2011-04-16 Sat 9pm - London Marathon Ride

Feeder ride from centralish. Meet at Russell Square 7.30PM, we'll leave at 7.45 and go past a shop for beer/sweets etc

^bump

for those who are scared to go south of the river alone, we are meeting at russell square, the corner with Woburn Place and Bernard Street. we'll stop for provisions on the way to the main meet-up

9pm Saturday Night ride:
1 . Velocio
2 . Skydancer
3 . Kirth
4 . Cafewanda
5 . ChainBreaker :-)
6 . Tiswas
7 . HatBeard
8 . middleofnowhere
9 . marcom

1. Jaitch
   
2. lardboy (Got to use me party hat some time)
   
3. ian (conker) [with trampstylee beer)
   
4. sherbertflyingsaucer
   
5. ryanse3
   
6. Yasi
   
7. Tommy Mac
   
8. atticus
   
9. paramounted
   
10. robertt (first forum ride and seriously hoping that I'm not left behind after the first mile)
    
11. Marco
    
12. zazkar
    
13. superjoe
    
14. HatBeard
    
15. Wibble
    
16. JAMIE
    
17. pt
    
18. almac68
    
19. Pistaboy
    
20. Louis
    
21. jamestz
    
22. party_paul
    
23. OLC seriously hoping i can drop robertt in the first mile ;-)
    
24. thecalmdoc - first forum ride. Can I bring along some friends?
    
25. tomass
    
26. CHUG_IT
    
27. SculpturedHuman
    
28. pootsmanuva
    
29. MotherGirl
    
30. dimi3
    
31. boggle
    
32. tanya g
    
33. perpetual motion (first forum ride as well)
    
34. mortari
    
35. Themefrom90210 (first forum ride, hopefully bringing friends!)
    
36. acejase (+friends)
    
37. AcidHaus1
    
38. Juanito (another first timer)
    
39. ms.chris +1
    
40. dre
    
41. Bearfoot. (ill be there for the bully's, with my stetson and my BIANCHI .44 Dragon ready for the duel :)....)
    
42. neevio ...another forum newby ...with another non-FG/SG bike
    
43. Brother ..(Injured but willing!)
    
44. katherine
    
45. gregfalski
    
46. scout finch
    
47. lazyday
    
48. dublinkevin
    
49. LiamLP
    59.Adders (another forum newby on a single speed)
    
50. Amygdala + Brentwood Dubstep Massif (1 person)
    
51. Punkture
    
    

this will be my first forum ride so is it bad form to ride my road bike (which i prefer to ride at the moment) or shall i break out the fixie skidder?

Dear oh dear^

What's the name of this forum? Remind me.

ha! fixie skidder it is then

(< probably running gears)

ben - awesome. we're just missing kidboy now!
are you going to newington at all tomorrow? i think netto and asbo will be there.

does someone have an app for iphone that will show the route and track your position?

Dear oh dear^

What's the name of this forum? Remind me.

*starts to feel guilty for only owning the one, geared-up, bike * :o/

Dear oh dear^

What's the name of this forum? Remind me.

London Fixed Gear and Single Speed*

** Nothing else will be acceptable unless passed by a simple majority vote of the Controlling Committee in the case of a locational adjudication, or a two thirds majority vote of the Controlling Committee in the case of a gear-related adjudication. The 'Classifieds Section' of the aforementioned site may contain geared cycles without prior adjudication of the Committee, but only so that they may be 'cured' by having the gears removed.*

Ride what you like, it's your life.

ride a scooter if you want to mate! ill try to fit rollerblades to a horse and be there but is taking me ages to find the horse!

hehehe bearfoot

London Zoo. Get a Zebra. You can claim it's a limited edition horse.

As long as you turn up, that's the mane thing.

but is there a gps map thingy with the route on it for an iphone around? else im gonna get fucking lost again.

but is there a gps map thingy with the route on it for an iphone around? else im gonna get fucking lost again.

try the AQA thread

and you better sort it out cause i'm planning on following you

#don'tknowwhathelookslike

We will all get lost, that's a large part of what this ride is about. It's not actually possible to follow the route with one ways and iffy illegal turns but with a bit of "make it up as you go along" near enough is good enough. If you get hopelessly detached just head for the finish at the Mall.

the way i rode last time was felix and me got lost every turn... 26 miles was in fact 35 miles at the end...

What are the opening times of greenwich foot tunnel?

Anyone?

June

That's actually Woolwich. The Greenwich tunnel is open but no lift.

The Greenwich Foot Tunnel has re-opened but refurbishment work will continue into June 2011. The stairs on both sides of the river are open during the following times:

Monday to Friday 6am to 9pm
Saturday 6am throughout the weekend until Monday 9pm. 

