2011-07-30 Sat 10PM - Bridges XII - West to East

Come at me, bridge!

Tonight was amazing xD

Was a really good ride, quick, only one puncture, and fun to see everyone again (and meet some new ppl)

Come at me, bridge!

stole my line...

As OLC just said in the spotted thread... cycling through a beer garden was a first for me on the bridges ride..

Classy bridges, happy in a way that would be hard to explain to a normal. Thank you everybody.

You guyz...

stole my line...

stole the sprints too. every time :P
pointless dickhead competitiveness aside, so glad xander convinced me to crash the ride. first bridges ride I've done. twas ace :) thanks john/krz for leading, trackstanding, conversing, pointing, all of it.

[QUOTE=middleofnowhere;2316555] a normal [QUOTE]

this is one of the best things I've read in a very, very long time.

[QUOTE=middleofnowhere;2316555] a normal [QUOTE]

baaahhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaasnort

That was fun, tiring, but fun. I need to do more of these longer distance jaunts I think.

Great ride last night.

Thanks for John for organising. Nice bunch of people to ride. Hope to see you all at another ride soon.

Does anyone remember the name of the bridge when went under last night with these coloured button like things on the wall, and the bridge we went across the was light up by lights going all along side it? It'll do for some nice night time camera shots

fnshr - this one?

it's a railway bridge. we were on Southwark Street, where it crosses Redcross Way. (photo was for a tag that i was beaten to!)

Classy bridges, happy in a way that would be hard to explain to a normal.

who wants to talk to normals anyway?

stole the sprints too. every time :P
pointless dickhead competitiveness aside, so glad xander convinced me to crash the ride. first bridges ride I've done. twas ace :) thanks john/krz for leading, trackstanding, conversing, pointing, all of it.

Its all about racing to the tops of the bridges! racing down sucks

Nice ride, I left soon after Albert Bridge but still enjoyed the cycling through the beer garden bit. Thanks for leading and nice to meet everyone. Good pace too.

Really fun ride, was a nice little spin and didn't take as long as I expected, so managed to get back for a decent nights kip. Nice to meet everyone, and chapeau to John for leading the ride and providing some quality banter along the way. Beer garden route was certainly interesting.

See y'all next time.

fnshr - this one?

it's a railway bridge. we were on Southwark Street, where it crosses Redcross Way. (photo was for a tag that i was beaten to!)

Yeah that's the one dude =D plus would you happen to know other one I mentioned?
I'm so going head back there and take some pictures

^not sure. was it a later one? like after waterloo?

^Think It was before ... If you cant remember that's fine, I'll just wait for the next one hopefully.

in that case, chelsea bridge. i was forgetting that of course it was dark at the start too! duhh

okay, so I couldn't make it last night, blah, blah, blah...
so I thought I'd go and ride the bridges (my usual run being Tower to Putney bridges) as I missed last night and haven't done this Sunday morning ride in a while. However, I soon ran into a problem in that several of the bridges I had to walk on to as there were roads closed off for the "London Triathlon". This got me thinking, where do they do the swim bit? Surely not in the Thames! "okay, here's your 1km swim start - just keep your mouth shut"
Anyone know what's the score?

One of my friends did it and it was indeed in the Thames. Apparently it tastes of diesel. Afterwards, he said, "mate, it was well nasty. I don't recommend it"

docklands I think

^kate, do you remember me high-fiving someone on millennium bridge or did I just imagine that?

^someone did. there were some youngsters chilling on the bridge, then we brought the noise!