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Awesome ride, that was. Congratulations and thanks to everyone involved, particularly Oliver (good effort on the century) and his lieutenants. And CG for the spoke cards of course.

Still somewhat annoyed with myself this morning for not cracking Ditchling. Bailed on the last of the steep bits but got back on 50 feet later and rode the rest. Convinced if I'd HTFU I would've been able to make it, at least I've got summat to aim for next time out. At least I can be happy with 72 miles for the day on my first proper ride fixed, next time I'm bored I might work out how many revolutions it was.

Great to meet people new and old alike, hope to see some of you on the Dynamo next weekend.

If I can't get to Hyde Park Corner without getting a wet arse I'm bailing. Stop fucking raining already.

It's been mental in Tufnell Park for the last half hour. All I can hear over the storm is car alarms. And screaming.

Surreal sitting here watching the tennis, where they haven't even bothered closing the roof.

Yup, gonna do the Brighton ride, though I think me & Sasmon are the only Northies doing it.

Oi! FFS

We're meeting at six, but will prolly have a couple before rolling West so if you're gonna be done bout 7 we'll prolly still be there.

I need to either get to work earlier or give less of a shit about my job. If I get away at 6.30 I might swing by for a pint, could be tempted by Wests.

This rain or shine?

Moonshine?

Hopefully won't be a problem. Metcheck reckons clear skies and a low of 12c. Fingers crossed it doesn't change.

I'll stick the route on my 705 this evening (although definitely wouldn't recommend total reliance on either me or technology). I did think it looked like there might be a better alternative when leaving St. Albans which would avoid going through Hemel Hempstead. Avoids the A road, and is a couple of miles shorter at the expense of 150' or so more climbing...

Link

According to the satellite view, the road is closed after it goes under the M1 but if google reckons the route's ok, I'm assuming the images are out of date. I can put both routes in at any rate, and if anyone has suggestions for an alternative route back I can do that as well.

The people who frequent the Commuting section on Bikeradar are the cycling equivalent of Daily Mail readers.

A shower of cunts.

Can't beat the cunts for advice on buying a hybrid tho'. At least the advice given is generally fucking don't. Or would be if the rude words filter didn't get in the way.

I'm not sure, the big scary climb all the way up highgate should take us around 6 hours. You'd best leave home at around 13.45 and stay there until you see us.

Pub will be open by then. Spot of lunch maybe?

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3.clintsmoker

1. mikec
   
2. mattty
   
3. Eyebrows
   
4. jonny
   
5. Scott not Scot
   
6. Hillbilly
   
7. Sainsburys Ed
   
8. tomasito
   
9. Ved
   
10. hippy
    
11. fruitbat
    
12. gabes
    
13. Rik
    
14. Slag
    
15. Oliver Schick
    
16. rjs
    
17. NurseHolliday
    
18. fiddy
    
19. mashton
    
20. Jung (need to finish my geared wheels though...)
    
21. Dammit
    
22. PinkGottiMobbs
    
23. fatboyralph
    
24. shootthebreeze
    
25. texas
    
26. Babar
    
27. Gina
    let ehren_fried_chicken=131 (Haskell Curry FTW)
    
28. Brun
    
    

I'm up for Bletchley (and back should be doable) if I can give my road bike a shakedown before the weekend.

Rather than going across London first thing I'll get on somewhere around Archway/Highgate - anyone else doing likewise? Don't worry about whether I'm there or not as you go through.

Dave Gorman showed up at the Flask after all the pizza people had done one. Really nice bloke, despite being a bearded gingerenger.

He had a bit of an spd moment trying to exit the pub up that tricky slope, and with not enough forward momentum, toppled over in embarrassing fashion. Unfortunately only Spins and the other bloke (who's real name I know but forum etiquette dicatates I don't use it (chequered shirt, talks a bit)) saw it, but I'm pretty sure they got a glimpse of his tattoo. It really was Dave Gorman.

I got home without any sort of incident at all.

I've got a game of 5s to get through before (well earned) drinks. Early kick off this week, should roll up about 9.

See you up there.

Five minutes ago. Genesis Flyer with red bar tape and matching saddle outside Londis off Tufnell Park Rd.

