2008-04-12 Sat - London to Southend-on-Sea II

1. Roberto (even if it's raining - that's what overshoes were made for :)
   
2. dt
   
3. mareeoh (not going if the weather is a crap)
   
4. Killswitch
   
5. minh ai
   
6. Skullhead
   
7. Bernardo (mareeoh`s flatmate)
   
8. 3rdworldsuitcase
   
9. Lucky7
   
10. Slamming into Ben
    11- somebody
    
11. photoben
    13.
    
12. Hops
    
13. illy
    
14. fatboyralph
    

1. Roberto (even if it's raining - that's what overshoes were made for :)
   
2. dt
   
3. mareeoh (not going if the weather is a crap)
   
4. Killswitch
   
5. minh ai
   
6. Skullhead
   
7. Bernardo (mareeoh`s flatmate)
   
8. 3rdworldsuitcase
   
9. Lucky7
   
10. Slamming into Ben
    11- somebody
    
11. photoben
    
12. HARDEN THE FUCK UP GUYS IT'S JUST A NUMBER (asm)
    
13. Hops
    
14. illy
    
15. fatboyralph
    

1. Roberto (even if it's raining - that's what overshoes were made for :)
   
2. dt
   
3. mareeoh (not going if the weather is a crap)
   
4. Killswitch
   
5. minh ai
   
6. Skullhead
   
7. Bernardo (mareeoh`s flatmate)
   
8. 3rdworldsuitcase
   
9. Lucky7
   
10. Slamming into Ben
    11- somebody
    
11. photoben
    
12. HARDEN THE FUCK UP GUYS IT'S JUST A NUMBER (asm) SHIVA DESTROYER OF GEOFFREY BUTLERS
    
13. Hops
    
14. illy
    
15. fatboyralph
    
16. PJ (PJ)
    

i've been advised against doing this ride brakeless but i only have 1 bike and it doesn't have brakes. are the descents very scary?

I'm definitley not riding my geoff butler then

minh ai i've been advised against doing this ride brakeless but i only have 1 bike and it doesn't have brakes. are the descents very scary?

Without brakes they could be.. how hard is it to fit a brake to your bike? Is it drilled?

no can do. moving house that day - though if you were to move it to the Sunday....

Skullhead I'm definitley not riding my geoff butler then

Don't worry, i'm not that bad. My geoffrey butler is fine. It won't be coming on this ride though, due to not having a brake. :)

Pissed that I missed out on the Monopoly fun but not the rain, just checking Date/Time for the Southend ride??

[quote]mareeoh

the date: saturday 29th March @ brick lane polo court , time? dunno maybe 10:00 am ...

jonny no can do. moving house that day - though if you were to move it to the Sunday....

Shame you can't make it jonny. Hopefully see you on the brighton run instead.

1. Roberto (even if it's raining - that's what overshoes were made for :)
   
2. dt
   
3. mareeoh (not going if the weather is a crap)
   
4. Killswitch
   
5. minh ai
   
6. Skullhead
   
7. Bernardo (mareeoh`s flatmate)
   
8. 3rdworldsuitcase
   
9. Lucky7
   
10. Slamming into Ben
    11- somebody
    
11. photoben
    
12. HARDEN THE FUCK UP GUYS IT'S JUST A NUMBER (asm) SHIVA DESTROYER OF GEOFFREY BUTLERS
    
13. Hops
    
14. illy
    
15. fatboyralph
    
16. PJ (PJ)
    
17. kipsy (kipsy) (the weather is looking good on Metcheck, just a slight headwind of 5mph, no rain forecast)
    

hippy [quote]minh ai i've been advised against doing this ride brakeless but i only have 1 bike and it doesn't have brakes. are the descents very scary?

Without brakes they could be.. how hard is it to fit a brake to your bike? Is it drilled?[/quote]

no. its a track frame. i've been down some fairly steep hills although they are generally quite short. it's the long hills that are difficult. Does anyone know how the descents comapre to, say, blackheath hill?

illy [quote]jonny no can do. moving house that day - though if you were to move it to the Sunday....

