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waterproof jeans would be disastrous... waterproofing = not breathable = smelly from the inside

right, i'm just getting in from the dulwich paragon saturday club run. i've been doing it fairly regularly and am loving it. recently graduated from the "medium-paced" to the "fast-paced" group and feeling pleased with myself. the only problem is they meet at crystal palace, at 9 am. i live in clerkenwell so i have to get up fucking early to be there (as a reference point, i don't normally get in to work until 9:45-ish and that's a 10 minute walk from my house).

so i'm thinking. would anyone be up for a regulary weekly saturday club run that meets up out east? similar to tnrc, it would be a training run, not a social ride, so yes: lycra, gears, bottle cages. no: baggy jeans, polo gearing, fishtail skids. nothing insane, say 25-30 miles at a reasonable pace, meeting at 9:45, getting on the road at 10:00 -- planning to get you home by 12 noon. same route every week. it would have a no-man-left-behind policy, but silly-slow riders would be encouraged to build their fitness up a bit before coming back.

i thought i'd post it in here first to see if there's interest from y'all first before going wider with it. i'm thinking we'd do this throughout the winter too, as it's getting harder and harder to motivate myself for the 10 mile ride up to crystal palace when the alarm goes off at 7:45.

anyone up for this?

okay. tell the story behind the last pic. i bet it's good.

birthday. happy. eddy.

From Ealing Cycling...

*Sorry for the short notice but the Vetran Cycling Club are holding the regular match-lit ride this Saturday.

It's so called because the only allowed means of lighting is non-electric, no LEDs, no batteries, no dynamos.

It starts at 8.00pm promptly from the Sheen Gate in Richmond Park.

I went last year and it was a real hoot - there's a mixture of bicycles from the last 100 years lit with carbide lights, parafin, candles, oil and in my case a selection of glow-sticks. Last year there was a mist which added to the atmosphere as well as several dozen male deer doing what male deer do best.

The VCC organised tea and cakes at the end of the lap of the park so please bring something for their collection tin in the case they do this again.

Arrive a bit earlier to awe at how cycling was before portable electricity and how a £2.99 light from Halfords really is life changing.*

Even if no one does this one, it's an interesting concept that might one day be applied to a "naturally lit" retro/tweed night ride?

oliver said he did this ride last year and it was one of his favourites of the season. i might go check it out...

i also have a mouse. does everyone have one of those hiding at the back of the wardrobe?

i do mean square mile, yeah. and maybe i've never smelled roastING coffee then...

i'm gonna stand outside kings cross next tuesday and scalp my place for huuuuuuuuge profit

i heard from my local barrista this morning that city roasters have had to switch to roasting only late at night because their neighbours are complaining about the smell.

i can't really believe the pettiness of that... roasting coffee is one of the nicest smells in the world!

As much as the Tweed Run is Teddy's baby [and he put a shit load of work into it] in my mind it's also LFGSS's baby - as I recall it all started with a few posts on here and was in the main populated and organised by forum peeps

please don't let this become the Rapha Tweed Run or some such nonsense, should always be the LFGSS Tweed Run…

yeah don't worry... i'm all about 'true to our roots'

the next tweed run is planned for the first weekend in march. hold out until then, it'll be worth it...

but we are planning to host a tweed run christmas party with bike fun (keep that under your hat though, it's still a secret...)

and stay tuned for a few exciting non-ride-related announcements

**TNRC 06/10/2009 - The "Follow Your Herts And Don't Stay In Beds Too Long" Ride (or "Seriously, People, I'm Welwyn Up Over Here")
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Train departs Kings X @ 7.18pm (via Finsbury Park) // £10 Return // 40 Miles Fast & Rolling

1. BMMF
   
2. STE5
   
3. shotty-breezy
   
4. mashtonic-irrigation
   
5. chicken tika
   
6. Jung and Chum. (anyone riding out?)
   
7. clintsmoker ( possibly finsbury park)
   
8. purple formatting is scary on this thread_mj
   
9. Ved
   
10. middleofnowhere
    
11. teddy
    
    

riding out

1. texas
   
   

**ADDITIONAL TRAIN INFO:

• The train will most likely leave from platform 9b. This is one of a few 'extra' platforms, tucked away through an entrance half-way up the left side of platform 8.

• Facing the direction of travel, the doors open at Finsbury Park on the left, but all stations thereafter open on the right (so shift bikes at that point). On the return journey, all doors open on the left.

• The 7.18pm train arrives in WGC @ 7.46pm. The 7.36pm train arrives 11 minutes later.

• Return trains @ 9.58pm, 10.27pm, 10.30pm, 10.50pm (the last realistic train for Sam's 11.50pm connection), 11pm, 11.32pm, 12.09am.

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Well, everyone can change.. right :)

http://www.home-barista.com/coffees/refrigerator-or-freezer-for-coffee-storage-t2286.html

jesus. that's insane. i mean... i like a good coffee but there's no way i'm investing in some sort of hermetically sealed walk-in coffee humidor.

oh. oops. i've been storing coffee in the freezer for most of my adult life.

why is coffee in the fridge not good?

birthday. happy. macky.

i think as long as you scream "fuck you, fake rozza!" you're fine to just ride on past

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when i was a kid my mum used to make me a sandwich of ham between two leaves of iceberg lettuce, with lots of mustard. no bread. i used to love it.

birthday. happy. ginger.

god i'm loving that thread...

My wife has

it's a bit unfortunate that it's 1/8th inch, eh?

i'm out. knee's still hurting and i have to work late. sorry guys.

all scared of being dropped by a man on a brompton no doubt ;)

please tell me he's also wearing a suit with a hi-viz vest, and a big bulbous helmet complete with rearview mirror

shall we close off victoria then?

19:06 from Cannon Street (to Orpington)

1. jonny
   
2. teddy (no foldy though)
   
3. tika
   
4. wools
   
5. Tom-saracen
   
   

** Riding Out**

1. jonny
   
2. Texas
   
3. Sean
   
   

** Unemployed gimps meeting everyone at St Mary Cray**

1. Sam
   
2. andyp
   
3. purple_mj (folderless but pleased to ride alongside)
   
4. 6pt
   
   

there's rules. lots of rules. see above for rules.