Tuesday Night Ride Club '09

Sam - if you want some help scoping out a Kent ride then let me know. I'm more than happy to help.

Thanks Andy, but I'm almost there.

Starting from St Mary Cray we don't exactly get into Kent, so perhaps this should be referred to as "North Downs of Kent ride"!!

More than happy to do another ride in a few weeks starting from somewhere such as Sevenoaks. Obvious issue is the increase in rail fare.

10 laps of Victoria's one-way system it is then...

pm me if you wanna recce this one

More than happy to do another ride in a few weeks starting from somewhere such as Sevenoaks. Obvious issue is the increase in rail fare.

Group buy?

Grouper buy?

You know this rule about no bikes till 7.30pm from Marylebone - do you think that means trains ***scheduled ***to leave before 7.30pm?

If not, it'd be tempting, if wanting to travel on the 7.27pm, to get on a carriage, cause a bit of a fuss and hold up the train for 3 minutes, and then tell the officials to go fuck themselves.

Just a thought.

I tried that with the train driver Scarlett the guy was a rude fuck. It must be scheduled, the only way they can police it.

Get your cycles of the train
3 minutes mate, can you not just go
Get your cycles of the train
Go on mate let it go
Get your cycles of the train
What time is the next train to amersham?
Get your cycles of the train
OK...wac
Get your cycles of the train

I gave up...

Where can I get one of these 'cycles of the train'?

was another fun night. There was a moment earlier on that I thought I was getting faster as I was in the bunch. Normal service as I ended up on the back for much of the time :) I may get a smaller sprocket for riding away from traffic..

Cheers to all involved again, and see everyone in a few weeks. Nice to meet more people even if I wasn't very talkative with struggling to keep up.

Whens the Chilterns folding bike ride then?

Where can I get one of these 'cycles of the train'?

See someone at the Chiltern ticket orifice.

Where can I get one of these 'cycles of the train'?

here ya go...

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/PopularScience/7-1931/blind_men_bike.jpg

Busy morning?

Busy morning?

Swamped

sam - you can post anytime dude. don't worry about finalising. we'll be sorted on the route by then. just give us a train time and a few choices for trains home.

Fair play, Tim.

Ok, here's the crack ladies, gents, and Veds.

TNRC - North Downs ride : Tuesday 5th May 2009

The train to catch departs London Victoria 19:09. The usual early meet to obtain tickets, and to hopefully grab a good spot on the train as soon as it arrives from it's inward journey will be required. I will be there from about 18:30 onwards. It'll be departing somewhere between platforms 1-7, these are on the far left hand side of the station as you enter.

Suggested meeting point is in and around the West Cornwall Pasty shop/hut, this is located next to Boots opposite the ticket barriers to platforms 2, 3, and 4. There is a Paul pastry shop nearby for anyone who likes to eat fancy bread before a ride. I'll be popping into the nearby MacDonalds.

Arrival in sunny St Mary Cray is scheduled for 19:35. Depart station for a 35 mile hilly jaunt around the North Downs. I estimate that, with stops to retrieve the stragglers, this ride will take approx 2 1/2 hours.

With that in mind, the return trains to London look something like this:
St Mary Cray-Victoria
22:07-22:32
22:26-23:03
22:47-23:14
22:56-23:23

And so on until the last train at 23:49 from St Mary Cray. SHOULD leave us plenty of additional time for punctures, or maybe even a quick beer.

The route is to be confirmed at some point next week. I would say that only two of the climbs are on a par with anything found in the Surrey Hills ride. I got told off for referring to the Rye ride I created for MA3K last year as 'lumpy', but aside from these two climbs this is how I would describe the rest of the route.

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And keeping in mind the current trend of adding pictures, this is similar to one of the sights you will see on the ride, albeit it at night.

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Haven't actually booked the time off yet...

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great picture of the Ventoux Sam. and thanks for all the train times - we love that kind of shizzle here at the Tuesday Night Rail Club

Mont Ventoux's not ***really ***a climb though, is it, unless you're in the big ring ;)

TNBC (Tuesday Night Baking Club) - North Downs Bake Off : Tuesday 5th May 2009

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2. andyp
   
3. BringMeMyBirthday
   
4. jonny
   
5. Clintsmoker (apple & Cinnamon Muffins)
   
   

let us know what you are baking so we don't all do the same!

Ha!
Shame, I'll have to miss it buhhh... would have loved to taste you're muffins :) , but have to be at work by half six the next morning....

TNBC (Tuesday Night Baking Club) - North Downs Bake Off : Tuesday 5th May 2009

1. Sam
   
2. andyp
   
3. BringMeMyBirthday
   
4. jonny
   
5. Clintsmoker (apple & Cinnamon Muffins)
   
6. Gav (Neenish Tarts)
   

fuck track mitts i am gonna wear some of these: (big pictures ftw)

and swap you cycling hat for one of those