 3rd June 2009 | #1 |
 | 2009-06-28 Sun 10am - Attack of the 50 Fixed Women! Dear Ladies of the forum I would like to announce plans for a Ladies ride on Sunday 28th June! Whilst we all love the boys, I and some of the other ladies here thought it would be nice to organise a small ride round London. We'd like to welcome all you lady lurkers on the forum, and in fact any ladies in general - as long as they have a bike - we don't care if its fixed or not! Its not going to be a long ride 10-20 miles, the route will avoid as many nasty roads as possible, no-one will get left behind. If you hate riding in heavy traffic and want to gain a bit more confidence out there, then this is the ride for you! All abilities welcome. This is going to be a fun pootle around town on a (hopefully) sunny day ending up with a picnic in Richmond park (or the pub if the weather isnt great). A chance to catch up, talk bikes, drink beer and have fun riding round town in a pack. Route to be confirmed, I will post it up once I've had a chance to recce it. Start: Buckingham Palace 10.00 for a 10.30 depart. Lunch: Richmond Park. Finish: Coach & Horses Pub, Clapham (South Beers Venue) Buck House to Park: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2936365 Park to Pub: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2936376 Also now in mapmyride format: Buck House to Park: http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...24557721154148 Park to Pub: http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...24541146029982 Now with added awesome spokecard courtesy of Donut! All attendees will receive a shiny laminated one on the day.  Top Tips for a Great Day: 1. Check your bike over before you set out, make sure you're brakes work and your tyres are pumped up. 2. Pack a spare tube at the very least - I will be carrying tools as will some others, but the more tubes we have the better - hopefully they won't be needed. 3. Most of this route is on quiet roads, however there are a couple of places where we are crossing busy roads, please keep together. 4. There are limited obstacles/pinch points on this route, but I will be shouting back when we are coming to a point where we need to slow down, etc - please pass this back through the ride so everyone at the back knows whats going on. 5. This is a pretty slow paced ride, there are a couple of fairly easy inclines and 1 short sharp hill on the way back to the pub. 6. Some of the route is on towpaths, whilst the surface isnt too bad, I wouldn't advise riding tubs! 7. Find my number in the phone numbers thread and put it in your phone. 8. Bring a picnic! Obviously this is dependant on weather, if the weather is not picnic friendly we will be having a short stop in Richmond park then back to the C&H for 2-4-1 Burgers and beer, there is plenty of room for bike locking and we will have some reserved space. Note that this is also a route back to central London, for those that need one from RP 9. We expect to be hitting RP around Lunchtime for those that want to join us there at the ponds. 10. Any partners/boyfriends/stalkers who wish to welcome their ladies back can meet us at the C&H later on in the afternoon. Last edited by clefty; 23rd June 2009 at 13:54. Reason: time change on title. |
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| 3rd June 2009 | #3 |
 | Excellent Clefty. I should be able to join the early part of the route but have something else to go to at lunchtime. I would also like to extend the invitation to all the other events organised by the forum, we would love to see more ladies to the drinks and other things. |
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| 3rd June 2009 | #16 |
 | I've been watching the forum for ages, and not managed to get to any of the drinks or rides (I always expect it to be full of blokes).. anyway, this looks like the perfect starting point for me! I'm in! 1. Clefty 2. miss_socks 3. VeeVee (for the morning part) 4. EM 5. PicKle 6. habbi 7.Wozza |
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| 3rd June 2009 | #30 |
 | Sweet! And no, no boys allowed. Unless they are post-op transgirls or pre-op transmen! IMO. 1. Clefty 2. miss_socks 3. VeeVee (for the morning part) 4. EM 5. PicKle 6. habbi 7. nadia 8. TIKA 9. Sol 10. girlyattack 11. jayloo Last edited by jayloo; 3rd June 2009 at 14:09. Reason: jump in the line |
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| 3rd June 2009 | #33 |
 | Top work taking the lead on this Clefty! am gutted won't have the chance to spend a bit of quality time with youse all - picnics, pubs and pushbikes being 3 of my favourite things (crisp apple strudle being another) but holidays call... way to go laydeez! wishing you a fantastic day for the 28th - will be with you in spirit. hope the sun shines bright x |
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| 4th June 2009 | #43 |
| | Count me in, not been to a ride/drinks before, but sounds like a perfect start. 1. Clefty 2. miss_socks 3. VeeVee (for the morning part) 4. EM 5. PicKle 6. habbi 7. nadia 8. TIKA 9. Sol 10. girlyattack 11. jayloo 12. gina 13. Cajeta 14. Stix 15. marie 16. diapo (...let's play girlie for one day) 17.Wozza |
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