2014-01-01 - Ride West - NYD

Wednesday 01 - 2014

11 AM Achilles Statue Hyde Park
40 KMs (ish)
Mostly out of traffic (Canal, riverside and green chain)

End Old Ship (or maybe do bonus round, Ride South)

Scenic daytime trip out West - no traffic - (hopefully) no peds either

If you are around on New Years day and are awake/not needing a blood transfusion then this should be pretty fun

DISCLAIMERz: It's the holidays - so if it is raining for most of the day I will stay at home and sniff glue instead
Suit bikes with 25C+ tyres as there are some dirt tracks and bumpy bits
Bring tools and 'tings

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Glues Sniffing at |³|MA3K's House List:

1. |³|MA3K
   
2. Eamesy
   

"Bring tools and 'tings" and your on tub of glue.

"Bring tools and 'tings" and your on tub of glue.

I'm not sharing that.

This really is a lovely ride.

Always a quality ride with John.

Glues Sniffing at |³|MA3K's House List:

1. |³|MA3K
   
2. Eamesy
   
3. Hairnetnic
   

ooh, maybe

Possibly only gears with that tyre size thinking Full Sus MTB may be over the top ????
Might go with 23's on the Road Bike and Risk it for a Biscuit...??

it's quite doable on 23c tyres, wider ones are a better choice though

Cheers Ian
If Santa brings me 25's I'll swap over if not weather and luck will make it 23's and gears long slog into town from the sticks !!!!

Cheers Ian (part 2)
If I can emerge on time at Hyde Park next year, I'd like to try this on my CX with 23's as they seem fine off road when pumped up to 110 psi and roll faster than my 35's.

By the way, I have found puncture resistant inner tubes shockingly good in the past year. Historically, puncture resistant inner tubes were a bit rubbish but things change and improve I guess.

|³|MA3K, when you say "dirt tracks" I'm assuming you don't mean "quick sand" on a dryish day?

Glues Sniffing at |³|MA3K's House List:

1. |³|MA3K
   
2. Eamesy
   
3. Hairnetnic
   
4. dimi3
   
   
   

sounds smells good. I'll bring some treats - crack pipe and a few rocks.

Oh go on then,

Glues Sniffing at |³|MA3K's House List:

1. |³|MA3K
   
2. Eamesy
   
3. Hairnetnic
   
4. dimi3
   
5. cnkr
   

BUMP!

just in case anyone's missed this - weather's looking ok too

Weather will be too foul to leave the house on a holiday.

Ride canceled.

Merry New Year all..

it's glue then

#happy2014guys

disappointing weather- even if it was exactly as forecast.

my last posting (above) was actually sent while still tucked up in bed, so there's no way I'd have got to Hyde Park in 45mins

now bored. just painted a wall that needed doing in the house and actually looking round to see if there's anything else needs doing... so bored

... where's that glue?

I just went out for lunch then slept all day. Will bring the glue next ride instead.