LFGSS 'Day by the Seaside'- August 2nd

@Dropout - great glad to know you've done this route recently. btw are you talking about magic brownies?!

@lebowski - you don't think the middle group could overtake the 'medium' group - you forgot that I can only walk up slopes, and need carrying up hills. But i can do Fords. I bet there aren't andy fords. Dang.

Looking forward to meeting everyone again, hope it's as good a day as the Cambridge ride.
How's the weather down your neck of the wood's?
Big storm brewing up here in Hull, not sure weather to take beach towel or brolly at the weekend?
It's not a really early start, 05:20 from Hull station, think I may have a snooze on the train.

[quote=Lebowski;246088]
... do you reckon any group is going to overtake/get overtaken? The fast group have the advantage of a smaller group, but 45 mins is a big gap and it's only 60 miles...[quote]

I'd think there's probably a good chance that the fasties will be bearing down on the early starters by Turners Hill, where I stopped yesterday to answer a text msg, arrange my clothing, talk to the locals, kick my tyres and do a spot of birdwatching, as displacement activity from getting up that hill.

There again Geoffrey Butler Cycles on the Brighton Road will be open by the time the fasties woosh by. Maybe they'll stop to ogle Colnagos,

Hare and tortoise.

Medium Pace Group, leaving at 8.00am
1. Stompy
2. gabes
3. Skully
4.Dropout
5. ZigZagatha
6. 50/14
7. WAID
8. Stevo_com :)

1. Pinkgottimobbs
   
2. livingasleep
   
3. Ilovesteel
   
4. Jacqui
   
   

Medium/Fast Group, leaving at 8.45am
1. Lebowski
2. dogsballs
3. eyebrows (if I have a bike)
4. usukmetendoller (lewis)
5. m-xl
6. elvis
7. andy
8.kelvin (not that fast but in with the other brightonians

Fast Group, Leaving at 9.30am
1. Mikec
2. Hillbilly
3. Sainsburys Ed
4. Claus
5. Jonny
6. Texas

TRAIN GROUP, Leaving 11:45 (Victoria)

... btw are you talking about magic brownies?!

I promise you won't need psychoactive snacks for Brighton seafront! Rainbow-coloured shockwigs; pumping sound-systems; bright-eyed party people befriending absolute strangers ...You'll be out of it just by being in it.

No, we're much better off sticking with the Dyke.

Medium Pace Group, leaving at 8.00am

1. Stompy
   
2. gabes
   
3. Skully
   4.Dropout
   
4. ZigZagatha
   
5. 50/14
   
6. WAID
   
7. Stevo_com :)
   
8. Pinkgottimobbs
   
9. livingasleep
   
10. Ilovesteel
    
11. Jacqui
    
12. Amy
    
    

Medium/Fast Group, leaving at 8.45am

1. Lebowski
   
2. dogsballs
   
3. eyebrows (if I have a bike)
   
4. usukmetendoller (lewis)
   
5. m-xl
   
6. elvis
   
7. andy
   8.kelvin (not that fast but in with the other brightonians
   
   

Fast Group, Leaving at 9.30am

1. Mikec
   
2. Hillbilly
   
3. Sainsburys Ed
   
4. Claus
   
5. Jonny
   
6. Texas
   
   
   

TRAIN GROUP, Leaving 11:45 (Victoria)

Medium Pace Group, leaving at 8.00am

1. Stompy
   
2. gabes
   
3. Skully
   4.Dropout
   
4. ZigZagatha
   
5. 50/14
   
6. WAID
   
7. Stevo_com :)
   
8. Pinkgottimobbs
   
9. livingasleep
   
10. Ilovesteel
    
11. Jacqui
    
12. Amy
    
    

Medium/Fast Group, leaving at 8.45am

1. Lebowski
   
2. dogsballs
   
3. eyebrows (if I have a bike)
   
4. usukmetendoller (lewis)
   
5. m-xl
   
6. elvis
   
7. andy
   8.kelvin (not that fast but in with the other brightonians
   9.skoota
   
   

Fast Group, Leaving at 9.30am

1. Mikec
   
2. Hillbilly
   
3. Sainsburys Ed
   
4. Claus
   
5. Jonny
   
6. Texas
   
   
   

TRAIN GROUP, Leaving 11:45 (Victoria)

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on paper it doesn't look too likely one group catching the other. starting on 45 min intervals and assuming 20, 25, 30 kph average the cross-over point is at around 90k, go figure. so much for the arithmetic of cycling. its all theory anyway. looking forward to another fun ride.

claus you fixed or bringing the colnago ?

also the faster groups will have shorter stops ;)

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i'd add myself to the fast group if i knew how!!

claus you fixed or bringing the colnago ?

fixed it is. but i guess dropout had a point when he assumed the colnagos at GB will cause some distraction

@ mike_e. just spotted you're making the trip from Hull to join in. I remember you from the Cambridge ride. Now I've got to pack five boxes of choccy brownies?

just checkin but your packing a lot fudge for the trip to brighton then?

how many stops for the slow group?

just checkin but your packing a lot fudge for the trip to brighton then?
i bet there will be a lot of fudge packing down in brighton that evening! :O

Looks like it's gonna be an epic ride. gutted i am missing it - I had my trunks, bucket and everything!

Mike-e - i would have been able to put you up but i am now out for the saturday. sorry man.

MikeC - Just tell her you got to get to get sweaty down at Gay Pride. be sure to hold her hard firmly and give her a knowing look in the eye when you tell her.. ;)

Shit I'm changing records at a party after, back in SE London, then joining ma3k's little ride Sunday morning. Should be a mad weekend. I'm gonna need something.

You may well find that something in Brighton

Shit I'm changing records at a party after, back in SE London, then joining ma3k's little ride Sunday morning. Should be a mad weekend. I'm gonna need something.

Sunday morning ya say...
Whattagwan ?
Gotta work Saturday, so B-Right-On is owt for me, but will need to get owt n do summink.

Sunday morning ya say...
Whattagwan ?
Gotta work Saturday, so B-Right-On is owt for me, but will need to get owt n do summink.

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread8605.html#post242348

hope to see you there man! Its a no-brainer for you, you can pretty much fall out of bed and you're there.

Looks like it's gonna be an epic ride. gutted i am missing it - I had my trunks, bucket and everything!

What happened Pip? Not the shoulder, I hope?

the middle group looks like it's gonna be the smallest, who'd thunk it

I am still getting around one handed man. Been testing it well but there is not enough there for a decent ride, goes numb after about an hour - technically i am still due 2 weeks in a sling so can't winge

I am going to have to settle for winning the track day instead

packed your kiss me quick hat yet? ;)

Medium Pace Group, leaving at 8.00am

1. Stompy
   
2. gabes
   
3. Skully
   4.Dropout
   
4. ZigZagatha
   
5. 50/14
   
6. WAID
   
7. Stevo_com :)
   
8. Pinkgottimobbs
   
9. livingasleep
   
10. Ilovesteel
    
11. Jacqui
    
12. Build
    
13. Dom
    
    

Medium/Fast Group, leaving at 8.45am

1. Lebowski
   
2. dogsballs
   
3. eyebrows (if I have a bike)
   
4. usukmetendoller (lewis)
   
5. m-xl
   
6. elvis
   
7. andy
   8.kelvin (not that fast but in with the other brightonians
   
   

Fast Group, Leaving at 9.30am

1. Mikec
   
2. Hillbilly
   
3. Sainsburys Ed
   
4. Claus
   
5. Jonny
   
6. Texas
   
   
   

TRAIN GROUP, Leaving 11:45 (Victoria)