N2R - FGSS to Brighton - 11th Nov - 9AM Hyde Park Corner

11th of November it is.

Could someone add to calender?

that's the first and last literary reference i make on this forum.

philistines.

peejay78 that's the first and last literary reference i make on this forum.

I doubt it.

;-)

i'm mr. nobody from nowhere...

I'll see if I can get someone to teach my class on Sunday morning. If so then I'm in. I've been meaning to make up for the traffic jam of a BHS ride.

arup I'll see if I can get someone to teach my class on Sunday morning. If so then I'm in. I've been meaning to make up for the traffic jam of a BHS ride.

ahhh... it all becomes clear. you are the vicar, therefore you must have won the race taalked about on this other thread

what do you teach?

Are you actually a vicar?

Sunday School?

I teach a yoga class at David Lloyd in Kensington.

Religious Yoga!!?!?!?!?!?

Oh yeah. Hallelujah, praise the lord.

arup I teach a yoga class at David Lloyd in Kensington.

So you'll ride a bit of the way with us and then split...?

Ha ha.

Just realized this falls on the day of the social ride - solution, round trip to get back in time for one :p

Seriously reckon we should leave by about 9:30-10:00 in the morning.

Or shift the ride to Saturday then we can do the social ride on Sunday?

Chatting to a friend who did the Rapha ride - took them eight hours! And they got lost twice.

photoben Chatting to a friend who did the Rapha ride - took them eight hours! And they got lost twice.

I own the London A-Z and the Brighton A-Z, so as we are "off the map" for most of the ride we will technically be lost for most of the ride anyway. Does anyone own a compass?

-1 for poor sentence construction.

Hey the idea of ride sounds interesting...i probably would go for it :)

Are we not following the L2B charity route? There's plenty of maps for that one surely?

I'm considering bailing.

It's not the distance I mind, but the rolling countryside.

Last time I did this ride I was on a geared bike, and I still walked up a few of the hills.

Dude L2B is shitloads easier than those Catford hills, there's only two proper hills! Come on!
What doesn't kill you..

OS route map here...

As I said, I'm considering.

I'm going to try and get better at climbing - and I'll sort out 'bail to station' routes.

But Turner Hill and Ditchling - Ouch!

Turners is only half the length of Westerham at best - no, definitely less than that...and Ditchling is the only other proper hill, where only 3 or 4 out of 25 of us on the FIxed Gear London ride made it earlier this year. Other than that it's a decent, gently rolling ride.
I know the way, too.