Let's go and Ride

on the other hand its nice just to get out the house and ride straight away

Yeah, this was my thought, an hour 1/2 train ride at 6/7am will wear me out before we've started..

Neil you need educating some of the best cycling roads are in the east midlands ,not flat but rolling ,wide open with nice views :) Fat people like me dont like hills

I've never been east and I am fat.

Yeah, this was my thought, an hour 1/2 train ride at 6/7am will wear me out before we've started..

+1 and you can drink beer on the way home.

I can see us all doing individual rides due to failing to come to any consensus on start/end points, directions, dates, topography.

although most of the year the UK is subject to prevailing south westerlies, there are often notherly and westerly winds in the winter, so i wouldn't get too hung up on the tailwind/headwind issue.

True, but it's still far more likely to be coming from between the south and west. I can't remember the last time the wind was coming from Scotland or Russia...

Do you have a special folder for these Matt?

I can see us all doing individual rides due to failing to come to any consensus on start/end points, directions, dates, topography.

Have some faith Dan, its only been 22hrs since I suggested it!

I could be up for this. somewhere countryside-y, quiet roads, not too hilly, riding back, with the sun out works for me.

you mean 50 miles there, 50 miles back?

you mean 50 miles there, 50 miles back?

if this was for me, i meant, i prefer get the train out somewhere and ride back.

We wake up. We get our bikes prepped. We ride 100 miles. We stop. We eat. We drink. We get a train home.

Just fucking point me in the right direction when you've made the decision.

what should i wear
what snacks shall i take
how soon into the ride should i start consuming protein
If the wind picks up, how far down am i willing to 'tuck' in order to be aero
what will my fellow riders think if i wear black socks - armstrong style

Fixed/SS - Birmingham to Aberystwyth then. 112 miles approx.
Pencil in Saturday February 25th?

1. EMM
   
2. Pistabuoy
   
3. N3il
   
4. Danwethimself
   
5. Stu F
   6.
   7.
   

, pick a day we can all book off work, maybe get a group or ten or so?

I was assuming it would be a weekday... I can get pretty much any weekday off, but Saturdays are few and far between.

yeah a weekday would be better for me too. better trains too!

forgot about dre

Ha!

The Friday before would work?

Fixed/SS - Birmingham to Aberystwyth then. 112 miles approx.
Pencil in Friday February 24th?

1. EMM
   
2. Pistabuoy
   
3. N3il
   
4. Danwethimself
   
5. Stu F
   6.
   7.
   

The day after Rolla? You sure about that?

Good point.

Reckon we do it the weekend after or before.

I'm looking at http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=uk+topographic+map&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&oe=&rlz=&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x25a3b1142c791a9:0xc4f8a0433288257a,United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=p&ei=XRYOT9jjDNG4hAfJ5L27BA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ8gEwAA
and thinking it looks horrendously hilly. Am I the only person who thinks headwind+hills+12 miles more than a century=a lot of hard work?

You're all welcome over to the Birmingham annex this Sunday :)

https://www.lfgss.com/thread78111.html

Anyone up for a ride tomorrow about 2? Itching to try out my 'new' bike...

Come out on Sunday :)