Sat 5th April - London to Brighton 2 (Curse-free)

So first round in Brighton is on you if you puncture, jonny?

guys, we all make it to brighton puncture free then yes, a round for the whole lot of ya is on me.

shit man, i will be sweating the closer we get, and i'm not talking about the beacon

guys, we all make it to brighton puncture free then yes, a round for the whole lot of ya is on me.

shit man, i will be sweating the closer we get, and i'm not talking about the beacon

You need to try some new Lynx 'Armadillo'. Guaranteed freshness all day.

lol BMMF

What a fantastic day it was today. In fact, it's been pretty great weather all week. Just our luck if tomorrow turns out to be cold, wet and windy.

It won't stop me, I'm just saying like...

weather's looking pretty good to be honest. Not as beautiful as today, but not bad...

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Crisp and clear, not too sweaty. Perfect.

I have just jotted down your # ornmnt and pm you my # as well.
See you on the ride.

yeah, good to xchange numbers as don't want to leave anyone behind if they are running 5 mins late. and don't want anyone just spinning their ass off down the busy but direct A23 trying to catch up with people who are not on that road anyway. 8 at HPC everyone. looks like it's gonna be a good crowd and that makes for much laughs and legends.

of if you're comin from the SW like me, wait for the crew here

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=51.445408,-0.124272&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=17&sll=51.445362,-0.124283&sspn=0.002936,0.007231&ie=UTF8&z=17

ill prob be there from about 0830

Hops, dt and myself are gonna join the group here too.
See you there!

nice one slamm, brakeless on the ganwell p? pm me your no and vice versa in case of hold ups from hyde park corner - do not set off without the us

Though I am south, I'll be heading into hyde park corner with a friend for 8am, bit of a warm up spin, get the legs in good working order.
have people got maps printed out etc.
Jonny I'll give you a ring if I get lost...

anyone know what the final head count is looking like?

ah tempting but gonna take the Koga out on it's maiden voyage :-)

anyone know what the final head count is looking like?

lgfss is one head dude, but like 9 million legs! yee haW!

who's leadin this ride? hope someone studied brett's route...anyhoo...manana

brett's route..

Start – Hyde Park Corner.

South towards Victoria, round 1-way onto Vauxhall Bridge Road.

2nd right at Oval Tube onto A23.
Straight at Thornton Heath roundabout A235 towards Croydon.
Straight through town centre, don’t kill peds. Follow straight down brighton road.

At Purley Cross (Big tescos) turn left onto A22 Godstone Road towards Whyeleafe/Kenley

At Whyteleafe roundabout turn right across level crossing.
Left at T junction.
At Church turn right onto Stanstead Road.

After crossing over M25 take 1st left. (Place Farm Road)
Road bends round to the right.

Straight over A25 at Bletchingly. Signposted to Outwood.
Follow through to end. Turn left at Effingham Road.

Right signposted Turners Hill.
Right fork at Lindfield towards Haywards Heath.

Through Haywards Heath town centre, follow signs for Ditchling
After Ditchling Village, head straight on for the Beacon where main road bends right.

Go straight over (quick left then right) to get onto Ditchling road which takes you all the way into Brighton.

slamm - your avatar is very funny.

i thought my mac was doing it's FUCKInG RetaRD thing.

i will be there. dont leave without me.

Damn, wish I'd seen this thread a week earlier. You'll be almost passing my house as you fly down Ditchling Road and into the sea. I've embarassingly never climbed the Ditch from the North.. might take a pootle up there from this side if the weather is fine...

I'll give you all a yell if I spot you around town tomorrow.. you'll definitely be conspicuous.

Have a nice one,
Tim

Let the Fun Begin. Photo's to follow prob some time tomorrow.

I don't have anybody's phone number, but I'll throw mine out there in case anyone wants to use it: 07*46 9*7 4*9.

Good luck y'all, I wish I wasn't busy - this ride is looking to be lovely. It's 11am now so I reckon you are probably approaching Ditchling - Allez Allez!

(And ornmnt, I'd edit that post to remove the phone number, if I were you...)

Chapeau!

Good luck y'all, I wish I wasn't busy - this ride is looking to be lovely. It's 11am now so I reckon you are probably approaching Ditchling - Allez Allez!

(And ornmnt, I'd edit that post to remove the phone number, if I were you...)

You might be over-estimating their speed.

I hope they get there before the rain is due at 3pm.

I hope they get there before dark this time...

Overnight rain might mean punctures on the country roads. Fingers crossed for them!