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Going to do this geared, I think. We're booked on the SC coach for the return, but wouldn't mind tagging on to a Forum group leaving London for at least the first bit to give us a bit of navigational headstart.

Sounds fantastic - almost certainly in, providing I can swing a late morning the next day.

Any news on a final date for this? (say the 3rd, say the 3rd ...)

I definitely found the first clue easier than the second...

1. Long&Winding (might be up for riding back) Y / Y
   
2. KT Bee (absolutely riding back) Y / N
   
3. ms.chris N / N
   
4. Cafewanda (up for riding back) Y / Y
   
5. Yasi (will ride back as cannot afford public transport)
   
6. jayloo (anyone want to ride back?) pretty sure / pretty sure
   
7. clefty (might be up for riding back) Y / Y
   
8. MotherGirl (deffo up for riding back)
   
9. murtle (girls name :)
   
10. jenny j and oscar j (not riding back...need to double check we can get the double bike on the train tho)
    
11. Stix (may well be up for riding back) Y / Y
    
12. Stiff Link (probably up for riding back)
    
13. nelaii (riding back fo sho!)
    
14. Scout Finch (probably up for riding back)
    
15. tanya g (probably up for riding back)
    
16. pootsmanuva (may also be up for riding back) N / Y
    
17. Scoot (totes riding back) Y / M(aybe)
    
18. Wicksie N Y return ticket please
    
19. Mrs. Wicksie N Y return
    
20. MissMouse (might be up for riding back) Y / Y
    

Recce - Sat 5th June 10am. Meet @ Richmond station.

1. L&W
   
2. Nelaii ???
   
3. jayloo
   
4. Clefty ???
   
5. 
   
6. Jenny J ???
   
   

Out, I'm afraid.

Really looking forward to Sunday. I hope it's ok that:

I may be a tiny bit late - hopefully no more than 15 mins (will have been messing about in boats till half nine and may struggle to make dead on 10).

I may come geared (same excuse as above - legs will already have taken a bit of a beating).

Ooh - depending on what time you want to do it, might be up for joining in recce as will be out in W London anyway. Will have been doing sporty things so may not be up to ride back.

1. Long&Winding (might be up for riding back)
   
2. KT Bee (absolutely riding back)
   
3. ms.chris (might be up for riding back)
   
4. Cafewanda (up for riding back)
   
5. Yasi (will ride back as cannot afford public transport)
   
6. jayloo (anyone want to ride back?)
   
7. clefty (might be up for riding back)
   
8. MotherGirl (deffo up for riding back)
   
9. murtle (girls name :)
   
10. jenny j and oscar j (not riding back...need to double check we can get the double bike on the train tho)
    
11. Stix (may well be up for riding back)
    
12. Stiff Link (probably up for riding back)
    
13. nelaii (riding back fo sho!)
    
14. Scout Finch (probably up for riding back)
    
15. tanya g (probably up for riding back)
    
16. pootsmanuva (may also be up for riding back)
    
17. Scoot (totes riding back)
    
    

Very much looking forward to this. Not around for recce, but this is the route I've taken before if you want to try a slightly different / quicker route back ... through Staines.

http://www.serpentine.org.uk/pages/bike_routes_02a_index.html

^ Fraid not - just a bit of mooching about with friends.

Out, I'm afraid - will be in Amsterdam, hopefully having a groovy time with Dutch bikes. Perhaps no bad thing - St James's Park is dangerously close to work and Phoenix is almost in my work - think I might find it a bit held me back a bit - plus I'd have to cycle round the park a few times first to make it like proper forum drinks.

Last minute trip to Derbyshire to see family - managed to squeeze in a 70k route round southern Peak District fuelled by hot cross buns and Easter Egg. Really enjoyed this. Amazing views, hardly any traffic, lambs, daffodils, skylarks ...

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Brassington-Tideswell-Youlgrave509515

Best bits:
A sneezing sheep near Taddington
Managing to unclip in time when chain came off during a rapid gear change at the bottom of Millers Dale
Making it up Monsall Dale in one go

Worst bits:
Long slow climb from Cromford Station the night before (legs empty from a 20k row / 6k run / 20k cycle on the ss that morning; denim shorts; a rucksack held together by safety pins after an epic zip fail on the train)

Times I wished I had a triple: 2

That looks like a riding back group forming then. Did I say that my route back went via Staines? Still pretty flat, though ...

1. Long&Winding
   
2. KT Bee
   
   

Hurrah! Really looking forward to it. (There's also a v flat and fairly quick route back to London via Runnymede if people are feeling keen ...)

please to be linking me?

Ah - that would help, wouldn't it:

http://www.windrushtri.co.uk/

Based at Brockwell Lido. Spin nights are Wednesday.

+1 to rowing - but it is a bit more of a lifestyle choice than a hobby. (Ergs are evil though - much rather cycle than erg). The tri club I go to in S London runs brilliant coached spin classes - about a fiver a go, plus about £25 membership for the year. Definitely focussed on cycling - not a bouncy gym-style one.

I find guilt a good motivator - so anything vaguely coached works for me.

I had a blast! Great weather, great company, great organising and a pleasingly high Kate-quotient. Let's do it all again soon!

No idea about this one - please someone tag this and put us out of our misery!

Do I hear any other girls?

@AlpineKate - definitely a few of us ladies on the list - you won't be on your own. I am very excited - have just done a bit of pedal swapping so I can go clipless and hit cruising speed with maximum efficiency. Or fall off.

Great to meet you all. I learnt a lot (good condiment etiquette, what to shout at a safety-conscious fixie-not-so-skidder, that some people can make gun noises and some people ... just can't)

+1 to a group ride before too long. Windsor would great, or maybe out into Kent if we can face a few hills...?

Aargh! Another brilliant modernist building. And no hope of me getting there on a work day ... #tagasspectatorsport

I'm in - hoping to meet a few people doing the Cambridge ride, to make it a bit less daunting on the day!

Since there's 2 hopes (Bob Hope and No Hope) of me doing that

And Bob's out of town, huh? Likewise. I don't think I risk leaving the pack behind. Have put my name down - hopefully see you there.

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3. jcgarcia
   
4. Damo. Maybe.
   
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Free-wheeling female is me. Promise I won't be geared - can I come and play too?

Alas I am a lazy free-wheeler and won't meet the strict fixed only rules for the Cambridge ride. But the road out to Windsor is also pretty flat and depending which way you go, some great views across Windsor Great Park.

Longandwinding - more than happy to lend a hand coralling people for a ride out there later in the season, if you like.