Saw the blokey unlocking it when I left the shop. I'm now a bit weirded out by the fact that I'm not the only middle-aged slightly balding gingerenger on a Flyer in Tufnell Park. My bar tape is (well, was) white which should hopefully avoid any future identification issues.

Found this on the BR forums. Cheers to el_presidente for taking a decent picture of some complete strangers, even though my head was left out in favour of a few inches of tarmac.

Click it for links to higher-res

"- During long trips when you may become tired."

Yeah, fuck any other poor bastard who's unfortunate enough to be on the road when you nod off.

i got last chase place on the ride yesterday, i'm going fixed on 48-16 because i don't have any other options. how does the ditchling compare to getting up hampstead heath to the flash?

Quickly figured these out off the net. Swain's Lane is the steepest route up to Highgate, probably knock a couple of percent off the gradients for the others...
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                  Swain's Lane     Ditchling

Length 0.6m 0.9m
Total climb 223ft 523ft
Avg gradient 7% 11%
Max gradient(ish) 15% 23%[/code]I'm doing the overnight one at the end of the month on 48:18 (about 70"). Can manage the run up to Highgate without killing meself now, but grinding up the steeper bits of Ditchling will be something else. Can't decide if I'm looking forward to that bit or not.

1. Oliver Schick
   
2. gormley
   
3. coppiThat
   
4. damo (nothing in the calendar clashes, in. and willing to act as backstop as well)
   
5. Broker
   
6. Steff
   
7. Middleofnowhere
   
8. kx.001 - you know I'm on this one. Will act as backstop if you need.
   
9. Jung - will bring many spares tubes after 3 punctures in 2 days :(
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10. atk - alex
    
11. porter7474 +1(maybe)
    
12. CYOA
    
13. Stix (get my lights sorted and Im there !!)
    
14. Ben
    
15. marcom
    
16. stompy (75% sure). I'll have no choice but to be backstop.
    
17. jacklamusica - will be my first night ride, looking forward to it!
    
18. hoonz - at AC/DC on 26th, not looking good
    
19. mattty
    
20. edmundro
    
21. [Josh] MURR
    
22. Spins
    
23. CRISPIN GLOVER
    
24. okwithmydecay + 1
    
25. Sasmon
    
26. villa-ru
    
27. joesmooth
    
28. Brun (birthday beers in Brighton!)
    

Went a bit weird after the work-related beer/dinner/wine thing tonight and rode up Swains for nothing other than the hell of it. Swung by the pizza place to say hello but you'd all done one.

Feel quite light-headed now. Reckon that's a sign you shouldn't do a hill without a beer at the top, despite having had plenty beforehand.

Here's the route: http://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=8898

It's missing a bit after we stopped in Barnet cos I forgot to restart the damn GPS. Think I'm right in saying we carried on Wood St/Barnet road, then took a left onto Barnet Gate Ln/Mays Ln.

Check the 'Show Elevation Data' button on the right to see some hills and shit.

Enjoyed that. Nice day out, good people, no drama.

Rolled down West Hill after leaving The Flask, and suddenly thought it was a good idea to do Swains on my beer legs (realised I need the training after trying to keep up with Texas and Dave up North Hill. Bastards). Not bad first time round anyway, so I did it again. Second time was a bit harder so figured that would do for the day, but when I got to the roundabout at the bottom of Wests my stupid bike suddenly hung a left again and I was going for it a third time.

Sensibly decided that were enough and called it quits. More beer :)

Small chance I might be up for this tomorrow. If it's not still the flask at 10.30 send us a PM.

Don't hang around if I'm not there on the dot, will probably have decided to stay in bed.

Whilst procuring wine and kebab on the way home this evening. Lovely pair, figured they must belong to someone around these parts...

Any of you lot fancy a few miles on Saturday? Open to suggestions as to route...

You not around for Sunday? Details towards the arse end of page 3.

Shit that's all kinds of wrong. Not confronting the twunt sounds like a smart move, here's hoping the rozzers follow it up properly.

I'm really up for this but have to wait till a bastard deadline is behind us. Couple of weeks with any luck, I'll keep you posted...