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SSTC "Snack Mix"
Sunday 13th June
Meet at Waterloo 12.00 at the ticket office for groupsaver. Leaving with the 12.30 arriving at Effingham at 13.40.

Route. 50 miler, starts mild with a few lumps for warming up, a good stretch of flat, rolling, downhills, and just a couple of proper climbs....

Highlight of the day? .....Leith/Coldharbour > Ranmore.

Like usual some parts of the route will be new, so some treasure hunting/exploring might be involved.
The ride is backstopped, no one is left behind... the top guys have fun on the front and the rest laugh at the behind... we will regroup at junctions.
Weather check day before.
Pub at the end for refreshment.

ALL WELCOME!! ..females, males, lesbians, homosexuals, bisex, straights(boring), ladyboys(only fully lycra please), weirdos, mentalist, anal-retentives and fuckers!
VIP gangs members? HELL NO! They can just fuck off once for all!

so who the hell is in?

List 1: Riding out/meeting at Train station

List 2: Train
1) marco
2) damo
3) pascalo
4) jaygee
5) gearless society
6) Jenny J
7) FridayMarch26th
8) 6pt
9) mattty
10) Dov
11) wools
12) fussball
13) Gustav

What I forgot to say above was that ride left a big fat grin on my face...was lovely to see the old familiar faces return as well as some new ones arrive. Long may it continue

I definitely feel BMMF has a fair point with this...when TNRC works well is when we all get to stretch our legs and there ain't too much hanging around. Is worth stating on the ride posting about the pace being honest or something of the sort

This raises the issue (again) of 'minimum rider ability'. There were no outliers tonight, so the pace was able to go up to 'normal' levels, with a naturally forming A & B group on various sections of the ride.

If we'd done this on some of the more recent rides, there would've been individuals dumped unceremoniously in the middle of nowhere (^no relation).

So what's the feeling amongst people who were out there tonight? What would you do?

• publicise some kind of nominal average speed, and hope potential TNRCers are honest about their ability?

• say anyone's welcome but explain that if you can't keep up with the back of the B group, you'll be dropped/told where to find the nearest train station etc?

• tell people that if they bring along a newbie who turns out to be off the pace, they'll have sole responsibility for shepherding them home - a sort of 'ride buddy'?

• wait until everyone's exasperated by getting held up, find a particularly quiet lane, and then fucking bludgeon them to death with a mini-pump and leave the corpse for the badgers and foxes to pick clean?

I know which option I favour.

Was a lovely time. amazing weather, lovely route and great company...what summer is all about

definitely late on this one...hope you had a great day

Another option is to fly to Gothenberg, cycle to house, have a few days there then finish up in Stockholm. Done something similar in the past

There's a world of cycling resources outside of LFGSS as I've recently discovered in the process of researching a cycle touring trip I have planned for this summer. Figure this might be the right time to start a thread with websites worth checking for touring related information

CTC forum - there's likely to be someone on this forum who has been where you're going (or knows someone who does). Proved immensely useful in my case. The general CTC website is also good for general advice on cycle touring
Warm Showers - a site where people with an interest in cycle touring can network and potentially offer advice and facilities about their local area. I haven't used it yet but looks like an interesting resource
Travelling Two Site was down when I looked this evening but hopefully it'll be back up soon. It's a well developed resource for cycle touring and includes advice on travelling through lots of backwards corners of the world.

Tuesday 8th June - The 'Jonny & Ved's Excellent Adventure' Ride[/U]

• 37 miler from Roydon; route here.

• Mainly flat; B-roads and gravelly agricultural lanes.

• Train Out: Liverpool St @ 19h28, arriving Roydon @ 19h59. (if the ride is heavily subscribed, there's also the 19h13, arriving 19h43 - the first group would have to wait at the start point)

• Last Train Back: Roydon @ 23h43 (emergency ride back into town is about 26 miles / no trains between 22h43 and 23h43)

• Return is £9.70 / groupsave4 is £4.85 / groupsave3 is £6.50ish

• Riding out and/or back may suit the mile-eaters/NE London dwellers.

1. jonny
   
2. Ved
   
3. BMMF (69.6" fixed + groupsave4, please)
   
4. clintsmoker
   
5. middleofnowhere
   
6. jaygee
   
7. wools (anyone riding oot and back?)
   
