2010-06-26 - Ladies London to Brighton Ride

Great Ride ladies, will try and upload my photos tonight.
I ate a whole can of heinz ravioli when I got home, had shower had one more beer and fell asleep to mock the week. Very content. Still feeling it today though.
I don't think there's any need for a sub forum - we are all just peoples who rides bikes - i'd hate it if the boys shut me out.
Spoke cards - YES PLEASE how do we make this happen? I can print stuff out at work but can't laminate. We deserve these cards ladies - we kicked ass - if a little slowly ;)

If we are helping the laydees with friendly tips,
er, Clara if you are doing London Brighton and only ate 'a whole can of Ravioli'
you need to eat more!
enjoy your rides

I challenge anyone to eat more than one can of that ravioli.

I challenge anyone to eat more than one can of that ravioli.

Yes, that's impossible. :)

No-one can eat more than one can. snigger

I had one and a half pitta breads too! Hang on, no your right, that's lame......

Yes, that's impossible. :)

No-one can eat more than one can. snigger

heh!

@ Longandwinding Mesdames as plural :)

awesome ride. claire and vicky a big thank you for organising, and thanks to everyone who helped lighten the load by eating my sack of flapjacks. couldn't have had a more beautiful day, sun, views, food and people. ditchling was really fun - the half i rode and the half i walked. next time ditchling...next time i'll be ready... and i won't be on 44/19...

regarding the getting lost incident - i was kinda acting as backstop at first. at some point i sped up to try catch the front lot and ask them to wait up and never made it back to the back again (distracted by chain issues.) so, sorry all, think i may have contributed to the slight disintegration of things... should have found someone to officially take over.

yesterday i couldn't walk up stairs, having buggered my knee walking barefoot over the pebbles to the sea. oh cruel irony.

@ Longandwinding Mesdames as plural :)

@ Skully n'est-ce pas?

yesterday i couldn't walk up stairs, having buggered my knee walking barefoot over the pebbles to the sea. oh cruel irony.

I knew I should have given you that piggy back..it could have ended in disaster though..

and it could be nice for some of us single girls.....(fran back me up here!!)

I'M HERE!!!!
one MAHOOOOSIVE +1 (heeheehee)

I'M HERE!!!!
one MAHOOOOSIVE +1 (heeheehee)

ha ha ha me TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

hee hee ;)

Is this going to turn into a 'Date my hot fixie chick friend' thread? ;-)

Wow finally on line !!
What a great day thank you everyone for making it a great ride , company , laughs and sunshine all the way !!
And to Julia and Jess I am so sorry we lost you ladies :(xx
Till the next little jaunt !!!
Thank you again xx

Is this going to turn into a 'Date my hot fixie chick friend' thread? ;-)

Count me in too.

i hear lynx is available

I'M HERE!!!!
one MAHOOOOSIVE +1 (heeheehee)

ha ha ha me TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Count me in too.

Is this going to turn into a 'Date my hot fixie chick friend' thread? ;-)

Expect subscription to the next ladies ride to go up by at least 1000%

awesome awesome ride ladies - thanks to everyone for a wicked day. only low point was losing my mate jess - which i totally feel guilty for - i should have waited for her when i saw that little left veer in the road. thanks to the girls who worked furiously on google maps to try to get them back to us. She's gutted she didnt make it to brighton but still pumped that she got as far as she did on good ole phillipee (the old green peurgot with shody brakes). She was going to meet us in brighton but the train from east Grinstead?? didnt actually go to brighton so it would have involved heading back to london and then another train to brighton. anyways despite losing Jess and julia - it was sweet ride. cant wait for the next one - defo up for cambridge. ziska - cheers for sorting out train tix i'll shoot ya a text shortly

Jayloo!
DId you know that Shel Silverstein's on Spotify reading his work?

How awesome is that!

OMG! No! I thought he'd passed! But...that doesn't negate his being on Spotify. I have to look for that!

Sadly, he is dead, and has been for more than ten years.

Good writer.

Yeah, I thought so. : (

Does anyone know what that bag rack attached to the saddle of one of the girls was? i think it attached just to the saddle rails? (sorry I didn't get her name)
im getting fed up of having a sweaty back!

Teapots, can you remember what the bike was like? May help us identify which particular one of the many bag attached to seat options that were on display!

I loathe having stuff on my back, but if I ever go any distance in that kind of heat again I may have to suck it up and get a camelback thingumy.

I don't know who/which bike but it was a Carradice bag.

Depending on how much stuff you need to hold... that Topeak saddle bag worked fairly well for me, holds nearly 2L. I think I had about the same volume in my jersey pockets as well.

I'm sorry I missed this ladies... it sounds Epic (note the capital E). I was biking in Amsterdam with a bunch of superduper people though so it was still an ace weekend! Next time. Next time.