2012-06-10 Sun 11am - Ride North-East!

Out, free ticket to Download festival.....

1. MA3K
   
2. conker (ian)
   
3. XH
   
4. Hairnet
   
5. YAL
   
6. Danns +1
   
7. lardboy
   
8. d3imi pls
   
9. b&d
   
10. 
    
11. fade
    
12. deLights
    
13. Cafewanda
    
14. middleofnowhere
    
15. 
    
16. 
    
17. mountaingoatmatt
    
18. Dom
    
19. vunugu
    
20. Eamesy
    
21. Big Dave
    
22. Whatok
    
23. Sonny
    
    

Out, gutted but am driving to Puglia to collect some vintage motorbikes for my boss, and staying in his sick Trulli too so not that gutted :~)

wow Sweaty, you're at a concert and getting motorbikes at the same time!

#outtwice #multitasking

I am actually two people. Fucking hate copying and pasting on an ipad. Just can't get it right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^ split personality

OUT. only day i can schlep all my lads stuff back from uni

1. MA3K
   
2. 
   
3. XH
   
4. Hairnet
   
5. YAL
   
6. Danns +1
   
7. lardboy
   
8. d3imi pls
   
9. b&d
   
10. 
    
11. fade
    
12. deLights
    
13. Cafewanda
    
14. middleofnowhere
    
15. 
    
16. 
    
17. mountaingoatmatt
    
18. Dom
    
19. vunugu
    
20. Eamesy
    
21. Big Dave
    
22. Whatok
    
23. Sonny
    

This is on tomorrow.
If the weather gets too boring the ride will probably be shortened to just the North section(30km).

Out due to house hunting / viewings.

1. MA3K
   
2. 
   
3. XH
   
4. Hairnet
   
5. YAL
   
6. 
   
7. lardboy
   
8. d3imi pls
   
9. b&d
   
10. 
    
11. fade
    
12. deLights
    
13. Cafewanda
    
14. middleofnowhere
    
15. 
    
16. 
    
17. mountaingoatmatt
    
18. Dom
    
19. vunugu
    
20. Eamesy
    
21. Big Dave
    
22. Whatok
    
23. Sonny
    

Now out. Sorry.

1. MA3K
   
2. 
   
3. XH
   
4. Hairnet
   
5. YAL
   
6. 
   
7. lardboy
   
8. d3imi pls
   
9. b&d
   
10. 
    
11. fade
    
12. deLights
    
13. 
    
14. middleofnowhere
    
15. 
    
16. 
    
17. mountaingoatmatt
    
18. Dom
    
19. vunugu
    
20. Eamesy
    
21. Big Dave
    
22. Whatok
    
23. Sonny
    

I'm out, I need to get a long cycle in tomorrow and had thought this was in a few weeks time. Have fun!

1. MA3K
   
2. 
   
3. XH
   
4. Hairnet
   
5. YAL
   
6. 
   
7. lardboy
   
8. d3imi pls
   
9. b&d
   
10. 
    
11. fade
    
12. deLights
    
13. 
    
14. middleofnowhere
    
15. 
    
16. 
    
17. 
    
18. Dom
    
19. vunugu
    
20. Eamesy
    
21. Big Dave
    
22. Whatok
    
23. Sonny
    

Weather is looking good, heading down.

OUT sorry, this hangover is too much!

Likewise!!!

Out. Just woken up.

1. MA3K
   
2. 
   
3. XH
   
4. Hairnet
   
5. YAL
   
6. 
   
7. lardboy
   
8. d3imi pls
   9.
   
9. 
   
10. fade
    
11. deLights
    
12. 
    
13. middleofnowhere
    
14. 
    
15. 
    
16. 
    
17. Dom
    
18. vunugu
    
19. Eamesy
    
20. Big Dave
    22.
    23.
    

well I hope you lot had a lovely ride today. wish i could have been there instead of spending the day as an unpaid taxi! oh yes, and also driving for two hours and then having to spend 20mins phoning my son trying to wake him up from his beauty sleep

#lazybastardgoingoutonabender

it's the day after Nocturne...

So you can't stand around drinking for 4 hours, sleep then ride around drinking for 4 hours?

Turns out I can't.

Matt, i wondered if you'd make it today. thought you'd have a bit of a head on ya

Didn't get this off work in the end - how did it go?

Sorry, I woken up at about 2pm with a headache. The only option was to carry on with London's Calling. I did manage to get a second place at trackstanding competition though.

2nd place eh? getting to be a habit!

Apologies for missing this one. Like Dimi, I woke up long after the ride started. Sorry guys! I hope the weather held out for you.

Small group of five in the end but that meant we moved pretty quickly and effortlessly around. No punctures or mechanicals at all. Weather also stayed dry for it which was a bonus. Getting a slight soaking 10 minutes from home doesn't count after 6 hours of riding.

Really enjoyed riding around some interesting and different parts of London. Highlights for me, apart from the obvious viewpoints were:

• First visit to Ali Pali (after almost 12 years in London)
  
• First Woolwich Ferry ride
  
• Dodging broken glass, wheel eating pot holes on switchbacks, overhanging brambles and steel fences to scale and descend the treacherous Becton Alps (only hill in East London & abandoned dry ski slope)
  
• Sligh odour of poo as trade off for car free travel along the Greenway form near the Olympic Park to Beckton
  
• View from the Parkway near Highgate Wood
  
• Possible spot of Noam Chomsky in the aforementioned Highgate Wood tell us there was no cycling in the wood. Naughty fixie skidders.
  
• And shots of vodka on the street outside the Ma3k residence. Cheers!
  Thanks for the company all and especially our dear leader for his fascinated commentary on quirky bits of London history.
  

2nd place eh? getting to be a habit!

First loser or weekend of 2nd places.

ha! I was thinking of the latter

This was a great ride - I made some additions to the route around north to maximise the views over the city.

No problems, 3 minutes of rain, a fast pace and good conversations, couldn't ask for a better ride.

Yep, was a really great ride! Thanks again for leading John. Good to meet the rest of you, I was the Sam on the white Dolan.