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I wonder if it will be as cold as the '23 edition?
Couldn't possibly be frozen-eyelashes-cold again.
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A cafe with heating
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• #4
If there are riders travelling down maybe they could get a slice of generosity from London's famous kitchen reno forum and be offered a place to crash the night before.
Waves
If anyone can spare some floor space, it would save me the ungodly 4am start again. Requital in the form of post-ride drinks/a wheel to sit on/structural calculations for that kitchen wall you want to knock through.
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Bosbleighing Kent's brown frozen ruts, can't wait. IN
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• #6
NOOOOOOOOO. Shall be away.
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• #7
Ah man! Well hope to catch you soon
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• #8
I have some sleepable floor for you, you're welcome to it.
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• #9
Another visitor needing a floor here.
Provided the November ride doesn’t kill me.
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I could offer space in the n7 area, which is cose to kings X/Euston for someone coming from the north.
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• #12
Sister event in Denmark is go'
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Yes! So good. Reminded me to post the route for January.
We're going to Rye (and back)!
A little spicy but I'm sure we can do it. The route also overlaps at two different points, meaning if you want to shorten it to a (quite brief) 20 miles or 60 miles then this is easily done.
Am excited for this one.
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• #14
looks spicy :). I foresee dreading the kicker back into seven oaks
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• #15
Would love to be joining you all, but last year wasn't cold and hard enough, so I'm doing strathpuffer that weekend instead. Enjoy!
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Tempting...
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Do it!
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• #18
Happy new year! Welcome to January it's only the best month of year. Today's weather is getting me inspired
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• #19
Long range forecast looks ok (i.e., not icy death) so going to go ahead and book trains. Is it an 8:30 roll out?
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• #20
Yeah depart 8:30. Did you round up a place to crash for the evening?
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• #21
Cool. No, just going to endure the very early start. Train should be quiet at least.
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• #22
At least 3 riders will be joining from New England.
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• #23
Hell yea
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Anybody riding out from central?
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53km for me to ride there, so I'm training it from central, London Bridge at 07:46
Happy cold time of the year everyone! HDIJ is up for 2024 where we'll once again jump on the fixed / SS bikes and do a long loop, extending past the 90 miles this year for an imperial century. All to commemorate the ride @clubman did in 1959.
Totally new roads for HDIJ, we'll be starting in Sevenoaks and heading down to the coast and back. Sevenoaks is not destination town (for me at least) but it's very well served by fast London trains and means that we'll be in the Good Lanes in very short order. If there are riders travelling down maybe they could get a slice of generosity from London's famous kitchen reno forum and be offered a place to crash the night before.
This is intended as a fixed gear / single-speed ride. Although there will be some climbing there is nothing too steep to cope with on a reasonable gear, say 67-75gi. The idea here is that it's a winter ride and so a fg/ss ride should make it hard enough to be worth getting out whilst still being fun. This edition is a bit rolling, especially around the northern edge of the High Weald but I think we'll be rewarded for our efforts. Mudguards are welcome but not required. You'll definitely need lights.
A few of the details below aren't totally confirmed (or have dropped as the fellow kids say) but sticking a date in the calender means it's something to look forward to. The first of the Moderate Days in the Autumn are in a few weeks as well. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you there!
Start time and location
Leaving from outside the Malabar Cafe in Sevenoaks at 8:30. Plenty of other options in town but this cafe is the depart.
Lunch
A cafe with heating, don't say I'm not generous.
Finish
Pub tbd
Route
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44266469
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