Anybody here from Essex?

68 to be exact and as I am 47 I doubt I'll be in your road race!!! Got a baby of 16 months so time for cycling is limited these days and in great need of shedding the added winter pounds!

Well I'm 43 and there's plenty of people older than me who race in the eastern road race league. In fact in my last race of last year, there was a chap from Cambridge who was 58 and came 18th! I emailed his club and told them I thought he was the "Mr Miyagi" of racing!

You'll soon loose weight banging out that sort of milage every week. It will just drop off, plus think of the fuel you will save, that will be a few hundred quid!

Good luck to you, I think it's spot on. If you see a big fooker with all the roadie gear on, riding a silver langster, which for my sins has been "hipstered/ slaved up" on the A1060 (I'm from Bishops Stortford) shout some abuse at me!

Moving to Upminster in a few weeks!

My parents are still there.

im from saaaaaafend

It has an international airport now.

my cousin works on the planes there...

biggest pisshead I ever known.

Anyone up for this:
http://www.tourseries.co.uk/RoundInfo.asp?Round=COLCHESTER&Id=267

? Contemplating taking the day off to go watch and check out my old haunts.

might be game..

hey, i might be moving down to essex from newcastle, in the area around maldon, is there many riders round here, whats it like for polo. any regulars

I'm going to try and get polo set up as a regular Sunday morning thing in Chelmsford in a few weeks. Check the Facebook group and the Essex bike polo thread

that would be cool, well if i get this job and end up moving down there ill be up for a few matches down there. are there many polo players down there.

i think there's just enough (over 6)

Stu, the Polo in Chelmsford sounds good, I've never played, but want a new hobby. Are you in Chelmsford yourself?

Not yet, currently living as a student in Birmingham but I'll be moving back to live with my parents over the summer in Shenfield

Anyone up for this:
http://www.tourseries.co.uk/RoundInfo.asp?Round=COLCHESTER&Id=267

? Contemplating taking the day off to go watch and check out my old haunts.

getting gamer by the day..
(free-world continuation pending!)

likely gonna cycle from Lundun Town to Colch on Sunday pm via the DD route via Hedingham Castle (although in daylight), :-)

so if that goes well, another ride, another route the following week would work well,

so:

Thu 7th June cycle from Lundun Town to Colch for the Tour Series:

1. photoBen
   
2. radMichello
   

I'll be living in Shenfield from tomorrow, so could join somewhere round Ongar/Doddinghurst on Sunday if you want some company

Anyone been here:
https://www.facebook.com/chapeauvelo

?

^ I think the building was once a cafe; I used to mope around in there when I was a spotty teenager. I will check it out next time I'm in Colchester.

Which will be Saturday/Sunday/Monday, actually, if they are open.

Which will be Saturday/Sunday/Monday, actually, if they are open.

FB says it opens on the 7th.

still game to velo to COlch on Thu, starting v. early, to take it easy en-route,
@Ben - fancy a 9am start?!

anyone fancy a ride along the seafront soon? or anywhere in fact. im from saaaafend now live in hadleigh. seeing as the council put a cycle path between car park spaces and the footpath on the seafront it make it more fun as you have to dodge kids.

off to Colch within half an hour, DD route as far as Sible Hedingham, then across to Colch via the Chappel Viaduct, :-)

this is opening tonight:
http://www.chapeauvelo.co.uk/

and there's the Tour Series,

Couple of us from Brentwood are riding tomorrow. If anyone wants to join us we are meeting at 11:30 but can meet on route

anyone around the colchester area ?