Norwich Beers

I'll say yes for now!

Im in Lincs with my Kids next week. Maybe the following week x

In for 8

I'll be there

Going to try and make it for a change.

It's this week Mark, today in fact! I'll be there at 8ish

I don't know what anyone other than thross looks like....

And I'm not going!

More beers! When beers? Ride and beers? Mash Tun beers?

Lets ride to the pelican?

http://the-pelican-inn.co.uk/

Pelican looks wack, even if it is "Norfolk's best kept secret". Mash gets my vote. Could do a loop out of town then back in so we finish nice and central?

would be nice to go to a pub thats outside of the city so we have a destination! (and a fun ride back after a few)

Ah I still vote Mash - its almost certainly a much finer selection of beers, and we'll all feel really cool going to the new 'hip' pub on our super rad track bikes.

#hipster

@prevailrob and I were talking about going there as we both like gin.

#potkettle :)

I will shamelessly admit that I'm just in it for the beers

I was thinking more about the super rad track bikes bit.....

You mean the sarcasm didn't come across in Microcosm? Must inform Velocio...

#trolllollol

our super rad track bikes that apparently nobody wants to ride anywhere!

So, this Pelican pub looks to be about 15 miles away (from my postcode anyway), so lets call it a 20 mile there / 20 mile back ride. I'm happy to draw up a traffic free route.

Who's in and when?

The earliest I can make a ride is 6:30PM (realistically 7PM) so bearing in mind nights are starting to draw in a bit, I'd suggest lights.

Oh, and if anyone wants a regular training ride, fixed or otherwise, I can do Friday nights. I have a little rotation of loops, between 20 and 35 miles. Mostly light traffic. Between 19 and 20 mph avg, depending on wind conditions :-) I tend to leave my house at 18:30 and aim to get back for 20:30 when I do these and tend to do them solo, so anyone is welcome to come along. If we turn into a big group I will be insistent on conscious riding , two abreast max and single file when on 'main' roads. Calling out obstacles and your usual group riding etiquette etc

^ I'll also add that I'm riding gears at the moment. Hip Fixeh is in need of overhaul

Totally up for more rides Rob, but I think a 40 mile round trip at 20mph average is probably a little ambitious for a casual beer ride to begin with. Apparently there was a really good turn out last week, and I think we should capitalise on that by making beers more straightforward so we get regular numbers, and we can then gauge interest for longer rides once we're more of a group.

That's not to say we shouldn't do a little blast around the city before/after, I just think some people won't be up for donning lycra for several hours and could/would be put off by group riding etiquette if it's foreign to them.

Just my two pennies.

Plus I really like the Mash Tun, and this Pelican place only seems to have four ales on tap, and judging by the picture are probably just Woodfordes/Adnams - Beers warrant exotic beers!