Tuesday night road ride

we do a road ride from our bike shop in highbury every tuesday. we meet at 6 and leave at about 6.30. we normally do about 50-60 km. if you are interested in joining us let me know. riders should be able to keep a good pace for a couple of hours.

which shop is this? can you give a better estimation of pace - eg a couple of strava/garmin traces?

cheers

james

Yes a little more info would be useful, are competent fixed ideas with brakes allowed to join in?

Indra, "competent" would rule you out!

the go from the red bike shop on st pauls road.as regards to pace i will try and put up some strava stuff tomorrow morn. we tend to average between 25 and 30 kpm but thats with red lights and traffic.

i would say you would probably struggle alot riding fixed unless you are a very strong rider.

http://www.strava.com/activities/109609675

here is last weeks ride. normally they will be a bit faster than this but we had very bad weater and two new guys on this ride.

fairly similar pace to when i rode fixed to Brighton last Saturday, but the weather was not too bad except a head wind. though no fucking way I could keep up with you descending at 50mph if were riding fixed

Same for me, while the average speed isn't a problem, descending I find it hard to get past around 38mph on a reasonable road gear.

are competent fixed ideas with brakes allowed to join in?

Indra, "competent" would rule you out!

I think you've both got the wrong idea. :)

I would suggest road bike only. we are organising a friday night fixed ride and ill keep you updated as that progresses

Howdy. Interested. What's the address? How big's the group normally?

Competent fixed ideas pedal furiously.

#linguistjoke

232 st pauls road. we meet at the red bike shop. normally between 5 and 8 ppl but there is about 12 ppl in the group. not every one rides every week.

Cool. Will come and have a look see.

Sounds good this. Bit lacking in fitness and such this week I reckon.

hi, is tonight's route the same?

we have decided to go to richmond tonight. looking at a 55km ride today.

This days not fitting together very well. Will be along next week.

@barley - Have you considered taking in more of the lanes through Epping Forrest? They're a lot quieter, hillier and for the most part the road surface is smoother too.

yea i think we will have a bit more of a plan for next time we go to epping. next week in away so one of the other riders will be organising for regents park. but the following week i will be planning epping again. do you have some good suggestions??

Take a look at post 2 on this thread, specifically the Chingford route.
http://www.lfgss.com/thread102644.html

^ That's the best place to start.

Also Lea Bridge Rd is, in my opinion, a better way to get out of town [but still not particularly nice].