Sun Sep 28th - Down South, Cambersands

Boo-yah.

oh I'll be wearing lycra mate. I bought some for this ride after RPM and Jacqui sat me down and had a stern word about jeans and frayed perineums.

Crikey! That sounds righteously unpleasant...

Rest assured though Pajamas, I'll be fulfilling the trinity of idiocy on this ride: fixed, daftly innapropriate bike and no lycra...I can't wait!

(I have geared down for the occassion though, I was brought up in Kent so know a lot of the roads on the route)

it's a nice route, wafting between the kent/sussex borders..

I prefer Harveys to Shit n' Scream..

you could try the idea me and jonny came up with: a pint every ten miles.

no wind this weekend too, you lucky people!

Hot and sunny this weekend too, fingers crossed

Get to Hyde Park Corner before 9 AM to enable us to leave promptly.
Should give us the afternoon on the Beach, train home.

John I notice the start runs through Brixton - you okay with some Southers meeting the group as it rides through?

Crikey! That sounds righteously unpleasant...

Rest assured though Pajamas, I'll be fulfilling the trinity of idiocy on this ride: fixed, daftly innapropriate bike and no lycra...I can't wait!

(I have geared down for the occassion though, I was brought up in Kent so know a lot of the roads on the route)

good man - a little part of me died the other night ordering my bib tights....

what gearing you running for this..?

I am not up to this, gears or not. I just can't face 100k

a little part of me died the other night ordering my bib tights....

which part? the egotistical too-cool-for-school hipster?

seriously though, no-one really likes lycra (except perhaps dogsdinner) but it IS more comfortable for cycling.

more comfort= happy rider= better ride= beer tastes better at the end

Yeah that is fine but you'd best let us know where that will be.
Note: We will be coming up the South Lambeth Road through Stockwell, past Brixton Cycles/Skatepark and joining the A23 there(from buslane right into A23).

good man - a little part of me died the other night ordering my bib tights....

what gearing you running for this..?

I'm on 47x18 (70ish inches), I ran 49x18 for the Oxford ride and it was fine...I'm anticipating this one to be a bit more up-and-downy though

how long do we expect the ride to take? am assuming a similar pace to the canterbury ride given the mixed abilities.

Everybody can do at least 25KMs per hour.
Barring breakdowns and hospitalisations, four and a bit hours actual riding.

4 hours! are you pullin me leg? maybe I will come after all.

come skully you can't be worse than me!
all these conversation is making me think about not coming at all.
i even put a 19 cog at the back thinking about this...

which part? the egotistical too-cool-for-school hipster?

no, the part of me that always thought lycra showed your nob and arse and should be reserved for aerobics instructors and ice skaters.

tika, do it and if you want to bail out I'm sure there are plenty of stations along the way

Everybody can do at least 25KMs per hour.
Barring breakdowns and hospitalisations, four and a bit hours actual riding.

true, = about 16 mph. But if it's as hilly as promised it'll be a bit slower than that.

come on skulky, you know you should!

skulky?! I'm fuckin wounded by that Pajamarama

John I notice the start runs through Brixton - you okay with some Southers meeting the group as it rides through?

hey pj's..i might be up for joining south aswell, as live in brixton.

skulky?! I'm fuckin wounded by that Pajamarama

he he... just tryin to get you out of that skulking mode dude - you're no Erkan Mustafa and we need you on this ride!!

spaghetti - sounds good to me man as long as John's down with it.

Remember we are going up Effra road.
Be best to meet you guys at Brixton tube or close by there, then we can score some crack as well.

I'm sure we can sort that out for you while we're waiting for the ride to arrive...

okay, Brixton Tube ready for 9.15 sharp ready to roll?

sorry not that im going but why not outside the cinema? more space?

Shut up Ray, there is plenty of space and a Sainsburys if anyone needs last minute supplies.

You want me to ride to Cambersands with no crack and fucking popcorn in my backpack?