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Now the cat is out of the bag, I'm for negotiating with the London marathon to see how this can be resolved in the future. Marathon ride is a special thing and we should make best efforts to keep it alive for next year and beyond.
Negotition is preferable to just saying fuck it. I'm not a fan of the evening option, it's the early morning start, the swish past the volunteers, the empty roads and the attempt to sprint down the mall that make it fun and special. If that is taken away then it's just another rumble through london's famous london's streets.
Negotiation entails restictions being placed upon us and this ride in particular and will probably require us to police ourselves, sign some sort of legal waiver, possibly take out insurance to cover volunteers etc, and also make sure that some of the sketchy riding that we overlook on our big rides doesn't occur/is frowned upon/stamped out - delete as applicable.
But this might be a watershed moment when we as a group of cyclists engage with the authorities to see if we can't come to arrangement that keeps both sides happy.
Has someone spoken to Jacqui and teddy about what they have to do to keep the tweed run legal and aboveboard and seen what elements of that we can take forward to keep the marathon run alive in the form we know and enjoy...