2010-03-26 Fri - Critical Mass - The rolling LFGSS birthday party

I'm not going to make tonight I don't reckon.
But it's not the only Forum Birthday coming up...

It's East beers 2nd birthday. We're having a cake. And sunshine, cigars, TTs. On a Raleigh Chopper if you want.

cheers.

nice one.

In at the last minute...

1. Velocio
   
2. Dicki
   
3. M.F
   
4. Wicksie
   
5. Skully
   
6. sorethroat
   
7. *FRANK
   
8. wools
   
9. cake
   
10. richoking
    
11. joe smith
    
12. teenslain
    
13. stuPidpony
    
14. coppiThat
    
15. Zane Chaos
    
16. Jung
    
17. PosMal
    
18. kisu_shimo
    
19. ChainBreaker
    
20. upstart
    
21. chang
    
22. mikec Alcohol consumption from last night precludes bike riding
    
23. furious tiles
    
24. jogger
    
25. lyes888
    
26. ive2dogs
    
27. Sumo
    
28. teddy
    
29. Crumb
    
30. OwenReed
    
31. mc_nebula - with bike sound system
    
32. Huge16
    
33. Psy
    
34. jcgarcia
    
35. dave4
    
36. Propeller
    
37. velib
    
38. conker
    
39. crispin_lover
    
40. Olaf von Pokemon
    
41. xwielorybx
    
42. crimsonape
    
43. Clara
    
44. Rascal
    
45. KRZ
    
46. Ivandaterrible
    
47. aimka
    
48. howradmichello
    
49. AntoCuc
    
50. 50/14
    
51. Yoshka
    
52. middleofnowhere
    
53. Ricochet
    
54. CTML
    
55. party_paul + mrs party_paul
    
56. nebulus
    
57. somebody
    
58. fixiexplay
    
59. JD
    
60. Chinkone
    
61. volcomape
    
62. bednarz
    
63. ftony
    
64. Glenn
    
65. rookie66 (and others whom i shall be dragging to this glorious event!!!!)
    
66. icefall
    
67. spam
    
68. Hoonz
    
69. JAH tim
    
70. TETM
    
71. joelovesfixed(2) + couple of mates (if i can get the new bike sorted in time)
    
72. The_Eggman
    
73. photoben
    
74. Ark Minor
    
75. Afternoon
    
76. Maximum
    77.wilsyzy
    
77. yogicabbage
    
78. ziska + mematies
    
79. charlesreza +1
    
80. JackFlash
    
81. shaw
    
82. Re-cycled
    
83. No Sense Needed
    
84. John H
    
85. Paramounted +1
    
86. Pistanator +2
    
87. Pistoffski
    
88. Ufrasia
    
89. Well, is it
    
90. Butters
    
91. Mrs Butters
    
92. izgard
    
93. Sniffy
    
94. cliveo + buttock
    
95. nbodyfuckswtheJesus +2ish
    
96. hartxander +3
    
97. villa-ru
    
98. Sammy Dodger
    
99. alien +2ish
    
100. Radius
     
101. emab
     
102. OldSkoolRacer
     
103. veLLo
     
104. Deluka +1
     
105. Scary
     
106. Pink
     
107. dimi3
     
108. Mikey5000
     
109. Gatti
     
110. robvalentine
     
111. braker (FYI, i'll have a teal hanky in my pocket)
     
112. bodieanddoyle (no hanky in my pocket)
     
113. cyclotron3k (don't know anyone, but why the heck not!
     
114. Tash
     
115. Superprocessional
     
116. pascalo
     
117. Betty (newbie who also doesn't know anyone)
     
118. Rascale (know very few people)
     
119. s1mon (only met a few lfgss folks too)
     
120. DougieStyle (i know no one! and may be on my lonsome)
     
121. Kingfisher
     

Where the fuck is this stone circle anyway?!

its next to the southbank skatepark, under the bridge where they sell books and next to the nft cafe

I thought as a carrier courier Max would know where everywhere in London is.

what route are people taking if coming from north of the river? Is it best just to go over waterloo bridge or blackfriars bridge?

Tash, either bridge is good, waterloo's a bit fucked with roadworks but its dead easy to get there from either

In at the last minute...

1. Velocio
   
2. Dicki
   
3. M.F
   
4. Wicksie
   
5. Skully
   
6. sorethroat
   
7. *FRANK
   
8. wools
   
9. cake
   
10. richoking
    
11. joe smith
    
12. teenslain
    
13. stuPidpony
    
14. coppiThat
    
15. Zane Chaos
    
16. Jung
    
17. PosMal
    
18. kisu_shimo
    
19. ChainBreaker
    
20. upstart
    
21. chang
    
22. mikec Alcohol consumption from last night precludes bike riding
    
23. furious tiles
    
24. jogger
    
25. lyes888
    
26. ive2dogs
    
27. Sumo
    
28. teddy
    
29. Crumb
    
30. OwenReed
    
31. mc_nebula - with bike sound system
    
32. Huge16
    
33. Psy
    
34. jcgarcia
    
35. dave4
    
36. Propeller
    
37. velib
    
38. conker
    
39. crispin_lover
    
40. Olaf von Pokemon
    
41. xwielorybx
    
42. crimsonape
    
43. Clara
    
44. Rascal
    
45. KRZ
    
46. Ivandaterrible
    
47. aimka
    
48. howradmichello
    
49. AntoCuc
    
50. 50/14
    
51. Yoshka
    
52. middleofnowhere
    
53. Ricochet
    
54. CTML
    
55. party_paul + mrs party_paul
    
56. nebulus
    
57. somebody
    
58. fixiexplay
    
59. JD
    
60. Chinkone
    
61. volcomape
    
62. bednarz
    
63. ftony
    
64. Glenn
    
65. rookie66 (and others whom i shall be dragging to this glorious event!!!!)
    
