Highgate Hill Thursdays

Blimey this is a blast from the past. This thread started on C+, I think. I suppose riding up HGW hill with LPG and Dicki was my first ever forum ride, before the forum had really started.

It was followed by tins of beer in London's famous Regents Park, in true forumenger fashion.

I still fucking hate that hill.

That was great fun, Rakan and Bringmemyfix attended as well. Well up for a repeat soon.

I can't remember mashton in attendance - I think he was there the week before the day you're remembering. I can't hold a candle to his oldskoolness. But I was the first to wear lycra to a forum ride, I think :D

It was fun reading this thread from the beginning again. Thanks for the bump, dicki.

hmmm 'more fun' i guess i can see your piont.It is like a drag race up there what being straight n being able to see the top.

Yeah, bmmf wasn't there, I don't think. It must have been a different week. nevermind.

531 thread dredge

I just dipped under 2min on Highgate West on my fixie bike, and have now fully transitioned from the world of light-hearted and whimsical online fixed cycling culture banter to the cold and soulless world of online cycling data archiving. It's taken about 6 years.

Yes, it's a boast post... but is it progress?

Only a past-it old fossil could remember a thread with such a low number.

#vanillavictim

Did you skid on the way down? The kids will want to know.

You have to enjoy Highgate Hill. I take in excess of five minutes on purpose.

Downhill.

Did you skid on the way down? The kids will want to know.

I still can't skid, and still don't want to learn how.

Its hard to learn stuff when you are old.

Jaygee told me so.

But he's also fat, so maybe its hard to learn stuff when you are old and fat?

No, that's just jaygee. I learn stuff easily and I'm older and fatter than him.

As long as it's still hard, I'm OK with that.

No, that's just jaygee. I learn stuff easily and I'm older and fatter than him.

But you also have silly long hair.
Does hair length also factor into the equation?

Maybe its the weight of all that silly hair that makes Jaygees bike ghost shift all the time.

Weird to think this thread pre-dates C+ becoming Bike Radar. Well, not *that *weird, but you know...

But you also have silly long hair.
Does hair length also factor into the equation?

It's my antennae for new stuff.

A C+ 2007 thread, is easily worth an A- in new money.

Marinated in ennui?

By the way, hoops, have you noticed that you don't have 6,666 posts on spagettihoops any more? It's down to 6,665.

#stalking

Marmalade emu. Fuck, the gin's kicking in.

Marble Adorno

Marinated in ennui?

That is a loaded question.