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it was like 8.30ish i think mate, or maybe 8.40. it's about 13m from hackney meeting point i think

took me ages to realise where this thread was as well! was wondering why i couldn't see it on the rides forum! jeez all this new technology!

out this one even though its my favourite

some inspiring goals here. really enjoyed reading what targets everyone is setting themselves.

there's a long waiting list to swim the channel. think it's somewhere along 3 years to wait and to arrange a pilot will set you back around 3k at least last time i checked. plus the conditions have to be just right and there may only be short windows where its possible to attempt it. i couldn't imagine the devotion needed to get to the standard where you could swim it. to me it seems more of a mental endurance than physical. just seems major badass territory. also cyclists aren't really built for endurance swimming without wetsuits though!

2014 goals
run inside 20min 5km
get inside 22.30 for 10m TT at Olympic Park track
get inside 3.45 for marathon
maintain 600m a month on the bike
be a good husband

my 2015 goals
get into road racing (thanks for pointers eyebrows)
possibly get clearance from HQ for PBP and do all the qualifiers for that
run sub 3.30 marathon
get inside 22.10 for 10m TT at olympic park track
possibly do another ironman, but doubt it based on doing one last 2 years + cost

2016 goals

ultra trail du mont blanc

yes exactly. i wasn't moaning, it was more of a general observation. i'm not sure why T-V tried to turn this into some kind of them and us class war. 'a new class of member' what a load of rubbish.
where they meet won't put me off a club at all. its the attitude of the members and where they go, what other things they arrange and whether i find other members who want to go out on fast training rides etc etc. i was thinking more of the first time riders who aren't familiar with the area and nervous about going along on their own that's all. anyway..........

i'm not trying to transform the club after one visit, i was just commenting on the difficulty in finding the meeting location (which i mentioned to some members) and it helps that i know the area fairly well. someone not familiar must have difficulty finding it that's all. if they want new members to find the place then surely it should be somewhere out in the open where they can be seen? behind a block of flats was a bit mystifying that's all. i'll go out to the high beech meeting point as it's easier for me.

Yes i can imagine jim if there was only one group going out. The last thing you want is to amble about when you're after a fast ride with limited time. I can see how that can easily happen if not many turn up.
Unless i'm willing to head south there isn't really a massive amount of options available out in Essex without having to get the train out everywhere as you'll spend a lot of time riding through the suburbs before you get to the countryside. For the time being it will do for me i think. Would like to ride south but it just takes a bit of time to get there that's all.
They've seriously got to do something about that meeting point. I was like 'is this for real?' Was worried more about the puncture risk with all the glass on the pavements!

went out with cycle club hackney for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed myself. been meaning to join a club for some time and haven't been able to get round to joining a club for a group ride.
was slightly mystified by their meeting point though as google maps thought it was in the middle of a housing estate so convinced myself that it must be their official club postal address or something. nevertheless cycled as near to the start point as i could make out and waited till i saw some cyclists. didn't see any for a while and was about to concede that i'd got the meeting point wrong when a guy turns up in the club kit. queue me following him down a little alley way till we get to the 'meeting point' which is more or less next to a high rise block of flats. was a bit put off by this i must admit. not sure why they don't meet next to the green by stoke newington common or whatever.
anyway from there we rode out to high beach where the club regroups with others that don't fancy the housing estate meet up point or come more from out that way.
did 60m loop round essex which was pancake flat and averaged just over 22mph so i was happy with the pace. will most likely join the club as the guys on the ride were really friendly and completely different to the stuck up wankers i met on the kingston wheelers fast group.

messed it up again. fk it

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not have people who have stumbled across the forum turning up on rusty Halfords mountain bikes with half a pack of M&Ms and a can of Coke to get them through the night.

next you'll be turning up in your london dynamo kit ;-)

^^ and i have no idea how the quote thing works

when i set off for the dynamo at half 11 from the pub some bloke came up to me and said 'i hate lycra' or something like that. plus last year i saw 3 yes 3 fights break out whilst waiting to set off for the dynamo. you'd do well to miss kicking out time at that pub

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This ride will leave from outside the pub in London Fields (usual DD start point) @ 01:00. Yes, that's technically Saturday morning - with the aim of scoring breakfast by the sea before getting the train home.

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i just had to re-read this to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me. jim not riding home? well i never...

would be in for this but i'll be in southwold that weekend. shame. good one to ride out to as well ;-)

i'd recommend this. well done on your ride100
http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/245213/?offset=800

anyway...
bloke on a pinarello dogma with shimano dura ace c50's in regents last night. wearing the brightest pink over shoes, pink infused rapha bib shorts, pink rapha jersey and matching pink gillet, and even pink rapha mitts and i think something pink going on around his head area (or that could just be my imagination). if he didn't stand out enough he decided to casually roll every so slowly, (you know the ones where they commit to a track stand and fail) through the red by the mosque where about 15+ other riders were waiting. a load of people basically looked at each other and said 'what a twat'. i thought that was quite funny. thinking more about it it could have been a berd actually.

out for this one have a good ride. no more angry rants from me

i wouldn't say lethal. i ride a lot on mine and don't seem to have too many issues. as long as you don't do the obvious and expect to stay upright whilst cornering and going over wet man hole covers...i've hit the deck a couple of times on bends i must admit tho

well to be honest i heard from a few other riders waiting at the start but i also heard it being announced over the tannoy. i expected them to be taken out anyway what with the weather forecast that was predicted

also anyone know when the timings were done 'from'? last year i remember everyone rolled out for the first few miles then after 2-3 there was a timing matt to record your start time. i didn't reset my garmin from leaving the flat so was waiting for this timing matt and it never came! (not that i saw anyway). does that mean people were booting it off from the start? that doesn't sound sensible to me...

i will accept the loss in traction over the increased resistance of puncturing

interesting reading a few reports on this.
i had a great time yesterday. i didn't see the rain, i only see what needs to be done.
ha in all seriousness i thought the organisers made the right call cutting it short. there was enough crashes without the need to include the prospect of a really sketchy decent off leith hill in those conditions.
didn't get off to a good start puncturing 2m from my front door step and as i stood there looking despairingly down at my ultremo tire i couldn't help but think i should have used my other bike that had gatorskins on it. was really sketchy too as it was one of those instant flats where the front end just gets really wobbly and you have to slow down FAST. dredded the prospect of getting one of these whilst in a group....
anyway set off at 6.25 and saw a group of Full On Tri boys taking the lead and setting a good pace. was happily tucked in with them until richmond park when the guy on the front decided to pull over and adjust his saddle bag by the looks of things. never saw them again.
had some good groups up until 40m then everyone fell back. so spent the second half on my own and didn't find any good wheels. was really surprised passing so many people on the home stretch from richmond in. i thought these guys in front of me had put in fast expected times on the ballot? anyway got round in 3.44. would have been fast with a group for the second half.
highlights for me:
not puncturing during the ride
seeing loads of people out under umbrellas from half 7 in the morning cheering us on
cycling through water that covered my feet made me laugh
pulling to one side and seeing i'd accummulated quite a train behind me
flying down embankment on my own passing loads and loads of cyclists
seeing the cyclingdroid waving at us by Westminster with his whole cyclingdroid outfit on
going back in the afternoon and seeing how happy the less experienced cyclists were with having finished
seeing a boris bike at the end with rider numbers attached

Was a great ride. Had a flat after 2m from my front door tho :-(
Proper lashed it down. Just got in, had a shower and now about to eat some left overs. Will go back down to the finish to see my mate come in now. Will say a few more words later.

Me.
It will rain.
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petrified look. good to see your stravering it to keep those stats up!