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No, it's not getting faster.

+1 this is not a race this is a roll on a tuesday night with friends.
see you soon all.

Rollapaluza VS Grupetto track champs, NACKERED! But awesome day

nah it was crap. bad weather, crappy racing, bad organisation and the people... just crap.

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

• 29 miler from Chingford; route here.

• 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 £5.20 / Single is £4.40 / Oyster single is £2.60

• 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 (56" fixed. Riding out )
    
12. Gustav
    
13. Tika
    
14. middleofnowhere
    
15. shoots (70.4" fixed - drops - pasta lunch - rice-based early evening snack - side parting - black socks - riding mainly nr. the back - diffused rear light (thanks Martin) - train out - ride back - yippety yoo ya yeah ; ))
    
16. wools (ditto, 'cept around 68" fixed, riserz and I no haz diffused rear light)
    
17. texas (geared 'i ain't no sheep' carbon machine).
    
18. braker (7'', fixed, riding out)
    
19. Pinky 12" please (Fixed and training it)
    
20. Des (prob train out/back)
    
21. claus
    
22. Calleva (probably 70.1" fixed, probably riding out)
    
23. Polky, i suppose fixed if everyone else is doing it (sheep). 65", 100psi, ride out and back probably...
    

yep i've got a giant for sale 100 on the nose.
i think it is 54 but will check, relatively new tyres, brakes and tuned up. it has it's faults but...for 100...you have to expect some. but these are not major. i'll get some pictures for you. probably tomorrow.

just looking at the route. the last mile is going to be fun that strech after Daws Hill has very fine tarmac.

it all looks pretty fun to me

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

• 29 miler from Chingford; route here.

• 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
    
13. Tika
    
14. middleofnowhere
    
15. shoots (70.4" fixed - drops - pasta lunch - rice-based early evening snack - side parting - black socks - riding mainly nr. the back - diffused rear light (thanks Martin) - train out - ride back - yippety yoo ya yeah ; ))
    
16. wools (ditto, 'cept around 68" fixed, riserz and I no haz diffused rear light)
    
17. texas (fixed 74ish, riding out and back).
    

Your legs will fall off. Fact.

thanks.

you're right every thing is a waste of time. lets just give up now and go ride and get taken down. lets not try to make anything better lets just put up with shit and pretend it tastes good.

i'm going to jump onto this thread, as i've searched around a little and cannot find an answer.

i brought a pair of look cleats, i had 4.5degree but thought i like the idea of stiffer contact so purchased 0degree but now after searching around the net it seems that knee problems may occur.

am i getting any advantage from 0degree pedals? (i would just try them but that means i'd couldn't swap them).

cheers

cheers all for a quality evening ride. great roads, a few nice climbs, a good pace and a well timed puncture. tnrc at its finest.

[QUOTE=wvm;1391692]
Is there a dress code? QUOTE]
black tie

the night after getting back from tour of wessex...shit that is going to be a painful - i'm in. therefore probably i'm not going to say i'm in. but i do like bath. hmm. shit. spa. shit. over night pain. shit. hmm. shit.

not the most interesting cycling...
team time trial is going to be interesting before the hills.
the rabobank riders are massive, my pennies are on them in the TTT.

Yes, the plan is to have a whole bunch of spectators cheering people on.

think i'd prefer to suffer alone. might get some of these:

1.PGM
2.Arvy
3.velib

1. Sasmon
   
2. tex
   
   

booked a ticket to cycle the real ventoux in june so i'll be able to report if it is a similar experiance or this is just a rubbish idea (i'm betting the latter).

]TNRC 11th May 2010 Kent 1 Exedown
[ame]http://www.bikemap.net/route/314662[/ame]
Trains 19:28 / 19:37 London Victoria

TRAIN

1. clintsmoker
   
2. marcom (hope to find a mum or an auntie at every junction)
   
3. mashton
   
4. Tom-saracen
   
5. Sean
   
6. Des
   
7. BMMF
   
8. tika
   
   1. braker
      
9. gav
   
10. pinky
    
11. tex
    
    

RIDE OUT/IN

1. Sam (65" - yes I actually have one)
   
2. Tiswas (35" - 120")
   
3. wvm (Probably arriving in white van)
   
4. 6pt
   
5. tex
   
   

new lights and all!. 3 names down. and giving myself options.

I have another route we could do instead: approx 35 miles undulating, last train 23h30ish, only 10 mile ride back to London; could shorten slightly. A bit Flandrian, but Flandrian at night: that's the USP.

a new route is always good. i'm up for recce if happening.

5 hills. got my vote

1) kent 1 (exendown and hilly) xx
2) surrey original ( tough mo fo) xxxxx
3) roydon (P 0 Cake)
4) herts 1 (lemon squeezy) xxxx
5) essex ( alwight my son)

and where is Dropout!!!

came across him on the ferry terminal. very good day. seemed to be continually running into people all day. my best moment was on the chain ferry when i was freezing cold (nearly in a coma) in a base layer, jersey and jacket and jonny was standing next to me in just a light jersey telling me that he wasn't that cold.

cheers to shoots, greasy & jonny for a well paced spin towards the end. and ging, pinky, pj and john for the entertainment on the train home. hope your bike's ok dropout!

also got fleeced again by the local ladies at the primary school 2pound for a nescafe, made me think of clinksmokers call last year:
http://www.lfgss.com/post674513-302.html

to tour the side streets and those with bike lanes follow tfl's cycle journey planner online. or use one of their maps.

experiment with a few different routes as everyone likes different routes...really depends what you are after.

i believe you jonny

+1 one the 2-4-1 ferries link...

Not sure what you meant by this, Minicabs are also accountable via a licensing system, enforced by the same people.

very different licensing system by the same people.
taxi = the knowledge and regular vehicle checks
minicabs = turn up with license and police check.
also a very diffeent level of accountability.

yep about right. mini cabs are growing very quickly. they are not allowed in bus lanes. though they are trying to get in (support by addison lea). around 20-30k

cabs are allowed in most bus lanes but not all (some operational ones are excluded eg. t-square to the strand).22k

cabs are good as accountable through licensing training system. mini cabs are not.

heavy rain showers. a few hills. a fair bit of wind. 6.32 start. all i need is a totally unsuitable fixed gear track bike and i'm sorted. i might ride track ratio just to make it really unbearable. some fun is to be had.

dibs on BRITISH EAGLE