2014-05-18 - The Great Escape Audax - LMNH and 200km in Essex

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  • still in, I think but only just got home. will be setting off nearer to 8.30 I suspect - hopefully see some of you out there.

    Coolbeans - you'll probably catch us up.

    On the Airnimal now, bike without bottle bosses probably not suitable for 200km. Need one of those seatpost mount doobries.

  • epic day; I am shattered; obligatory strava link: http://www.strava.com/activities/142770323

  • epic day; I am shattered; obligatory strava link: http://www.strava.com/activities/142770323

    Thats a quick time. Well done. What did you ride?

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  • did anyone see the stack of Brevet cards from people that flounced?

    there must have been 50 or so!!!

  • Apollo is just trying to find reasons not to do a 130 mile bike ride.

    I bet him £8 he doesn't do it!

    I'll PM you my paypal details.

  • Well done to the organisers that was a really great day! Really nice atmosphere all day.
    Amey you overtook me a few times today, lovely bike! I was on a red Mercian Tourer. I averaged 15mph which i was pretty pleased with on that bike.
    The heat was tough at points, hurting everywhere but had a great day.

  • Lovely ride. Will remember it well! Am now quite tired and moderately sunburnt. Good times.

  • That was FUN! Lovely riding with Doctor Cake, Howard and Matt on the Mercian, who we picked up along the way.

  • 50 flouncers, I couldn't get a place because I left it too late, thinking there aren't really going to be 200 takers. I was right! But I can't complain had an awesome day doing the Brompton Urban Challenge instead.

  • Great day! struggled a bit on the way to Great Dunmow where an ice cream revived me .. Seems like I ate a ridiculous amount of food today =P

    Lovely to see KT, Howard and Dr Cake at lunch

  • Great ride, great weather, great people.
    There were 80 flouncers, sadly.

  • that distance as a fizik snake gotta be worth rep. well done Amey

  • There were 80 flouncers, sadly.

    I hope you don't plan to refund the £640

  • I wonder how many of those 80 had the decency to let the organisers know they were not going to turn up, I would guess only a few.

  • It's not the DNSs who say nothing who are too much of a problem, it's the folk who DNF but don't let the organiser know ...

  • Great ride yesterday, the route was fantastic. My saddle decided to break just as I got out of London, thankfully it still held is shape, but was squeaking the entire way round. Much annoyance.
    Otherwise a fantastic day out, many thanks to the organisers, especially for the gargantuan flapjacks!

  • Flapjacks? How did I miss them?

  • I think at Great Dunmow. They were massive, someone at Islington CC has srs skills.
    I foolishly stuffed my face, and suffered for the following half hour, but they did the job.

  • Feck.

    I thought GD was just a commercial control - get a receipt. Was there a manned control then? Nobody told me ... (Or more likely I didn't read it.)

  • I hope you don't plan to refund the £640

    So glad I ditched this ride.
    Had an awesome day of riding/drinking/swimming and getting my track licence rather than getting lost in north london

    Don't worry Apollo I've already raised a clawback claim to Paypal to get my seven quid returned.

  • 80 riders missed out, clearly.

    Good group, amazing conditions - when we weren't stuffing our faces we averaged 15.5mph. Happy with the legs - enough in the tank to drag the group through the horror that is Epping New Road at a clip.

    KT however has clearly been hill training.

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/502611744

  • My saddle decided to break just as I got out of London, thankfully it still held is shape, but was squeaking the entire way round

    Ah, you must be one of the two I met briefly on the way up to The Chestnut Tree - saw you demonstrating the squeaking to the guy you were riding with!

    Agree with all of the above, great route and a thoroughly enjoyable day out.

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