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good man.
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Corny your links to the previous Cambridge rides aren't right so....
May 2008 here - it was truly epic, absolutely wonderful ride https://www.lfgss.com/thread4874.html I also have some photos up on my page
June 2009 here - https://www.lfgss.com/thread18441.html
Gina G figured it was a nice day for a ride yesterday and asked me along.. we decided a roll to Cambridge would be nice. Bit cold towards the end but really happy to have done it so early in the year. Not sure about the route map at the top as it strands off but the original route we did in May - minus the wrong turnings... - would be about 63 miles from the polo court. From Dalston yesterday it was almost exactly 60. Might be up for leading this one, it's an easy route and the pacing was about right yesterday, i think we did it in about five hours including stops, it was pretty leisurely. Definitely be doing it again before June.
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Pajamas - Spins, I and one or two of the Norths may also attempt this before June - route from N London...keep your eyes peeled on the North drinks thread.
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46. (in spirit if not in flesh) Cornelius Cambridgefoot- damo (will be wearing light blue for this one)
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yesssssssss this is going to hurt with long cranks
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lovely! my friend's ride home from Rome finishes that evening so will have to hot-foot it back to soho to welcome him in style. unless he doesn't make it in which case weekend in cambridge sounds nice...
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^Absolutely. I reckon that London to Cambridge is ideal terrain for a fixed run.
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Toddle off to get a pass.
This is a lovely ride people, fewer hills than Southend but a couple of them are a bit steeper.
If the weathers anything linke today it will be a great ride.
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this is a perfect ride to do after southend, very similar, little bit more action but not much at all, bit longer but not more than ten miles. perfect. glorious in the kind of weather we had today, still doable in not very nice weather.
sorry to say i can't make it for this date now, have a good time..
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just copy everyone from the southend list to this one...
What does "more action" mean?
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i bet it doesn't mean that.
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2010-06-05 Sat 8.30am - Cambridge College Canter (Because Long Rides are Fun)
Posted by
@cornelius_blackfoot
Okay so even though I'm away, enjoying the sun in various climes, I'm still on the bike, and still thinking that you bods need to get out and put the miles in on a long forum ride, you know why?
Because Long Rides Are Fun. Especially Long Forum Rides. (Its all in the title.)
So this is the Third of Four, yes count them, FOUR! Long forum rides, and as I've been hearing and reading, with the winter you've been having, you should be absolutely gagging to get out and make the most of the (fingers crossed) good weather.
The rides are these:
08 May 2010 Brighton
22 May 2010 Southend
05 Jun 2010 Cambridge
19 Jun 2010 Oxford
Every two weeks from the middle of May to the middle of June. Don't make one, then the next is just around the corner.
This trip to Cambridge we did last year, and the Cambridge section of the forum met us halfway (hopefully they might be willing to do so again) and took us back into town, to a sweet pub, where drinks were had by all. It was originally conceived to tie into the Strawberry Fields Festival, but that proved a bit too manic for us in the end. So here I present to you, a chance to sample the wares of Cambridge.
Also if you're planning on doing the Exmouth Exodus 26.06.2010 or the Dunwich Dynamo 24.07.2010 then think of these four long rides as excellent training runs, to stretch your legs and gain confidence that you can go the distance.
Obviously since I'm not going to be leading the ride (as if I lead any of the other rides I organised) could some old hand whose going to be definitely on it, take the lead and make sure people get to their destination in one piece and get from the pub to a london train station as well..
So find below the info for the first of them, link to the aweseomeness that was last years, and the year before that's epicness
2009 https://www.lfgss.com/thread18441-5.html
2008 https://www.lfgss.com/thread4874-4.html (this was a barn stormer of a ride, hot, fast, and to top it all I came off, because I was unwilling to swap out a slow puncture, and rode pretty much the last fifteen miles no handed. But it was still a-fucking-mazing fun.)
Meeting at the Polo Court Brick Lane at 9am Brick for a 9.30am start.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/mm?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=51.525329%2C-0.071639&spn=0.000395%2C0.000848&z=20
Using this route.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1468463
Crib sheet from Mike C,
Hackney Road
Left Goldsmiths Row
Through London Fields
Head North towards Powerscroft Rd
Follow along until Leabridge Road A104 heading NE
Stay on A104 for a few miles, becomes Epping New Road
Becomes B1393 High Road
Over the M25
Turn Left on Lindsey Street follow it to the left B181
B181 forks to the right, stay on it
At T-junction turn left then right, still on B181 Epping Road
At Standstead Abbots B181 ends turn right on B180
B180 through Widford becomes B1004
Stay on this for a while the road should bear sharp left then right at T onto The Causeway
Left at end onto The St
At T turn Left Worsted Ln
At T right B1368 this becomes London Road then Cambridge Road
Stay on B1368 until the end
Right at the end onto the A10
Over M11 turns into A1309 Hauxton Road through Trumpington
This turns into A1134
Right onto Lensfield Road
Left onto Regents Street towards centre
Arrive at pub
Mashton mentioned that the route below would be a great way to end the ride, and it was, a very scenic and relaxing roll into Cambridge, I have no idea how we found it as we were being led by the Cambridge contingent at that point, but if you can do it, you'll enjoy it I guarantee..
Near the end you are by great shelford and there is a very cool cycle path from there to addenbrookes hospital that runs next to the railway line. totally off road with a lovely surface. it is painted in 4 different coloured stripes, representing (A G C T) and it spells out one of the genes mapped in the human genome project.
Now for the instructional bit with some tips for what to bring, and what to do if this is your first LONG forum ride courtesy of our very own Ma3k:
Check over your bike
Make sure it is roadworthy
-Check your tyres for wear and glass/flints/sharp objects
-Pump up the tyres(correctly inflated tyres puncture less)
-Check your lights and batteries (if a night ride)
-Check for loose bolts
-Oil the chain
If you are not mechanically competent, get a friend to help you.
Make sure you do this a couple of days before, not the day of, it'll save you a stressful couple of hours if there is something you need to sort.
Prepare for self-sufficiency
-Bring a spare tube and tube changing tools
-Bring food and water, high energy snacks and fruit
-Bring spare batteries
-Bring extra layers, for if it gets colder
-Bring a rainjacket for if it gets wetter
-Bring a Fully Charged Mobile
-Bring a mapbook
Help out, sound off about hazards and if people have been dropped of the back
Usually if we are riding the first person over a nasty bump or hidden grate, sudden drop, glass, whatever will let those immediately following them now about it by shouting or pointing.
So if you hear about it from the front, pass it back.
Conversely if you see people being dropped off the back, at the lights or because they are slow or having some mechanical difficulties, pass it forward so the people leading the ride know and can take steps to either wait up, slow down or go back and help them out.
Get other peoples mobile numbers
You can collect these in either the numbers thread or at the beginning of the ride, worth having in case you get lost off the back(or front).
Take a few minutes to check out the route
Either from the route posted up or grab a map/cribsheet/directions so if you plan to leave early, arrive late or if you get separated you can get back on to the ride
Be sensible
As with all forum rides we will endeavour to help out any stricken rider with their punctures and mechanical problems but on a large ride this might be difficult.
Do not bring arcane or speciality equipment that needs non standard tools or esoteric knowledge in order to sort out failures and malfunctions.
Of course if you can change a 650 tub in complete darkness in under ten minutes and have all the tools and glues, be my guest.
Let the listing begin.