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Homer on the water out my office window. Apologies for crap phone photo but funniest thing I've seen in ages.

Nice, now let's get the Heineken Cup sorted out.

CB - care to predict the result for the Boks vs. AB this weekend?

SA 17 - ABs 29

1. MA3K
   
2. Eamesy
   
3. Samson
   
4. tommmmmmm
   
5. Big Dave
   
6. YAL
   
7. HoKe
   
8. hats
   
9. jackc
   
10. scoot
    
11. sumo
    
12. XH
    
13. richoking
    
14. mrsrichoking
    
15. dbr
    
16. onyerbike
    
17. empties
    
18. Kirth
    
19. Ricochet
    
20. Velocio
    
21. Soul
    
22. middleofnowhere
    
23. rogan
    
24. Dglshrn
    
25. vunugu
    

A dude this morning on tower bridge, chastising(sp?) a guy on a plug into apologising to a driver after clipping a car with his lock. Good work!

Cheers. That'd be me. Easy enough mistake to make in that traffic but when it happens apologies need to be made I reckon.

Saw a bearded guy wearing the shark pits coming off Tower Bridge south yesterday evening 'bout half six. Cool calf tats dude.

Only the one photo from the ride. Sorry Oliver.

Sitting on the sea wall post ride. Fish n chips and beer consumed. Ahhh.......

First puncture 2 minutes out

Is the foot tunnel open yet? Haven't had to use it for about three years.

Def open. Used it today.

1.murtz
2.Joe.S
3.rg37

1. andytk
   
2. Puiyin (cash with pick up my bag?)
   
3. EB
   
4. b'jammin
   
5. vunugu
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about 50 roadies in a huge peloton in some matching kit headed up OKR to town by Tesco at 5:45 or so

I saw that lot as well on Tower Bridge Rd riding 2/3 up well out in the oncoming lane past 2 lanes of stopped traffic and bus stopped in inside oncoming lane.

Not much room for anyone else on the road. Lucky for them the bridge had just opened and it was only other bikes coming towards them.

Am out due to my inability to look into my crystal ball and forsee that I had other commitments. Must get that thing fixed...

Deluxe TNRC Saturday 21st July 2012 to Bath

http://www.thermaebathspa.com/

train - Lon Waterloo to Farnborough 22:39 arr 23:15 £13.70 without groupsave 4/3
Bath to Lon pad approx 14:43 arr 16.14 £18.00 without gs4/3. Thermae spa £25/2hours (discounts possible).

Train out

1. BenJam
   
2. KT Bee
   
3. cnkr
   
4. braker
   
5. 
   
6. hairnet
   
7. ramaye
   
8. laner
   
9. wools
   
10. 
    
11. Des
    
12. apolloxl - probably.
    
13. absurdbird
    
14. rob.
    
15. bothwell
    
16. Dumps
    
17. useless
    18.
    
    

Ride out

1. 
   
2. 
   
3. Rod Munch (no idea why an extra 40miles seems like a good idea right now :-/)
   
4. Branwen
   
5. Lolo
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6. apolloxl (maybe)
   

Deluxe TNRC Saturday 21st July 2012 to Bath

http://www.thermaebathspa.com/

train - Lon Waterloo to Farnborough 22:39 arr 23:15 £13.70 without groupsave 4/3
Bath to Lon pad approx 14:43 arr 16.14 £18.00 without gs4/3. Thermae spa £25/2hours (discounts possible).

Train out

1. BenJam
   
2. KT Bee
   
3. cnkr
   
4. braker
   
5. hats
   
6. hairnet
   
7. ramaye
   
8. laner
   
9. wools
   
10. vunugu
    11.
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Ride out

1. YAL (provisionally)
   
2. skive
   
3. Rod Munch (no idea why an extra 40miles seems like a good idea right now :-/)
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Bring on some more miles in darkness, especially if it is as good as the DD

The meeting point for the ride is the church on Warwick Avenue.

This is the route that we are using

(Please note you can download a GPX if that's your thing, if you're awkward and want a TCX PM me your email address before Thursday evening).
For those riding fixed or SS, please check the profile (Show & Elevation Profile on the above link) and select an appropriate gear. The uphill, though not steep, is fairly relentless.

Leaving at 8.30
**The slower group: 82.85k
**Circa 4 hours including stops
Sociably paced 24kmh/15mph average with "comfort breaks" if/when required.
No one will be dropped.
If you like a nice ride with good company and the occasional chat this is the one for you.
Train tickets are £13 for a "cheap day single". Group Save tickets are also available

1) Skydancer - Fixed
2) Bluefleet - SS or geared, not decided yet
3) Hairnet - SS
4) Oliver Schick - TBC
5) conker (ian) - fixed
6) tom k&e - probably SS
7) bothwell - fixed
8) Lady Liz - tbc
9) Edmundro - geared
10) Skully - fixed
11) vunugu - fixed
12) Sweats. (Geared if i can get an angle grinder to unchain my bike after losing the key, FIXED if not)
13) blowfish - undecided
14) Kamilla - fixed
15) BenJam -
16) munky - fixed

Leaving at 9.30
The fast group - 2×82.85k:
Sub 3 hours out, no wee stops.
6pt reckons he could do it 19–20mph average solo so we'll be looking to improve on that as a group. I will also endeavour to teach him that his choice of unit is inferior.
People doing the fast ride one way will be frowned upon (unless they happen to carry on for a solo century warm down).