Shame you can't make it jonny. Hopefully see you on the brighton run instead.[/quote]

yeah, am up for the brighton run. when the date gets sorted. have a good one illy.

1. Roberto (even if it's raining - that's what overshoes were made for :)
   
2. dt
   
3. mareeoh (not going if the weather is a crap)
   
4. Killswitch
   
5. minh ai
   
6. Skullhead
   
7. Bernardo (mareeoh`s flatmate)
   
8. 3rdworldsuitcase
   
9. Lucky7
   
10. Slamming into Ben
    11- somebody
    
11. photoben
    
12. HARDEN THE FUCK UP GUYS IT'S JUST A NUMBER (asm) SHIVA DESTROYER OF GEOFFREY BUTLERS
    
13. Hops
    
14. illy
    
15. fatboyralph
    
16. PJ (PJ)
    
17. kipsy (kipsy) (the weather is looking good on Metcheck, just a slight headwind of 5mph, no rain forecast)
    
18. mashton (weather & significant other dependent)
    

1. Roberto (even if it's raining - that's what overshoes were made for :)
   
2. dt
   
3. mareeoh (not going if the weather is a crap)
   
4. Killswitch
   
5. minh ai
   
6. Skullhead
   
7. Bernardo (mareeoh`s flatmate)
   
8. 3rdworldsuitcase
   
9. Lucky7
   
10. Slamming into Ben
    11- somebody
    
11. photoben
    
12. HARDEN THE FUCK UP GUYS IT'S JUST A NUMBER (asm) SHIVA DESTROYER OF GEOFFREY BUTLERS
    
13. Hops
    
14. illy
    
15. fatboyralph
    
16. PJ (PJ)
    
17. kipsy (kipsy) (the weather is looking good on Metcheck, just a slight headwind of 5mph, no rain forecast)
    
18. mashton (weather & significant other dependent)
    20.FRANK
    
    

also does anyone know what distance is? more or less then brighton?

Report of the last ride..
http://thehippy.net/nucleus/index.php?itemid=863

"Stats: 5hr total time, 3hr ride time, 75k (47mi) for Seven Dials to Southend, making my total for the day 105k fixed, in horrible conditions. Noice!"

Anybody know how many miles (or km) the Richmond park ride was? 35ish?

minh ai i've been advised against doing this ride brakeless but i only have 1 bike and it doesn't have brakes. are the descents very scary?

hey minh ai, general point is if youre going to do the brighton ride (5th April) you will probably need a brake, get a clamp on, so you only put it on for longer rides, theres nothing wrong with having a spare brake is there

the weather will be horrible this weekend, at least is what bbc says...
so if next weekend is horrible too we will have to set another day

everyone agree with 10:00 at brick lane polo court?

10 sounds good, how many people are up for doing it in shit weather?

mareeoh the weather will be horrible this weekend, at least is what bbc says...
so if next weekend is horrible too we will have to set another day
everyone agree with 10:00 at brick lane polo court?

Supposed to start from 7 Dials man..

yeah, keep it old school! :-P

Seven dials suits me better too......
Definate big NO to shit weather ride....I do enough of that commutin'

Weather will be lovely. I can feel it in my water.

flickwg [quote]minh ai i've been advised against doing this ride brakeless but i only have 1 bike and it doesn't have brakes. are the descents very scary?

hey minh ai, general point is if youre going to do the brighton ride (5th April) you will probably need a brake, get a clamp on, so you only put it on for longer rides, theres nothing wrong with having a spare brake is there[/quote]

uhhh, like, yeah, that's like, sooooo un-cooool :)

thanks for the advice flickerwiggleby. i might be able to borrow my flatmates langster or i might just be hardcore. i'll look into the brake clamp too.