32 Borough Challenge

oh you want to do it alphabetically do you ?

gets touring bike out of the shed

I like that spiral idea. I'm sure an attractive end destination in Bexley could be found.

Why not start in Bexley?

Ian wants to start in Barnet for purely selfish reasons.

Are we allowed to count "rest of the world" as a 34th zone which we can visit only once ?

If so, we could cut out the ugly non-spirally Havering Lurch by starting in Havering, using the Dartford crossing and then cutting back in to Bexley.

Well, the Dartford Crossing is the M25, a notoriously cold place for cyclists, so no. Unless:

http://realcycling.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/cycling-above-and-below-thames-at.html

http://www.crayfordhistory.co.uk/index/home/

http://www.crossness.org.uk/

Great idea, up for this for sure.

A very rough route, just to get an idea of the total distance

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3050587

EDIT: this is not the latest version, see further down thread

Great idea, up for this for sure.

+1. Let's just find a date a couple months ahead then people hammer out the details of Earthloop's spiral route between now and then.

up for this

Saturday the 26th of October, to pick a date at random. Counterproposals welcome.

Boy,
184.5 kms, when the M25 is only 188.3.

OK this route is 2+, smaller radius loops,
but I guess that shows the power of fractals.

potentially 185 very slow kms

^ 10 hours if my 'training route' round suburban Hillingdon,
(while son is at tennis lessons), is any indication.

I like the sound of this too...

This is the only way I've found to see the route against a map of the borough boundaries, does anyone know a better way ?

In google maps:

• My places
  
• CREATE MAP
  
• Import
  
• Import this map of the borough boundaries: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?authuser=0&vps=5&hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&output=kml&msid=204895236060369963394.0004e428ad479cbc8ded8
  
• Import the spiral route from ridewithgps, by pasting in the target of the kml link on the ridewithgps export tab
  
• Done
  
• The new map in My Places should have a KML link, if it doesn't adding a comment to your map sometimes makes it appear
  
• Copy and paste the target of the google maps KML link into the google maps search box and click - this allows you to view the whole thing on one screen.
  

Will we need spare brake pads due to all the millions of traffic lights?

Or spare rear tires, depending on your preferred braking mechanism.

i like the smell of napalm / rubber in the morning ... around midday and well on into the evening as well

This route is never going to be a clean looking spiral (because of the need to duck into Havering at the top right) so I think it makes sense to tweak it to be shorter and less trafficlighty where possible, even at the expense of some spiralness.

wot no list?
This ride definitely need spoke cards.

• Robertyoghurt
  
• Paramounted
  

• Robertyoghurt
  
• Paramounted
  
• Earthloop
  

http://www.crayfordhistory.co.uk/index/home/

http://www.crossness.org.uk/

Both a bit north bexley, I'd like to start from south bexley to keep the distance down if we can. Based on google earth, Sidcup Place looks like a fairly good meeting and starting point:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sidcup+Place,+Sidcup,+United+Kingdom&hl=en&sll=51.415401,0.10613&sspn=0.030432,0.055876&oq=Sidcup+Pla&hnear=Sidcup+Pl,+Sidcup+DA14+6BQ,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=17

... anyone have local knowledge ?

• Robertyoghurt
  
• Paramounted
  
• Earthloop
  
• kristian (depends when)