66. icefall
    
67. spam
    
68. Hoonz
    
69. JAH tim
    
70. TETM
    
71. joelovesfixed(2) + couple of mates (if i can get the new bike sorted in time)
    
72. The_Eggman
    
73. photoben
    
74. Ark Minor
    
75. Afternoon
    
76. Maximum
    77.wilsyzy
    
77. yogicabbage
    
78. ziska + mematies
    
79. charlesreza +1
    
80. JackFlash
    
81. shaw
    
82. Re-cycled
    
83. No Sense Needed
    
84. John H
    
85. Paramounted +1
    
86. Pistanator +2
    
87. Pistoffski
    
88. Ufrasia
    
89. Well, is it
    
90. Butters
    
91. Mrs Butters
    
92. izgard
    
93. Sniffy
    
94. cliveo + buttock
    
95. nbodyfuckswtheJesus +2ish
    
96. hartxander +3
    
97. villa-ru
    
98. Sammy Dodger
    
99. alien +2ish
    
100. Radius
     
101. emab
     
102. OldSkoolRacer
     
103. veLLo
     
104. Deluka +1
     
105. Scary
     
106. Pink
     
107. dimi3
     
108. Mikey5000
     
109. Gatti
     
110. robvalentine
     
111. braker (FYI, i'll have a teal hanky in my pocket)
     
112. bodieanddoyle (no hanky in my pocket)
     
113. cyclotron3k (don't know anyone, but why the heck not!
     
114. Tash
     
115. Superprocessional
     
116. pascalo
     
117. Betty (newbie who also doesn't know anyone)
     
118. Rascale (know very few people)
     
119. s1mon (only met a few lfgss folks too)
     
120. DougieStyle (i know no one! and may be on my lonsome)
     
121. Kingfisher
     
122. town
     

Tash you have met a view on that list on the deville ride and at east drinks.

See you in the pub

cool, thanks s1mon, see y'all later, whoop!

any idea what direction you'll be heading first, I'm leaving work soon around southwark area....

Do I have to register for this? Are there any places left?

what a silly ketchup

Will this be a fast ride? I don't want to get tired and be left behind.

Fixed... ;]
Leaving now...

Predictable. You're only saying that because we carry on past your bedtime. At Easts everyone doesn't fuck off home to bed at 9:30. :-)

Good times at The windmill tonight. Not so good on the ride, 3 people fell off in front of me within 5 mins of the start.
I bailed at Tower Bridge and headed home.
How did my phone end up at the Dover Castle? C'mon, own up.

Oh, and happy birthday, one and all

absolutely fucking awesome night - never seen anything like it on this scale - EPIC

Tim, we all bailed very shortly after Tower Bridge and had a great ride at pace to the Dover Castle. All that is except for a few who were near the front of the mass and stayed with it. Tika and I passed them arriving at the pub just as we were leaving.

Great forum turnout. Really good to see everyone and really good to be on my bike again.

Really good to see you back on the bike Clive, carry on recovering.

lovely to ride with you Clive. keep strong

Wow there's some scary shit at the back. Proper close calls towards the end. But very nice to bump in to and have a lenghty chat to one Mister Dani Foffa! I have to say, his frame looked pretty tight. Nice to see the usual suspects too. Happy Aniversary!

MF was that you handing out stickers at the last stopping point?

Wicked night tonight guys, incredible turnout, can't wait to see some of the pictures because mine are a bit shite! Good to meet some of the collective. catch you at easts sometime soon

That was good. The Mass was a lot quicker than usual, though. I lost the back shortly after the start and walked across to SE1. Thanks for the company, lpg! Didn't quite make it to the Druid Street junction but arrived at the Weston Street junction in good time for quite a moving little ceremony, with Des (Mr highly decorated recumbent) speaking.

Getting to Victoria Park was more of an ask, but I just about made it by getting on a 25 at Aldgate (which, as it turned out, was following the Mass up the A11, or at least I was later told that the Mass had taken that route) and then a 277 up Burdett Road and Grove Road. I then saw that it encountered the back of the Mass and got off to walk to the Grove Road roundabout. The rest of it was a pretty good occasion, with the Mass slowly shedding mass, including a further contingent of forumengers off to the Dover Castle. Unfortunately, I couldn't have made it, as it would have taken me more than an hour to get to Marylebone by public transport.

I bumped into more than a hundred people I know, forum and non-forum, which was great, and I took a lot of photos--I thought I might as well have some kind of purpose beyond just walking along. I'll put them up when I have time, although it probably won't be this week-end.

Happy birthday to the forum, and here's to a lot more rides with a purpose.

I will bring you a skateboard if you want to be towed a bit, Ollie?

Sorry I didn't see you Ben, and I didn't see this post in time. If I had, I would have said that I'd rather not have risked falling off a skateboard. :)

Tim, we all bailed very shortly after Tower Bridge and had a great ride at pace to the Dover Castle. All that is except for a few who were near the front of the mass and stayed with it. Tika and I passed them arriving at the pub just as we were leaving.

Great forum turnout. Really good to see everyone and really good to be on my bike again.

Sorry I failed to say hello, Clive. I saw you from afar and was trying to get to you but was waylaid by too many people I know--when I finally made it to the stone circle, you'd already gone and I didn't catch up with you again.