Tell us about your weekend ride

Every f*cker was in Richmond park yesterday.

I wasn't.

Oh wait, I'm a virgin, saving myself for marriage.

Must take these posts more literally.

Oh glad someone else witnessed this... I took the car and the kids, but there was some awful cycling knobs out.... seriously annoying, why cycle where everyone else is ?!

I'm kinda confused why you would do three laps of the same old, same old when you're sharing a space fairly congested with vast number of cyclists and cars. If it was closed roads I'd be able to understand a bit more but it's 60 miles of fairly rubbish road. You can get out to some lovely countryside/quiet lanes for that distance.

Madness.

It's repeatable and easy to get to without needing to think about routes and stuff. There's other riders to chase down or work with and cafes for food and stuff. The roads are in much better condition than most. You can easily get a taxi should your mechanical skills let you down.

Saying all that. I hate RP. I go there once every six months when my program calls for a short ride and I can't think of anything better to do.

I'm kinda confused why you would do three laps of the same old, same old when you're sharing a space fairly congested with vast number of cyclists and cars. If it was closed roads I'd be able to understand a bit more but it's 60 miles of fairly rubbish road. You can get out to some lovely countryside/quiet lanes for that distance.

Madness.

At weekends, I'd agree.

Midweek, after work, then it's ideal for a quick hour blast or to do some intervals.

It was great during the Festive 500 as it was completely empty. I'm just saying.

It was great during the Festive 500 as it was completely empty. I'm just saying.

It can't have been if you were in there..

You are Schrodinger's cat and I claim my £5

Ok, you got me. Here is a box. It both contains and does not contain a £5 note. Good luck!

That's me sorted for the next 3 months. Ta

I'm kinda confused why you would do three laps of the same old, same old when you're sharing a space fairly congested with vast number of cyclists and cars. If it was closed roads I'd be able to understand a bit more but it's 60 miles of fairly rubbish road. You can get out to some lovely countryside/quiet lanes for that distance.

Madness.

Xactly ! Get out there and explore you boring 'Khao san' roadies.

At weekends, I'd agree.

Midweek, after work, then it's ideal for a quick hour blast or to do some intervals.

Yup, evenings... fine, but basically it's like deciding to drive to Brighton from London on the Sunniest day of the year and then getting annoyed that every other f*cker has done the same thing ! Doh.

Ok, you got me. Here is a box. It both contains and does not contain a £5 note. Good luck!
Rookie error, Bothwell - Hippy has been collapsing wave functions since 2007.

Rookie error, Bothwell - Hippy has been collapsing wave functions since 2007.

Are you calling him fat?

:-*

hippy's sine-wy.

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At weekends, I'd agree.

Midweek, after work, then it's ideal for a quick hour blast or to do some intervals.

I agree with this. I live in hackney and wish there was somewhere nearby where you could go for a post-work hour or so quick blast.

The idea of spending sunday morning riding round and round the same loop just confuses me though.

I know I'm cheating with a mid-week post but I've been meaning to try this route for ages.

Lovely morning ride, set off in the dark from Nairobi and climbed up to Banana Hill, I knew I was near the top when I passed the massive sign saying AIDS KILLS - CHOOSE LIFE. Then a on a long gentle decline I zipped past the coffee farms and Kenyan primary schools to Kiambu and then straight on towards town on a fast, main road with a sine-shape rolling profile (like that animation ^^), great for getting four or five big intervals into the last section of the ride. And of course this turned into 8km of hilly traffic jams in returning to Nairobi. Still a brilliant route, would ride again.

44.5km, 412m climbing, 1hr 40mins. So a modest average of 26.7kph.

See all that green stuff above the thick yellow horizontal line? That's excellent cycling country on my doorstep: coffee farms, tea farms, the small vegetable gardens of villagers, school grounds, acacia plantations, etc.

-------> Section D to E was like this -------> . .

It's not the weekend but who has time to cycle on weekends these days?
I stole part of a route from Wrong Cog and added a bit of my own, the roads were really nice but the weather was awful. I felt really slow today but set a PR up Mott Street.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/319786108

It's not the weekend but who has time to cycle on weekends these days?
I stole part of a route from Wrong Cog and added a bit of my own, the roads were really nice but the weather was awful. I felt really slow today but set a PR up Mott Street.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/319786108

What was the elevation like going out East through Chigwell to Lambourne End? I'm looking for rides which don't involve me taking Broadmead Road and this seems positive.

that's the way I came back. Pretty flat. It's all pretty flat. The only hills of note are in Epping Forest

that's the way I came back. Pretty flat. It's all pretty flat. The only hills of note are in Epping Forest

Thanks for the info - will try some of it,

Four hours coach the coaches track session

Miles there and after although long day perfect condition s at last

#wellearnedbeer

Nice sunny 64miles from Hackney out to Box Hill with the intention of a few laps, but ended up just doing reps up Zig Zag. Like poots said earlier, the things pretty much flat. Seemed a lot of people huffing their way up it though.
Lost one of the guys we were with on the way back, fuck knows what happened but guessing he got home safe!
Then managed to completely underestimate food intake and bonked super hard less than a mile from home, had to dive into a newsagents for bananas. Note to self, eat more breakfast.

Lame 30 mile lazy attempt at something after three straight days of drinking and smoking. Quite how I PBd up Mott st without crapping my lungs out I don't know. To top my misery I was just looking forward to a little stop at the tea hut in Epping to work out where to go next and realised I'd failed to bring any money at all so couldn't even have my traditional tea and cake. Sadface.

Threw a couple more hills in and bundled home. Do not feel sated at all. Poor show. The Strava analysis is.... on Strava somewhere. Even I can't be arsed to look at it. Lots of happy wheelers out there today though.

On the way hone from the chiltern hundred. 105 miles of relentless short sharp climbs. Having not been riding much recently and having not slept (a mix of nerves and excitement I think... Yes, lame I know), I struggled at the start. However after about 30 miles settled into a good rhythm and regained by climbing legs of yore. Countered the lack of sleep through the consumption of more energy products than I've got through in a while. My teeth now feel like they're going to fall out, but also means I managed a respectable time of 6.15ish

Mega props to the organisers, verulam cc, for superb feed stations, signage and general sorting of stuff. It was a beautiful route and a great day for it. Dragon ride next weekend... Oh dear.

Will sort out strava links later so that noone can look at it