2010-04-25 Sun 10am - Revenge of the 50 Fixed Women!

Ladies,

I am pleased to announce the date for the Revenge of the 50 Fixed Women ride.
Route to be announced, but it will be a short easy paced ride around some of the quieter roads of London. You do not need to ride fixed to come on this ride, all Ladies, all bikes welcome.

START: JUBILEE GARDENS (Near the London Eye) 10am (arrive from 9am please - earlier we leave, the quieter the traffic)
ICE CREAM STOP: Battersea Park
FINISH: The Old Ship - Hammersmith Riverside

Route : http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3666534
Printable Route PDF (A3) https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bz_wb57f4UeaOTJjMmY2NWQtZjZhNi00M2Q5LWJhMzYtOTNkZGNiOGQyZTgw&hl=en_GB

Top Tips:

1. Check your bike before you come on the ride, make sure your tyres are pumped up and your brakes work
   
2. Bring a spare tube in case you get a puncture (they are quicker than patches)
   
3. Stay together when possible, don't filter in traffic unless you know where you're going!
   
4. If you have a mechanical/puncture shout out, we will stop and wait and fix it - no-one will be left behind.
   
5. If you see a massive hole in the road, shout out and point at it so the person behind you doesn't ride into it
   
6. If I or someone else shouts something out pass it back down the group so the people at the back can hear it.
   
7. Be careful when riding in groups, some are not used to it - look and signal before you move if necessary
   
8. Don't block the whole road - leave a lane for car traffic (especially on busier roads)
   
9. Don't jump lights unless the junction ahead is being corked by other riders, we can re-group on the other side of the junction.
   
10. Put my phone number in your phone - in case you lose us completely (it's in the phone numbers thread)
    
11. If it's a nice day, bring snacks etc there is a nice outdoor area on the river outside the pub
    
    

List!

1. Clefty
   

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   

It's my birthday the day before, so this is shaping up to be a bright weekend indeed

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   

Suggestion for a notable ladies monument ... The Edith Cavell Monument - near Trafalgar Sq - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EdithCavellmemorial.jpg

Nice one Julia, I'll add that to my list - any more suggestions are welcome.

The lady herself - Victoria ...
... and ...
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery - Kings College London
She has a statue in Waterloo Place (off the Mall).

Victoria Tower Gardens (by houses of parliament) - statue of Emmeline Pankhurst

You mustn't miss this:

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
   

Can't wait! Teapots (amy) pointed something out about the tags that made me laugh.

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
6. Habbi
   

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
6. Habbi
   
7. tricitybendix
   

Woo! nice one and ending in roast dinner!

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
6. Habbi
   
7. tricitybendix
   
8. Teapots
   

Hahah and so the tags have started..I'm looking forward to them - they were hilairious last year - 'Gash Dash' was a particular favourite. Boys I want originality please, no tag reposts from last year!

Looking forward to it!

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
6. Habbi
   
7. tricitybendix
   
8. Teapots
   
9. aimka
   

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
6. Habbi
   
7. tricitybendix
   
8. Teapots
   
9. aimka
   
10. miss_socks
    
    

yay! i'm in, of course! kings would be a good stop, not just for florence, geek points for rosalind franklin!

Indeed and the Royal Free, which was the first teaching hospital to admit women.
Also thinking of including Brompton Cemetary, as it's lovely to ride through and Emmeline Pankhurst is buried there.

And if we're going geeky, then we have to pass by Ada Lovelace's blue plaque in Mayfair!

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
6. Habbi
   
7. tricitybendix
   
8. Teapots
   
9. aimka
   
10. miss_socks
    
11. kattiep
    

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
6. Habbi
   
7. tricitybendix
   
8. Teapots
   
9. aimka
   
10. miss_socks
    
11. kattiep
    
12. Deluka
    

I just had a vague poke around google looking for the routes that the London suffragette marches took, and came across this awesome article from The New York Times, November 22, 1911 which features a rowdy lady aristocrat on a trike - link

    1. Clefty

1. Wicksie
   
2. Konijn
   
3. Long&Winding
   
4. Adaplace
   
5. Habbi
   
6. tricitybendix
   
7. Teapots
   
8. aimka
   
9. miss_socks
   
10. kattiep
    
11. Deluka
    
12. Clara
    

PANKHURST, Sylvia (1882-1960),
Campaigner for Women's Rights, lived here.
120 Cheyne Walk, SW10

1. Clefty
   
2. Wicksie
   
3. Konijn
   
4. Long&Winding
   
5. Adaplace
   
6. Habbi
   
7. tricitybendix
   
8. Teapots
   
9. aimka
   
10. miss_socks
    
11. kattiep
    
12. Deluka
    
13. Clara
    
14. PicKle
    
    

In there like swim wear!

Ooohhh! I would love to but will be in cornwall that weekend!

This is great http://www.teachers.tv/video/37327