8. braker (roydon out)
   
9. damo (possible out defo train back)
   
10. gustav
    
    
    

This is very much a rehabilitative ride for our lamest members, so extremely relaxed pace

*If your name's not down on the list, you're not coming in out*

**Minimum front light requirement☺ is ~3hrs @ ~180 lumens (runtime allows for missing last train)**

☺Equivalent to Hope Vision 1 on high (not max), or Cateye Singleshot Plus on high, or Exposure Joystick, etc.

Happy B'day...long time no see

Lovely time thanks...

Lovely time thanks. Feeling a little bit charred from the sun today

now if only we could have found some bibbed volunteers to go out for a swim in the Thames Estuary...

Trying to get hold of a bolt for the back of an old campy brake (picture attached). Anyone have one lying around unwanted and unloved or know where I can get one (last time I picked one up from Tour de Ville rip)

Happy b'day...hope you had a great spin up the big hilll

Dont forget lights going on last year's pace to...

*Tuesday 25th May - The 'E4 Ecstasy' Ride

*- 29 miler from Chingford; route http://www.bikemap.net/route/476733.

• Undulating with good road surfaces; generally traffic-free, or traffic-'lite'.

• Train Out: Liverpool St @ 19h33, arriving Chingford @ 19h59. (a 'tube style' train; if the ride is heavily subscribed, there's also the 19h18, arriving 19h44 - the first group would have to wait at the start point)

• Last Train Back: Chingford @ 23h25 (emergency ride back into town is about 10 miles)

• Return is £7.90 / groupsave4 is £3.95 / groupsave3 is £5.25ish / Oyster return is £7.50 / Single is £4.40

• Riding out and/or back may suit the mile-eaters/NE London dwellers.

1. BMMF (69.6" fixed)
   
2. marcom (gears)
   
3. joe smith (68.5" fixed)
   
4. Angelo (I'll need help during the night to disassemble and pack up my bike.:-)))
   
5. Ludwig
   
6. damo (fixed 65)
   
7. Sam (will either ride or drive out)
   
8. jaygee (smiles)
   
9. mashton (may ride out, this one's not too far)
   
10. Gav86 (train)
    
11. Sean (52" fixed if a few less fast people join the list, otherwise geared. Riding out either way)
    
12. Gustav
    

Posted a message to the CTC forum and got the following suggested route

http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=37560&e=0

Haven't given the route much thought as yet...I've got good friends in Munich and Zurich and figured it wouldn't hurt to combine a holiday with the spaces in between as yet. Main concern are particularly high mountains when pedalling on a loaded bike

Bumping this...now have tix booked and looking to make the journey in early July. If you have any experience on cycling in this region or know someone who does, I'd be keen to hear from you

I did the DD on a mountain bike that was too small for me with not too much in the way of miles...the last few miles took everything I had but do think there's a lot to be said for the power of the peloton for keeping you going through the dark hours in your mind. On arrival at Dunwich the first thought was never again, by the time i was on the bus home, I began to waver on this and have done it twice since and loved it each time...

found this better than Cyclingfans.com as it simply appears to point to live coverage

http://www.steephill.tv/giro-d-italia/

Any suggestions for (free) highlights in English

We're keen to gauge interest in the the earlier suggestion of a 'Clash of the Codes' style event with teams from different corners doing competing. The contest would require a team of three to compete over a series of different events with the team being the one that had been the one that had performed the best over a number of events (we figure there'll be a bit of competition for DFL)

We're looking at running this in a weekend over July and we'd require the team members to give the better part of their weekend for this...there'll be plenty of opportunity for tomfoolery, it's just that it will revolve around bikes.

We've got a proposed list of events which are obviously subject to change

Polo
Alley Cat
Track Racing/Richmond Park TT
Horse
Roller Racing
Pisumo
Drag Sprints
Easts TT

Events would happen on Friday night, Saturday day, Saturday evening and Sunday day

Proposed teams:

North Drinks
South Drinks
East Drinks
West Drinks
Polo
Tricks
Couriers
Trackies
Roadies
People who don't belong/Nodders/Commuters

The selection of the team would be totally up to the groups themselves We are keen to have one team member be female although this may get dropped if there's not enough numbers.

So, if you are interested and are keen to take part - discuss it with your crew and get back to us with who you'd like in your team (it might pay to have some substitutes in case dates don't work).

Closer to the time we'll also be looking for some helping hands so let us know if you wouldn't mind helping out.

Closer to the time, we'll be looking for some help with running events

Lovely times thanks...

Have a fabulous day...

had this on an old hard drive which died...if anyone has a copy, would be grateful if they could get in touch as it is amazing