2008-06-14 Sat - 100k Ride to Oxford, the people's choice

I'm starting to get iffy on this, due to an engagement early evening...

dayum.

Might leave you at Christmas common and go back to High Wycombe to get an earlier train back.

I might do this but on gears. I don't want to be riding fixed a couple of weeks before L2P. Any objections? It will also depend on how I feel Sat.
My legs have been pretty tired since Archer/Wessex/Chiltern

I don't mind, but why the reluctance to ride fixed. If you geared appropriately, and remembered that it's a recovery/conditioning ride, you'd be fine wouldn't you? Might even be good psychologically to get some non-thrashing-yourself/social time in the saddle...

Yeah but my issues are 1) specificity for l2p 2) Sorting out the clicking on my Ksyriums 3) I've not ridden the Soma for 3 months and I've not ridden 100k on it since Dunwich last year. Actually, when we did L2B I was on it. Hmm.. I can't remember if it needed tweaking or not.

If I rode the Soma it'd probably force me to slow down and be more sociable which would probably be helpful to me.. but if it's doing bad things to my joints at the 80k mark I'll be an unhappy chappy.

Yours,
Tired and confused.

You're a cycling machine at the moment. You could do London to Oxford on a shopper without so much as a twinge.

Hmm.. a shopper. Why wasn't this suggested before?! Brilliant! :)

Start time?

10:00 Meet up outside Richmond Rail Station

Are you answering your own questions?

Yes.

Is that really your arm dude?

Yes 10am richmond station

hippy, would be wicked to have you along dude. i won't get involved in your choice of speed weapon, though i did notice paul from kiwi cycles had a pusha, if you don't fancy spinning at all!

anyway ladies, might not be online much in the next few days as may only have access to the InformationSuperLowWay in Devon, so am sticking up my cheat sheet to help those going off the front or losing it at the back. note all, this is the route in the link in post 1.

will certainly be online friday evening to help with any last minute panics.

Richmond to Oxford
Richmond – over Richmond Bridge through St Margarets – L at mini roundabout with Castle pub on the left
T – Turn R – Twickenham Road
L – St John’s Road (B363) toward Isleworth
T – Turn L – London Road (A315)
R – Spring Grove Road (B363) – cross A4 towards Heston on Heston Rd (B363)
L – New Heston Road
L – Vicarage Farm Road
R – Cranford Lane – all the way to and then left down Cranford High St
R – Park Lane (just before meeting A4) > Cranford Lane to Harlington > Sipson Lane
T – Turn R – Sipson Road (A408)
T – Turn L – Holloway Lane (A3044)
R – Hammondsworth Road (over M4) > Station Road (towards West Drayton)
L – Church Road
T – Turn L (over M25)
R – Thorney Lane S > Thorney Lane N (towards Iver)
T – Turn L – High St (B470) > Langley Park Road
R – Wood Lane (by Red Lion pub) straight across roundabout > Pinewood Road
L – Fulmer Common Road
T – Turn R – Windmill Road
L – Stoke Common Road (cross B416 Gerrards X rd) > Templewood Lane (to Farnham Common)
T – Beaconsfield Rd (A355) then almost immediate
R – Beeches Rd > Lord Mayors Drive (thru Burnham Beeches nature reserve)
T – Turn R – Hawthorn Lane
R – Pumpkin Hill > Curriers Lane
T – Turn R – Dorney Wood Road
T – Turn L – Littleworth Road
R – Wooburn Common Road
L – Heathfield Road – heading for Hedsor
R – Hedsor Lane (through Hedsor)
L - Hedsor Road
T – Turn L – Ferry Lane (A4094) to Cookham
R – Cookham High St (B4447) > The Pound (go to cookham rail station and take Lower Road) > Lower Road > Dean Lane
Signs for Marlow
R – Quarry Wood Rd (cross A404) towards Marlow > High St
L – Pound Lane
T – Turn R – Henley Rd/West St (A4155) towards Marlow
L – Oxford Rd
T – Turn L – Fingest Lane (towards and thru Fingest) then to Turville > turn left just before village signed towards and thru Northend
L – after bearing right turn left up Hill road (towards Watlington) – one way st round Watlington takes you on to Brook road (B480) out of town > Cuxham Road
Last 15 miles is a straight run along the B480 through Chalgrove > Stadhampton > Chiselhampton
All the way to those Dreaming Spires

have a nice days people, I will be in Finald, in a wedding, don't worry not mine.

have fun and make of this the born of a legend

Is that really your arm dude?

Yes. Why?

Is it 100k from Richmond? Wayne and I were just talking about the best approach for us L2P'ers.. gears or fixed, ride it or not, blah blah.. we be at the pointy end of lots of training so don't really want to do too much out of the ordinary.

I'd consider there-and-some-of-the-way-back...

so can I just confirm that's everyone setting out from Richmond Station at 10am - those cycling / training it across from other meet up points already arrived?

just want to get it clear, I've been hearing things about Hyde Park and Brick lane starts.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1978322

That's a good route Jonny, quite scenic too. Should stop for a pint at the famous 'Crazy Bear', Stadhampton

That looks more interesting than last time I rode there.. straight down the A40 :)

That's a good route Jonny, quite scenic too. Should stop for a pint at the famous 'Crazy Bear', Stadhampton

What is it famous for?

Some kind of large mammal with mental health issues.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1978322

that's where oxford is. shit, almost in wales.

hippy you need to htfu you gay!! will be cruisy fixed.

Nah, coach says gears. Given my recent knee/achillies issues I tend to agree.
It's okay though you hardcore fixed riders can tow me to Oxford.
I might just get drunk and sleep in instead.

A couple of photos of the day. I was going to take more but the getting lost bit made me late.

In other news it is looking like I might have to bail and just meet you up here.
have to move my stuff and find a place to live and sort out like a million and 1 things.
balls

im in. doing it geared and on plastic bike. dont mind fixed for hills and on flats, but i fkn hate descents fixed. might ditch the lycra so not to offend the cool peeps on fixies ;)

geez, such a late start. richmond will be choc's by 10