 from Cannon Street (to Orpington)

1. jonny
   
2. teddy (no foldy though)
   
3. tika
   
4. wools
   
5. Tom-saracen
   
   

** Riding Out**

1. jonny
   
2. Texas
   
3. Sean
   
   

** Unemployed gimps meeting everyone at St Mary Cray**

1. Sam
   
2. andyp
   
3. purple_mj (folderless but pleased to ride alongside)
   
4. 6pt
   
   

there's rules. lots of rules. see above for rules.

makes sense Ted. see you at Cannon St. get there in plenty of time so we can ensure hook up. i am going to be there shortly after 1830.

19:06 from Cannon Street (to Orpington)

1. jonny
   
2. teddy (no foldy though)
   
3. tika
   
4. STE5
   
5. Tom-saracen
   
   

** Riding Out**

1. Texas
   
2. Sean
   
   

** Unemployed gimps meeting everyone at St Mary Cray**

1. Sam
   
2. andyp
   
3. purple_mj (folderless but pleased to ride alongside)
   
4. 6pt
   
   

just correcting list as Wools is out and STE5 is in

haha mashton, at least that is not as bad as the stair carpet incident. oh, IKEA, actually, that is worse.

polkinghorn - sorry to hear that dude. heal up man.

dropping like flies for tonight - all scared of being dropped by a man on a brompton no doubt ;)

He he.

I'll say it here, but I'll also say it later. Don't wait for me. Except maybe at the top of Exedown so you can all have a laugh at me.

If you do wait at any particular point for a breather or something and I catch you, I'm going to ride right past. It's all about the average speed...

all scared of being dropped by a man on a brompton no doubt ;)

please tell me he's also wearing a suit with a hi-viz vest, and a big bulbous helmet complete with rearview mirror

All correct with the exception being a bowler hat instead of a helmet.

I'll buy you many, many pints if you ride it with a bowler hat on Sam!

The singleshot is bought and charging between my legs atm. The picture in the manual was quite explicit.
Now all I have to worry about is being over-geared and underfed. Quite looking forward to it.

just correcting list as Wools is out and STE5 is in

Actually, I'm listed as Sean (my actual name) and I'm riding out.

Re-corrected list below

**19:06 from Cannon Street (to Orpington)
**1. jonny

1. teddy (no foldy though)
   
2. tika
   
3. Tom-saracen
   
   

Riding Out

1. Texas
   
2. Sean
   
   

Unemployed gimps meeting everyone at St Mary Cray

1. Sam
   
2. andyp
   
3. purple_mj (folderless but pleased to ride alongside)
   
4. 6pt
   

The way peeps are dropping, this ride must be comparable to Surrey Hills...
If you cant ride tonight tis a shame, your individual styles and humour will be missed but there is alwys another TNRC coming up shortly (well for the moment anyway).

It's a bit of a drag up Bower Lane iirc, but it's only the first 100m or so past the houses that really hurts. Route profile shows another climb but I'm not familiar with that far out so can't comment on that one. Coming back down the valley is a pleasantness that makes up for the suffering.

19:06 from Cannon Street (to Orpington)

1. jonny
   
2. teddy (no foldy though)
   3.
   
3. Tom-saracen
   
   

Riding Out

1. Texas
   
2. Sean
   
   

Unemployed gimps meeting everyone at St Mary Cray

1. Sam
   
2. andyp
   
3. purple_mj (folderless but pleased to ride alongside)
   
4. 6pt
   
   
   

sadly i am out too
tight deadline will see me working til very late :(