9pm Saturday Night ride:
1 . Velocio
2 . Skydancer
3 . Kirth
4 . Cafewanda
5 . ChainBreaker :-)
6 . Tiswas
7 . HatBeard
8 . middleofnowhere
9 . marcom

1. Jaitch
   
2. lardboy (Got to use me party hat some time)
   
3. ian (conker) [with trampstylee beer)
   
4. sherbertflyingsaucer
   
5. ryanse3
   
6. Yasi
   
7. Tommy Mac
   
8. atticus
   
9. paramounted
   
10. robertt (first forum ride and seriously hoping that I'm not left behind after the first mile)
    
11. Marco
    
12. zazkar
    
13. superjoe
    
14. HatBeard
    
15. Wibble
    
16. JAMIE
    
17. pt
    
18. almac68
    
19. Pistaboy
    
20. Louis
    
21. jamestz
    
22. party_paul
    
23. OLC seriously hoping i can drop robertt in the first mile ;-)
    
24. thecalmdoc - first forum ride. Can I bring along some friends?
    
25. tomass
    
26. CHUG_IT
    
27. SculpturedHuman
    
28. pootsmanuva
    
29. 
    
30. dimi3
    
31. boggle
    
32. tanya g
    
33. perpetual motion (first forum ride as well)
    
34. mortari
    
35. Themefrom90210 (first forum ride, hopefully bringing friends!)
    
36. acejase (+friends)
    
37. AcidHaus1
    
38. Juanito (another first timer)
    
39. ms.chris +1
    
40. dre
    
41. Bearfoot. (ill be there for the bully's, with my stetson and my BIANCHI .44 Dragon ready for the duel :)....)
    
42. neevio ...another forum newby ...with another non-FG/SG bike
    
43. Brother ..(Injured but willing!)
    
44. katherine
    
45. gregfalski
    
46. scout finch
    
47. lazyday
    
48. dublinkevin
    
49. LiamLP
    59.Adders (another forum newby on a single speed)
    
50. Amygdala + Brentwood Dubstep Massif (1 person)
    
51. Punkture
    
    
    
    

I'm out :( Quick, someone take no 38!
Who thought having the same birthday as your mom could cause so much drama. Really wanted to watch the polo and then come on the ride tonight! wahhhhhhhh.

9pm Saturday Night ride:
1 . Velocio
2 . Skydancer
3 . Kirth
4 . Cafewanda
5 . ChainBreaker :-)
6 . Tiswas
7 . HatBeard
8 . middleofnowhere
9 . marcom

1. Jaitch
   
2. lardboy (Got to use me party hat some time)
   
3. ian (conker) [with trampstylee beer)
   
4. 
   
5. ryanse3
   
6. Yasi
   
7. Tommy Mac
   
8. atticus
   
9. paramounted
   
10. robertt (first forum ride and seriously hoping that I'm not left behind after the first mile)
    
11. Marco
    
12. zazkar
    
13. superjoe
    
14. HatBeard
    
15. Wibble
    
16. JAMIE
    
17. pt
    
18. almac68
    
19. Pistaboy
    
20. Louis
    
21. jamestz
    
22. party_paul
    
23. OLC seriously hoping i can drop robertt in the first mile ;-)
    
24. thecalmdoc - first forum ride. Can I bring along some friends?
    
25. tomass
    
26. CHUG_IT
    
27. SculpturedHuman
    
28. pootsmanuva
    
29. 
    
30. dimi3
    
31. boggle
    
32. tanya g
    
33. perpetual motion (first forum ride as well)
    
34. mortari
    
35. Themefrom90210 (first forum ride, hopefully bringing friends!)
    
36. acejase (+friends)
    
37. AcidHaus1
    
38. Juanito (another first timer)
    
39. ms.chris +1
    
40. dre
    
41. Bearfoot. (ill be there for the bully's, with my stetson and my BIANCHI .44 Dragon ready for the duel :)....)
    
42. neevio ...another forum newby ...with another non-FG/SG bike
    
43. Brother ..(Injured but willing!)
    
44. katherine
    
45. gregfalski
    
46. scout finch
    
47. lazyday
    
48. dublinkevin
    
49. LiamLP
    59.Adders (another forum newby on a single speed)
    
50. Amygdala + Brentwood Dubstep Massif (1 person)
    
51. Punkture
    
    

Cannae make it tonight, so number 13 is available, I was wondering if that would be unlucky being there....

the way i rode last time was felix and me got lost every turn... 26 miles was in fact 35 miles at the end...

I use Runkeeper on Android... but if you want something to follow a route, I've no idea, been looking for that myself

does someone have an app for iphone that will show the route and track your position?

Yes! The link I posted a few pages back was from a mate who posted it on another board. When I read it on my phone, it gave me the option to download to my phone.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=216453838212789529395.000448318aae3c58cf7d3

If you're reading this on your iphone now, maybe you can do the same?

In other news, I've just found out that apparently they paint a blue line on roads for the route...not sure what time this happens though.

Gonna be at the Central London feeder and out to Blackheath. But I'm going to try and cycle between intersecting points along the route and try and get some pictures. Lets see how that works out.