Ladies Ldn to Brighton Ride - Saturday 1st October

sure it aint set on Kmh?

srsly

Sorry ladies for the massive thread derail, but any advice on the best/quickest route would be great, mainly doing this ride to avoid getting the train.

I've seen the hills in Yorkshire..you'll be fine.

This is the route we did last year, first hill has no traffic on so you can take your time, middle hill is Turners - short and sharp and theres a pub at the top, and then there is mount doom Ditchling, you'll know when you see it.

I got up all of them with my alfine 8, although i had to stop a few times on Bitchling - but thats due to fitness more than anything else. Theres one annoying steep bit on Ditchling that the fixed riders might lose momentum on, but apart from that its ok, plus there is usually an ice cream van at the top, it feels harder because its at the end.

http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ooxtywxweqmcelig

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That's the ticket.

can we have chips at the seaside?

yasi, y u no liek phish?

can we have chips at the seaside?

Are you coming then big hopeful face

Who added the grooming alert tag? mad

Who added the grooming alert tag? mad

as the youngest (probably, apart from baby Dandy) person posting in here, is there something I should be worried about?

Chips at the seaside AND ice cream at the top of the hill. Sweeeeeet!

can we have chips at the seaside?

oh noms.

as the youngest

Ahem

I'm not sure that there are many forumengers who could ride the Reigate/Turners/Ditchling route to Brighton at an average speed of even 20mph.

I did this at race pace once. It took 2h45m, which is about 20mph average. Could hardly stand up straight by the end of it.

LFGSS Ladies Attack of Fifty Fixed Women: The III (will think of a snappier title in due course)

1. Poots + couple non forum types
   
2. cafe "i've just got a few snacks in my pannier" wanda
   
3. there and back to the bendix
   ~~4. "I'm not doing it again" scoot
   
4. sumo
   
5. striped socks~~
   
6. sally
   
7. yellowtyre
   
8. missmouse - mebs + mebs dancing james
   
9. ms.chris (I may still walk up Ditchling)
   
10. Malaysian + 1
    
11. edscoble + 1 (provisionally) + few more?
    
12. spotter
    
13. lolobelle
    
    1. hoefla
       
14. superjoe
    
    

Terrible news. Work are understaffed for an event that weekend and have asked me to do it, and because I can't work the rest of that week because of my college inductions I can't really say no. Sumo can't get the day off because too many other people have already booked it off. Striped socks is just a massive wuss and claims to have too many things on that day.

Sincere apologies everyone :(

striped socks needs to htfu. is she still planning on riding to paris?

laaaame i'm bring a +1 (male) if thats ok? he's quite new to cycling so i'm sure he'd like to get into the scene a bit more

I doubt she ever seriously was going to. She was probably only saying it to try and seem hardcore/impress me. I'm going to drown her in her own vagina sand.

I'm going to drown her in her own vagina sand.

You heard me.

Is that a Scoblism?

can't be no mention of onions

Terrible news. Work are understaffed for an event that weekend and have asked me to do it, and because I can't work the rest of that week because of my college inductions I can't really say no. Sumo can't get the day off because too many other people have already booked it off. Striped socks is just a massive wuss and claims to have too many things on that day.

Sincere apologies everyone :(

Boo! Rubbish-ness, but understandable. Stupid work!

At this rate we're 40/60 (female/male), hopefully there'll be more soon.

xanderh are you still my +1? you are not on THE LIST. Is your ehm..GEAR bike ready?

You do know that Xander only rides his bike from home to the pub and back?