London->Dublin and the CMWC's

jfk

hey guys, the best way to get from gatwic to London is the train to farringdon.
forget victoria you'll get there at peaktime and go crazy.
FArringdon is closer to the east end but the train service is cheaper and is pretty close to the foundry.
Just get youselves on Clerkenwell road and go this way.

Horse jfk

I mean, in London. Heathrow? Gatwick? um..that other one?

scott not scot you doing all the pre events?....alleycats....rollers...track?......the weather is shit just now man.....ya better bring ya water wings too!

hoping to do everything. trackis indoors right?

heathrow

lol

Another question:
I talked a friend of mine out of buying a bike in NYC to take over. Where are there flea markets and decent used bike shops for him? He'd be happy with something basic, like a 3 speed raleigh.

Horse heathrow

sweet. we should be getting in around the same time. If you want to hang out & try to find eachother at the airport, we can ride into the city together....if that's part of your plan. Just don't drop me.

sick i'll page you over the intercom

track is outdoors 450m....http://www.vcl.org.uk/hernehill/

word. i guess it's dublin with the indoor track. hope it's dry for sunday, seems a lot like our kissena.

The track that I raced on in Dublin was outdoors and even shallower and in worse condition than Herne hill. That was two years ago so there might be a different venue this time around. Herne Hill needs a decent run of good weather to be useable - it stays damp for a little while after wet weather.

HH drys up in about 30 mins at this time of year if there's a bit of a breeze and a little sun.....different in the winter though with low sunshine and colder temps.
although the surface is starting to rough up a bit, it's a million times nicer than Kissena and a real Oasis in South London....apart from the dilapidated buildings!

hope this helps

WInston's right.

It dries pretty quick once the rain stops falling. The forecast for Sunday is good too.

Horse seems a lot like our kissena.

... that's just mean.

don't think there's an indoor track in Dublin...could only find this:

http://www.trackcyclingireland.aardvarkit.ie/html/photosIndex.shtml

now THAT does look like Kissena!

hope this helps!

okay, it must be amsterdam.

i like rough tracks; i have an advantage on them.

winston don't think there's an indoor track in Dublin...could only find this:

http://www.trackcyclingireland.aardvarkit.ie/html/photosIndex.shtml

now THAT does look like Kissena!

hope this helps!

That's the one I was at a couple of years ago. It's in the middle of a park in Dublin and is lumpy tarmac with very little banking. As I said, much worse than Herne Hill.

Track racers get no love!!!!! fuck it, i'm bringin my road bike. seems like track's gonna be rained out anyway....

I arrive tom night. Is this ride from London to Dublin even possible? It's hard to imagine shit weather when it's beautiful and sunny in NYC right now. Why am I coming to london?

it's sort of, wet now.

BUT. it's going to be fine from tomorrow

so they say

you sort of get a whole spectrum of weather in a single day.
it's been like this for the whole week basically, if not the whole 3 months we've been through.
none of us know what to expect even, it was perfectly sunny this morning when i went to work and just now i was skidding around like mad in the wet i need to buy a new tyre tomorrow.

kym, i'd like to go over to NYC for a bit to be honest! especially when the weather's better and 1GBP = 2USD!

sooo tempted right now to just leave the tent at home and take a train to dublin!

a tent? have u not sorted out where to stay in london yet?

with a y Why am I coming to london?

I have asked myself the very same question over and over again

edmundane a tent? have u not sorted out where to stay in london yet?

To camp on the way to Dublin.