2013-04-07 The London Classic 2013

Thanks also to almac and Rod Munch for taking signs down yesterday and today...

Not a problem. They are already coming in handy... :)

'Navigation kittehz are confuzzled...'

Truly a life-affirming day on Sunday. See y'all next year...

Dear Rod, please get searching and thence to the Fishy Looking Bikes thread.

Teh kitteh wanz it!

excellent pictures zebra c and louise.

loved the one of the guy ghost riding another bike up canonbie. and that one posted on the previous page of the BC crew going up Maze Hill is lovely

these photos make london look like san fran

what was the flapjacky type thing they gave out at the beginning? It was quite tasty and I`m running a half marathon assult course soon and fancy one of them for it

what was the flapjacky type thing they gave out at the beginning? It was quite tasty and I`m running a half marathon assult course soon and fancy one of them for it

Mule bars, chocolate orange flavour (or something)

Greetings and love to each and every one,

Dear Dave - re 'JAH Tim is I'm sure responsible for the weather being so good, his positivity on this thread from the start has lifted me at the key times when I was under stress trying to sort things out - thanks sir you are a gent.'

My pleasure, I have enjoyed this thread and the build up to the ride. You have come up with something that is perfect for the top athletes of Team LFGSS. Yes a ride around Babylon-don that starts and ends in a pub with cycling on the tv as part of the package.

So very many thanks from everyone on here for putting on such a great ride.... Louise's pictures are absolute magic. Below is a shot of me in full on action
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Yes I know, registering.

Thanks for a great day out people and given health and strength see you next year!

Allez Allez Team LFGSS.

Peace and love,
Tim

Mule bars, chocolate orange flavour (or something)

The Summer Pudding version is also nice..

excellent pictures zebra c and louise

I like the one of you that looks like you are track standing up Canobie. Mad skillz.

excellent pictures zebra c and louise.

loved the one of the guy ghost riding another bike up canonbie. and that one posted on the previous page of the BC crew going up Maze Hill is lovely

these photos make london look like san fran

The ghost riding: http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/8635300299/sizes/l/in/set-72157633186859547/

That fella was a strong rider - he went back down Canonbie to get that bike. I was let down by my buddy on the morning and turned up on my own. In the end I rode around with the Canonbie Ghost and his gang, a lovely set of guys to ride it with. His pal without the bike in the picture is on here. If you're reading this , say hello.

I like the one of you that looks like you are track standing up Canobie. Mad skillz.

ha, i didn't go up it much faster than that

And still you overtook my walking pace. Sigh.

The ghost riding: http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/8635300299/sizes/l/in/set-72157633186859547/

That fella was a strong rider - he went back down Canonbie to get that bike. I was let down by my buddy on the morning and turned up on my own. In the end I rode around with the Canonbie Ghost and his gang, a lovely set of guys to ride it with. His pal without the bike in the picture is on here. If you're reading this , say hello.

Humm, going up four wheel drive, and with 36 odd gears at your disposal sounds like cheating to me, and I told him so as he crested the ridge at an astonishing speed.

(^^^^^Oh, and I thought I had got away with mimicking JAHtim's amazing headgear...)

Didn't start till 10.30 and included a tea stop, beer stop in Deptford and another beer stop at my house in SE4. Great trip - thanks everyone. Attached or linked is a gps track of our trip.http://pic.twitter.com/W2oMHkAGeH [URL="http://www.lfgss.com/pic.twitter.com/W2oMHkAGeH"][/URL]

With the Speed Metal jersey... if so, hello. I loved the jersey... will be checking out their site later.

Anyhooo, I finished in about 3.5 hours, the only hill that beat me was the middle bit of Canonbie... stood up to push it and cramped, had to jump off. Walked for a bit, then got back on to finish it (got to make an effort for the photographers :o)

I turned up alone, my mate bailed (I wish I had messaged here about it, I hate the thought that a place went unused) but I hooked up with Carl and his pals... riding at a good pace for me and good conversation all round. If you're here, cheers!

Unless there are two people with the Speed Metal Cycling Jersey then that was probably me. Black Surly Cross Check with a Carradice bag.

I had a brilliant day out, loved the route, the weather, the atmosphere and the pub. The missus was out with me, and used it as a build up for the IoW randonnee in a couple of weeks.

Ah yes, that was you, I remember it was a Cross Check. Hello. I did see you in the pub, but I only had a very quick refresher and then had to get on my way back home. I agree, it was a very lovely day. I will be sure to sign up for next years.

Can't find their website by the way.

Their website is http://www.thelondonclassic.org/ I posted at the begining of the thread

No no, not that website, although I can see how you got confused, my post was not clear.

I was talking with Mr. Mikentic about the website from where he purchased his jersey. Could not find that.

The London Classic website, I found that when I signed on for this year....

http://speedmetalpodcast.blogspot.co.uk/ Not long before pre-order ends for the next batch of jerseys.

His brother has a cycling blog also, primarily focused on Colombian cycling. Very interesting read.

http://www.cyclinginquisition.com/

Ooh, ta.

Got my T shirt last week.

Thanks again!

Indra

I did a little write up here
http://sumocycles.com/2013/04/10/the-london-classic-2013-report/

We made ££5798.75 in total this year for The Evelina Childrens Hospital (who gave 75p?)

A massive thanks once again to all the LFGSS volunteers, riders and good sports - see you for 2014.

Dave

Wow, great going.

Have rep.

well done Dave and TLC crew..

Wonderful.
Honoured to have been a part of it.