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I'm out guys. I did 100 on Sunday and I need a weekend off. Have fun!

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20. JAMIE - date dependent, prob geared
    
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22. Velocet - 3rd July, geared
    
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25. Bobby Dids + 1.
    
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    28: Marco
    

OK, sorry. I lost track of this thread.

I've emailed my friends about a welcome party. It was a speculative idea, so there is about a 50/50 chance of that happening I reckon.

Is almost everyone planning to go fixed? I did 120 very hilly miles on the Dragon Ride yesterday and I'm starting to think that 100 flat ones on the fix could be quite fun.

1. Hippy
   
2. Schick
   
3. Waitrose Eddie
   
4. Pissed up Pista
   
5. Object
   
6. Soul
   
7. Spenceey
   
8. Dancing Jimmy
   
9. Benjaminbunny
   
10. harrong - geared & will confirm
    
11. Jimbojones
    
12. middleofnowhere
    
13. Sparky
    
14. Marco
    
15. TheBrick(Tommy) date pending
    
16. rab
    
17. wools
    
18. machineisbored
    
19. JacktheHat
    
20. JAMIE - date dependent, prob geared
    
21. rhowe - 3rd July OK, geared
    
22. Velocet - 3rd July, geared
    
23. Tiswas, geared
    
24. afternoon, 3rd July, prob geared
    

I'm up for this. I would probably opt for geared, but that depends on the level of macho peer pressure.

I went to Uni in Norwich. Some of my mates have a big garden on the outskirts (Thickthorn Roundabout). I could probably get them to throw a welcoming party (barbecue, alchohol, etc) if we chipped in a bit of cash. Plenty of space for bikes and camping, plus near to a Travelodge or similar. Does that sound worth investigating?

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55. party_paul + mrs party_paul
    
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57. somebody
    
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59. JD
    
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64. Glenn
    
65. rookie66 (and others whom i shall be dragging to this glorious event!!!!)
    
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67. spam
    
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71. joelovesfixed(2) + couple of mates (if i can get the new bike sorted in time)
    
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75. Afternoon
    

OK, taken (almost certainly).

Bare frame and fork, no BB or headset. I do have a stem (good nick) and seat tube (less good nick, but serviceable).

More pictures: Set 1, Set 2.

Measurements:

Seat C-C: 57.5cm
Seat C-T: 59.5cm
Top C-C: 58cm

This frame requires a 26 TPI headset, which can be acquired from Mend-a-Bike down here in Fulham apparently.

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4. Mr.Circle Line
   
5. cani Street Station
   
6. MarlybOWEN R(ee)d
   
7. mmccannon st.
   
8. Crispiccadilly Circus
   
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13. Fulham bROBway
    
14. Mongrelybone
    
15. Woolsden Green
    
16. Latimmeehh! Road.
    
17. Joebilee Line smith
    
18. braker street
    
19. richiembankment
    
20. bikeS destroyer NOT ALLOWED
    
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22. lardboyke Grove
    
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24. Psy-cle Line
    
25. Strip My Moorgate
    
26. Middleofnowhereton Crescent
    
27. JACKFLAshadwell
    
28. SHAWditch...
    
29. AlDgAte Place
    
30. AlDgAte East (the boyfriend)
    
31. victoria libre
    
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34. St CrazyJames's Park
    
35. blind dan (i can't really make a good tube analogy with my username)
    
36. chalfont and JAHtim er
    
37. Golders Hugreen ( and I mean that most sincerely folks)
    
38. Kirtburn Park
    
39. JOHNNY FITZ
    
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41. Nurse Holloway Road
    
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43. timmy and the lords of the underground
    
44. Chadwell
    
45. Brother's Lane
    
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54. arniham common
    
55. JOHNNY FTZ
    
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57. marcola
    
58. KRingZ cross
    
59. Skullyer's Wood
    
60. Russellkibeats Square - First timer, whoooohooo
    
61. Cutty Sarkthroat
    
62. richokingsbury
    
63. velogate.
    
64. izgardam common
    
65. Mansion Haus
    
66. Actony Town
    
67. bowroadieanddoyle
    
68. Digstrict Line
    
69. Antonzi
    
70. Babarican
    
71. kisu_shimo Green
    
72. Isle of 2 dogs (now called Canary Whoof)
    
73. EvansWare Road
    
74. Afternoonington Crescent
    

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.

Pure joy from start to finish. Pajamas wins the Completely Amazing Award for Being Amazing.

I bought an Adie wire basket. It's cool because I can throw it on to the bike for a run to the shops and take off without tools or faff.

The bracket is designed for bikes with a much larger head tube/stem/stack. I snapped off the part of the bracket which rests against the head tube whilst trying to bend it to fit above my brake (the build quality is fairly poor).

I'd like to fix it, but I'm not very handy, so I wondered if anyone with a bit more nouse had any suggestions.

