2010-07-17 11am - Lee Valley River Ride II

Oh you bastards! DJ invited me to Kew for a power ride and a bbq tomorrow.

By the way, weather forecast changed. It looks like a rain :-(

By the way, weather forecast changed. It looks like a rain :-(

Yeah, rain from mid afternoon.

We might have to make this one a bit quicker than last time, so that we don't get caught.

I'm deffo in, bit Hung over and probaby gonna get lost on the way to the start but setting off in a min! Cya all soon!

I'm still in. Will be going as far as the Edmonton stop, then returning.
JohnH, I'll meet the group up the canal at 11.30ish outside Princess of Wales or Anchor and Hope.

good ride today, I had fun, apart from the shitty tyre with a hole. And no blood.

Yeah was a good one, 7 people turned up, 5 made it to Hertford.

We had no crashes on this one, but 3 punctures.

Glad to hear you made it back alright. We were imaging you having a romantic picnic by the river with cheese and baguette.
I'll have a look at it today and see if it will hold. Ordered 2 new tyres last night :)

Hello All

New here. The Lee Valley Ride sounds great. When is the next one happening?

2 days ago...

No in all seriousness John H was talking about another one later in the year, possibly September?

John H was talking about another one later in the year, possibly September?

Yeah, something like that

And 2 made it back.

Ollie (forum name?) and I hammered* it back, got to Victoria park at about 7 IIRC. Headwind was a bit of a pain but not as bad as it can be.

Really enjoyed the ride up there, but equally really enjoyed coming back. I'm not sure I could have gone up and back at the speed we came back

+1 !

Cheers John once again for organising.

• well I was at or damn near maximum, Ollie was probably at 70% and humouring me.
  
  

no, the headwinds hurt me too, but once we were at the station I felt like a couple more miles would be very welcome...It was good to rattle along the tp at a good pace though. But the wind! In the drops on a towpath, I am so not a hard bastard...

Glad to hear you made it back alright. We were imaging you having a romantic picnic by the river with cheese and baguette.
I'll have a look at it today and see if it will hold. Ordered 2 new tyres last night :)

dinner/late lunch was quite romatic, maybe sparks will fly on a second date though, no luck this time.

extra plug: this is a good relaxed ride! more people should try and do the next one. but not too many. Just check your tires for holes first...

I got another hole in that tyre, and again not on a skid patch. So I decided to screw it properly and did a nice long skid which has now put a hole about 5cm long in it. Luckily I wasn't far from home. Worst. Tyre. Ever.

Its your frame. It burns rubber without even moving!

room for a newby

this was 2 years ago ... might be a little late now ;)

if we get a nice weekend i would be more than happy to lead a run up the lee valley
plenty of pubs along the way so we need never get too thirsty

I'd definitely do it again, really enjoyed it last time

1. dicki
   
2. kirth
   
3. jogger
   

Yeah, I'd be in too.

And me...

if we get a nice weekend i would be more than happy to lead a run up the lee valley
plenty of pubs along the way so we need never get too thirsty

not that it needs a lot of leading it is dead straight for 30 miles +
along a canal path .. just don't turn left or right .. simples

if we get a nice weekend i would be more than happy to lead a run up the lee valley
plenty of pubs along the way so we need never get too thirsty

ha "if we get a nice weekend" - chance would be a fine thing

Innersted!

There's a cyclo-cross race in Waltham Abbey (actually it's before Waltham Abbey - near to where you go under the M25), on November 25th, if anyones interested in a ride up the canal?