1) 50/14- Winged
2) Object - Geared
3) joe smith - geared up to the eyeballs
4) FridayMarch26th
5) zanda - geared
6.pt - Geared
7) mountaingoatmatt - geared
8) SRBradley - geared
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10) The Bear - geared

FAST GROUP PLEASE NOTE:

Owing to the above riders in the fast group should be prepared to get themselves to Bletchley if they fall off the back. Again self-sufficiency is key.

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In at 11.

Small group of five in the end but that meant we moved pretty quickly and effortlessly around. No punctures or mechanicals at all. Weather also stayed dry for it which was a bonus. Getting a slight soaking 10 minutes from home doesn't count after 6 hours of riding.

Really enjoyed riding around some interesting and different parts of London. Highlights for me, apart from the obvious viewpoints were:

• First visit to Ali Pali (after almost 12 years in London)
  
• First Woolwich Ferry ride
  
• Dodging broken glass, wheel eating pot holes on switchbacks, overhanging brambles and steel fences to scale and descend the treacherous Becton Alps (only hill in East London & abandoned dry ski slope)
  
• Sligh odour of poo as trade off for car free travel along the Greenway form near the Olympic Park to Beckton
  
• View from the Parkway near Highgate Wood
  
• Possible spot of Noam Chomsky in the aforementioned Highgate Wood tell us there was no cycling in the wood. Naughty fixie skidders.
  
• And shots of vodka on the street outside the Ma3k residence. Cheers!
  Thanks for the company all and especially our dear leader for his fascinated commentary on quirky bits of London history.
  

^^^^Yes. Never seen any that worn before.

When I get up there I find the racing bike suspended from the middle of the ceiling, like a sacred centrepiece. The metal parts are gleaming silver and there are several scary looking cleaning products and blackened toothbrushes on the floor.

Really evocative piece of writing. Part religous shrine, part horror movie scene. Nice.

Great people. Great ride. Great day out.

Will admit to feeling a little broken afterwards mainly due to my inappropriate choice of 79GI. Still stoked to make it up the Ditchling though, even if I did get passed near the top when I slowed to little more than walking pace.

Next time I'll be a bit more sensible.....maybe.

Didn't even allow the shitfacecuntmotherfuckermotorist who beeped his horn and turned me left with the side of his car on the way home from Clapham Junstion to ruin my day. My brusied hand/wrist vs. his missing wing mirror = shitfacecuntmotherfuckermotorists 0 fixieskidders 1.

It's just as well I left my d-lock at home on for that ride. Might not have made it up the Ditchling with the extra weight. Might have had difficulty removing it from some arsehole.

The person I DAS's was on what looked like a titanium frame - i.e. bare brushed metal, they had a really good beard, Rapha cap, Rapha longsleve top (black) and three quater length shorts possibly also Rapha. It was just before Barnes Bridge - I was taking a walk to see the ducks.

Yep, 'twas me. Fully Rapha'd up. Riding my weekend Ti bike. Moda Senza.

Don't believe those geese, they're liars.

Bit laet but was it someone on here who I DAS'd on Sunday at about 5pm near Barnes? He looked a lot like Dancing James but wasn't sure.

Was also DAS'd round there round then. Just passed Barnes Bridge about 5:30. Coincidence? I think not.

Who is the mystery DAS man?

Didn't oblige as I was in my own little world and didn't figure out I'd been DAS'd until too late.

#cantskidforshitanyway

Oh the shame!

Get's down on knees and humbly begs forgiveness of fellow forumengers

Forgiven?

The 'Foolish Chancers' Adventurous Lower-Intermediate Ride-There-and-Back List

1. YAL
   
2. Ramaye
   
3. shinkuu kiss
   
4. Rod Munch
   
5. vunugu
   
   

Mmmm.....big greasy fry-up

1. MA3K2. conker (ian)3. XH4. Hairnet5. YAL6. Danns +17. lardboy8. d3imi pls9. b&d10. Sweats11. fade12. deLights13. Cafewanda14. middleofnowhere15. Apolloxl16. shinkuu kiss17. mountaingoatmatt18. Dom19. vunugu
   

Good effort gents. All things considered.

Yeah, I just had a look at that wind and thought "bollocks to it" :( seems a bit much for 120 miles fixed, tbh.

This. Too grim for me I think.

1. upstart
   
2. conker
   
3. middleofnowhere
   
4. Dumps
   
5. Oliver Schick
   
6. Tenderloin
   
7. bothmill
   
8. Doutzki
   
9. Bobbo
   
10. ms.chris
    
11. Woah Cats
    
12. laner
    
13. Sweats
    
14. Tom (mmmmmm)
    
15. Bobbro
    
16. Eamesy
    
17. Hairnetnic
    
18. blue fleet
    
19. vunugu
    
    

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