2011-05-08 - London to Brighton - Fixed Gear Ride

Cheers all for a great first ride + Skive for the route!

Ditchling is indeed a bitchling - but a lot of fun - didn't see that roadie on the way back down so he probably thought better of his 7th/8th/9th(?) lap...

Good to meet you all!

What an awesome day out yesterday!

Thank you Skive for organising and being a fantastic leader. Also thank you to everyone on the ride for being such an excellent bunch of people to spend the day with. Was great to meet you all!

Dan, you're the new chainbreaker. fact!
HAHAHAHAHAHAaaaa!!!

I hand my crown to the new King of Fall!

On the subject of crashing. Who wants to own up for mounting the pavement, hopping off it and then crashing into the back of me at lights?

oh they weren't with us. just some local that looked a lot like me!

Hah I hate my roadie friends. I posted our route on FB, and my mate comments going not bad, but you need to hurry up. His best time Lon->Brighton ? 2 hours 35minutes... if it was downhill I might make that :)

^ You would have done it faster if you were wearing bib shorts. FACT

Hah I hate my roadie friends. I posted our route on FB, and my mate comments going not bad, but you need to hurry up. His best time Lon->Brighton ? 2 hours 35minutes... if it was downhill I might make that :)

what? you are a roadie! (that was you with the gears no?)

HAHAHAHAHAHAaaaa!!!

I hand my crown to the new King of Fall!

Is this when you hand over the ceremonial body armour?

I swear to God that if one person shouts "Do a crash!" at me out and about town I will go ape.

I swear to God that if one person shouts "Do a crash!" at me out and about town I will fall off.

fair enough.

^^

I swear to God that if one person shouts "Do a crash!" at me out and about town I will go ape.
or just crash

or just crash

spoken like an old hand

If anyone can say it, its me...

I think i might be keen to do this next saturday or/and sunday.

If anyone can say it, its me...

I think i might be keen to do this next saturday or/and sunday.

give me a shout if you want a crib sheet.

Yes please sir, that would be awesome. Only reason i have never done it on my own or lead is that i know id get horribly lost and end up in Cornwall around 2013

what? you are a roadie! (that was you with the gears no?)

I'm a crippled old man, who refuses to wear Lycra ;) When you drop 5k on a bike, race in a team and bits and bobs like that, then I classify you as a roadie.

crib sheet - london to brighton

trafalgar sqaure
down pall mall
up st james street and down piccadilly
at hyde park corner turn left onto grovesner place
right on to hobart/kings road
at sloane square left onto lower sloane street
follow over chelsea bridge and straight down queenstown road
continue through to clapham south and follow a24
at tooting broadway turn left onto mitcham road
right on a217 to mitcham
left at cricket green and onto cranmer road
right onto carshalton road - a237
right at chipstead valley road and left onto portnalls road turns into coulsden lane
left at high road leads into blackhorse lane
left at a217 and under m25 - follow through to reigate
follow a217 until left at lonesome lane turns into meath green lane
right then left onto vicarage lane
over a23 onto victoria road
right at balcombe road
left at roundabout onto antlands lane east
leads onto effingham road then right onto effingham lane
continues onto mill lane and then right at turners hill road
leads into north st and then follow selsfield road
right at selsfield common continue on selsfield road b2028 to ardingley
out onto lindfield road turns into ardingley road onto high st and lindfield
left at lewes road turns into scaynes hill road
right at a272 lewes road straight left onto slugwash lane
right at green road left at b2112 common lane to ditchling
follow beacons road and then ditchling road
up the ditchling beacon and then ditchling road all the way to the sea.

might vary a shade from the map but those directions will get you there.
nice roads, the main ones aren't too bad.
some amazing country lanes in there too.

Rocking sir!

Im keen as to do this weekend BMX-Kid, you in? Im sure we can rope some others into it as well...

Up for a jaunt to brighton on sunday if my leg is better.

Yes please sir, that would be awesome. Only reason i have never done it on my own or lead is that i know id get horribly lost and end up in Cornwall around 2013

BMX kid is talking about going next weekend. there's a thread already.

I'm a crippled old man, who refuses to wear Lycra ;) When you drop 5k on a bike, race in a team and bits and bobs like that, then I classify you as a roadie.

ok you had the right attitude for our ride anyway. i loved the unconvincing "no there's still a couple more to come" when we were ready to get moving again!

i'd do that. one way that is..

time to move over to the other thread then :-)

BMX kid is talking about going next weekend. there's a thread already.

ok you had the right attitude for our ride anyway. i loved the unconvincing "no there's still a couple more to come" when we were ready to get moving again!

Hah it was convincing enough to get a few more seconds rest ;)

For those that need a link to next weeks ride : http://www.lfgss.com/thread64860.html