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That's brilliant of them to open, will they be serving beer :) Well maybe a swift half as a thanks for opening as I don't eat sausage or bacon so will probably sort my own food out. Reckon I'll be up for a lunchtime one and defo a post ride one too.
Bear in mind this is a forum ride, and a long one, so I'd estimate there will be between a third and a half will drop out, maybe even more if its pissing it down with rain. So I would'nt want to build their hopes up that 30 odd people will be there.
As for time I think its safe to assume its going to be a stretch to get it done before dark, so bring lights or be preapred to bail homeward before then. It would be a fecking miracle if we had no p***tures, more likely I'd wager there will be one on the ride out to the start, ha! And I'm hoping there's a few people with garmins coming (will the batteries last all day?) in case we get split up, as I for one will not have a clue where I am or where we're going most of the time.
Personally as I'm riding out, and as we're unlikely to finish before sunset anyway, I think 7.30 is early enough, but I'm not a morning person so I would say that. I'll bow to the majority decision.
Has anyone dared to guess how many sets of traffic lights we'll encounter on route? Counting the City as a borough thats 34, if we encountered 15 sets per borough thats over 500 stops if we were unlucky enough they were all red. Fuuuuuuuuu and I thought 15 sets was pretty conservative.
Anyway all thats just my 2p worth but I'm still looking forward to it, and chapeau to Earthloop for all the planning.