2009-03-21 Sat - The Bridges VI - West to East

hmmm bagels, i'll be there havent eaten since the track this morning so im now starving.

see you there, but im tired and down to 62 GI so i'll be slow as shit.

d14d_h i see you lurking here, fancy a ride over to brick lane from kennington road?

see you dudes at bricklane 7:30

Damo - I'll have two spares with me if you need them

do you think i would leave you sighing?......

bagels here too.

also. houston,we have a problem. we're chewing up inner tubes today. all our stores locally are closed/out. 700 x 23 long valve prestas. any body who's got spares, beyond what you need, let me know.......thanks.

ah dante. there's always room on the horse....

sweet.
meet you at kew dude.

Hi, I'll meet at brick lane at 7.30 too if i can sort a few things out beforehand.
I'm a bit vague how to get to Kew, my A-Z stops at hammersmith road.

FAO SOUTHS

Mob up at C&H Clapham at 7.30 for a 8.15 departure

Right, I'm off for a tinker with the bike, see you ladies in an hour

hmmm bagels, i'll be there havent eaten since the track this morning so im now starving.

see you there, but im tired and down to 62 GI so i'll be slow as shit.

He, he, do your gear inches go down proportionally to your state of tiredness? Sounds handy. Who needs mechanical gears when magic will do. ;)

pista, spare tubes? long valves?

evening all. see you at the lane in about an hour, very glad i don't have to map read the whole way to kew. never been so far west!

Think we could do 7 45 at brick lane guys?

evening all. see you at the lane in about an hour, very glad i don't have to map read the whole way to kew. never been so far west!

Ride some more alleycats, then. ;)

Think we could do 7 45 at brick lane guys?

I think its fair if we leave from brick lane at 8:00-8:15pm like the south guys are doing to give everyone a chance to arrive get food drink etc.

yea

pista, spare tubes? long valves?

No, ran out - luckily I've got bulletproof tyres*

*famous last words

Just necked a big bowl of pasta, my guts are killing!

Don't forget bottles of water, Mars bars etc....

Actually, what way are the brick laners heading to get there?

I think its fair if we leave from brick lane at 8:00-8:15pm like the south guys are doing to give everyone a chance to arrive get food drink etc.

fo sho

Just necked a big bowl of pasta, my guts are killing!

Don't forget bottles of water, Mars bars etc....

+1 on the pasta. Can't move!
-1 on water, mars bars.
Beer FTW!

Hi, I'll meet at brick lane at 7.30 too if i can sort a few things out beforehand.
I'm a bit vague how to get to Kew, my A-Z stops at hammersmith road.

straight down King st at hammersmith through chiswick straight over the giant roundabout where it meets the M4 turn off (Watch the traffic there) 2nd exit will take you to kew bridge

shortest is down old street /clerkenwell rd / theobalds road, do the holborn shuffle, down shaftesbury ave, up jermyn street, picadilly, through the underpass and down kensington gore into hammersmith, through chiswick and then over the roundabout to kew bridge.

instead of shaftesbury ave we could do oxford street and through hyde park - both are crappy and full of pissed tourists stepping into the road, and you have the choice of hyde park corner or marble arch to get killed by fast moving traffic. There isn't really a nice safe way to get past park lane.

but you can cross at the crossing right over the middle of hyde park roundabout but going west it doesn't really help

shortest is down old street /clerkenwell rd / theobalds road, do the holborn shuffle, down shaftesbury ave, up jermyn street, picadilly, through the underpass and down kensington gore into hammersmith, through chiswick and then over the roundabout to kew bridge.

instead of shaftesbury ave we could do oxford street and through hyde park - both are crappy and full of pissed tourists stepping into the road, and you have the choice of hyde park corner or marble arch to get killed by fast moving traffic. There isn't really a nice safe way to get past park lane.

thats the route baby!

oh Rugby in twickenham today so expect lots of pissed peds over this way

straight down King st at hammersmith through chiswick straight over the giant roundabout where it meets the M4 turn off (Watch the traffic there) 2nd exit will take you to kew bridge

Yeah, it always looks simple on google maps but once i'm actually there i tend to lose all sense of direction.