It only cost £15, so I don't want to spend much money. I don't have tools to braze/weld/solder it back together. I was sort of thinking about trying to fix it by lashing it together with a wire coat hanger or something.

I can provide pics of the broken parts if that helps.

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11. Sean
    
12. Gina +2
    
13. furious tiles
    
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15. JOHNNY FITZ
    
16. afternoon was just talking about night rides the other day
    

Some more photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/afternoon/sets/72157622763524610/

Alas crappy quality and a bit of a random selection.

People have, to a large extent, the ability to exercise freewill. If you're girlfirend wanted to ride a bike I'm sure she would be capable of communicating this fact to you, or whoever else she may feel comfortable discussing it with..

People also sometimes enjoy discovering new things and can be resistant to them at first. 4 years ago, I didn't cycle at all. Now I own 2 bikes, ride 100s miles a month and enjoy it very much. It took someone else to get me into cycling and I'm very grateful.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/billdrummond

I stand corrected. The Foundry's landlord told me himself that there was no KLF connection about 2 years ago.

Yay! Awesome ride.

Sorry for the circuitous nature of much of the route. Especially the stretch of weaving through traffic on Embankment. That one was definitely my fault. I quite enjoyed meandering around.

Here's a map of the route as I remember it: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3308138

Crappy iPhone photos to come.

Great to meet lots of you guys. Hope to see you again soon. (With my new bike :-)

I won my girlfriend (also based in Fulham) over by riding together to the park a few times just recreationally. After 1-2 times riding, she twigged how great it is and now does 100 miles a month at least.

Not the best time of year of course.

You'll need a bike of course. We inherited an old Raleigh MTB, she would have objected to me buying one I think, but hell, if it's free, why not use it. Maybe pick up a cheap eBay beater with a half-decent frame and, if she enjoys riding, upgrade it slowly.

Bill Drummond started the Foundry

That's a myth unfortunately. Not sure where it came from.

Foundry to me is the first place I played in London. I played a 4 hour glitch/noise set on a Saturday afternoon in 2004. No one batted an eyelid. As it got later I moved into more beat-driven electronics. Some guy came over and said "that was really good til the last bit."

Now, the art, the music and the general craziness aren't everyone's cup of tea, but the Foundry is actually a pretty unique venue IMHO. Like Resonance FM, it supports a whole manner of forms of expression that don't have many homes.

A few years ago the council killed their music license and there's been a feud running ever since I believe. I'm not surprised to see the council has won, but it's a bit of a sad day for creativity in London.

Where is the meeting point?

Fullcity, 72 Leather Lane, E1.

When is the meeting time?

Saturday Nov 7, 11am.

What is the route? Start /finish?

Fullcity (Leather Lane), Monmouth Coffee (Monmouth St), Flat White (Berwick St), Troubadour (Brompton Road, near Earl's Court).

That's the current state of play at least.

I have a Raleigh Europa which I'm about to take all the parts off of:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/afternoon/3781430881/

It's in poor condition. It has a few dents, lots of scratches, even some rust. The saddest bit is that the headset is also in poor condition (indexed steering), but can't be replaced because Raleigh used their own threading standard - 26TPI instead of 24TPI. You could replace both headset and fork. You might be able to service the headset, but that's beyond me.

You're welcome to have it for free if you can wait a few weeks.

My proposal for the ride starts at Leather Lane for coffee, chocolate and doughnuts. Then we'll ride across the river to Southwark Market to Monmouth, then to soho for Flat White, then Brompton Road to Troubadour.

This sounds good to me. This is already way more coffee than I can drink without going completely mental. Conversation on the leg from Soho to Brompton Road should be hilarious.

My route out West from Soho is out through Mayfair, round Hyde Park Corner, around Belgrave Square, nip up to South Ken and then along the Brompton Road. Avoids the smog of Piccadilly and Knightsbridge. HPC isn't ideal, but if there are a bunch of us, we can do a mini Critical Mass :-).

Troubadour has some good beers. If we're feeling too wired by then, we could hit the booze.

(Disclosure: I live in Fulham, so ending at Troubadour is totally in my favour :-)

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(Sorry, couldn't resist)

@almac68: If you get know the right people in planning, I'd be very interested to hear their thoughts. Thanks!

@carson, @Tiswas: Thanks for your considered opinions, digging up judgements etc, very enlightening.

@Tiswas: Had a brief Google for Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions. Does this apply to private signs? If it's not standard UK traffic signage, it doesn't count? Sorry if I'm being dim here.

Also, I found the quite interesting Ask The Police site. Like a FAQ for the law. Here's what they say about pesky vegetarian hippy cyclists:

https://www.askthe.police.uk/Content/AlphaList.mth?letter=C&categoryid=133

@carson: Thanks very much for a considered opinion. It's somewhat unsatisfactory that this exists in a grey area. I'd love to see someone point out that bike parking in such circumstances is clearly wrong or right, either way.

Lobbying MPs, councils etc to get the rules clarified sounds like a great idea now they're more interested in supporting cyclists.