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Half of the Wards ride attendees were completely in black so already have their ninja rigs for this one sorted...

Every night I ride home I feel surrounded by flouro nodders who appear to be following me...

This sounds like an interesting idea but you must be well behaved. Harassment = no go.

Having said that Mand's Wards ride was great...

Good luck

Greetings and Love to each and every one.....,

Now then....................As a special treat for you all.....On a musical tip......

Much of the ride is out and about in south Babylon-don. The top roots, rock reggae sound system is without question JAH Shaka sound.

He hails from South / South East, not far from the route of this ride...
For those of a certain age , there was once a radio station called Kiss FM. Back in the day it was a pirate station and played a lot of different types of music. In the mid 1990's JAH Shaka made a series of radio broadcasts on that station.

So if you have some time to spare, then check out some roots rock reggae. 4 clips about 45 mins each.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0gWftGCejDM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mX8YldP0G6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=F36rWrvmewo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AE9OoXyO_F4

He has been playing his own sound since the 1970's and still comes out 5 or 6 times a year.

Musical education for you.

Let JAH music play for each and every one...

JAH Love is a message from above...

Give thanks,
Tim

Greetings,

Well it's another lovely day in Babylon-don.

Oh and it's

So hope the really serious training required for this ride is coming along nicely

Peace and love to one and all,
Tim

Greetings,

Well this weather will do won't it.....

Here is the view on the Costa del Tooting this morning.

http://www.aboututila.com/Photos/AdamLaverty/Cays-Water-Girls-01.JPG

Let us hope we are blessed with similar weather for the 6th of April.

Peace and Love to one and all,
Tim

Greetings folks,

almac68 and cake - give thanks for the explanation..... I guess they can be spotted regularly in their natural habitats of Richmond and Regents Parks showing off their striped plumage.

Jonny - I'll see if I can find my passport and then we'll see about heading north of the river...

Skully - I am completely with you on this.......I have my handlebars double wrapped with brooks tape. I have found this to be very comfortable and as a result only wear gloves when it is very cold - it's only been five times this 'winter'.

Give thanks,
Tim

Greetings Jonny,

Yes with you on that.

Hills = fine
Cobbles = not fine

Thinking of leaving the East end cobbles and doing hills twice instead. I'm sure East London can survive without a visit from yours truly..

Give thanks,
Tim

Greetings and love folks,

Er what on earth is a Raphafarian?

Fox Hill was the one that did for my last year.

Here is a lovely painting of it by Pissarro

It's the last bit that to me seemed very steep.

Hope all is well...

Give thanks,
Tim

Anyone looking for a spot?

I think I need to drop out because I'll be sliding down big Canadian hills on a piece of fibreglass.

I'm sad that I'll have to miss it but happy that I'll be in Canada.

Greetings Indra,

Why would you want to slide down hills in Canada on fibreglass when you can skid down Babylon-don's hills on carbon / steel?

You will be missed...

Give thanks and 4 weeks to go peeps,
Tim

Greetings and love (and re above^^^^^^^^^),

I rode this morning from Tooting Bec to Clapham with the lovely Fingerjockey who was looking magnificent in a green LFGSS jersey.

Give thanks,
Tim

Greetings and love,

Well let's park Jimmy Pursey in the bin after that one..... I hope your friend came back with a suitable reply...

In another life I did attend the Reading Festival 3 times in the mid to late 1980's. One of my favourite moments was seeing Bonnie Tyler. I cannot condone this behaviour, but at the time it seemed customary to show your 'appreciation' of the acts on stage by urinating in a plastic bottle and then hurling it stage-wards.

This behaviour reached it's peak when the lovely Bonnie took to the stage. She took it all in her stride and was baiting the crowd bless her.

So back on topic. This Sunday will be 4 weeks to go...

I hope the training is going well.

Give thanks,
Tim

Greetings Oliver,

Above^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is an example of our 'Classic' sense of humour....

The snow should be mostly gone by early April, so hopefully all will be fine on the Saarf Babylon-don Alps.

I hope all is well and look forward to seeing you on the ride.

Give thanks,
Tim

Here we have a cyclist half way up the aforementioned and pretty epic Elliot Bank

Here is the view from Peckham Rye Common

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Mt._Everest_from_Gokyo_Ri_November_5,_2012_Cropped.jpg

It gives you more scale from further away.....

Greetings and love folks,

When first reading Dave's post about the found the Brompton, I thought if it had taken me from April to October to get from Gipsy Hill to Islington then I would have given up also. Now I realise the bike was lost and is now found that is such a great news story...

Canonbie Road is pretty epic. This chap has just spent 6 weeks climbing to the top

What an achievement!!!

Give thanks,
Tim

Does anyone plan to bring some oxygen?

Greetings folks,
Did the Wards of City ride yesterday. There was plenty of pave about so it was a great reminder of what is to come for The London Classic.
Peace and love,
Tim

Dear Mands,
Thank you so much for organising a really great ride. It was all lastminute.com for me as I hadn't planned to come along. It was great to see some places of historical interest, the city deserted and the ride / pub ratio was just right.
Give thanks,
Tim

Don't worry HappyJack

Nothing untoWARD will happen to you

''No not forum peeps giving it some in lycra....''

Part 3 - Warning - this one is not for the faint hearted.......
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It might be going ahead, but you can hardly call anything to do with Rapha ' happening'....

Greetings folks,

I am delighted that things have moved on. This is a family friendly ride...

My sister was once chatted up by Jimmy Pursey. She said he was well passed his sell by date.... and that was in the 1980's....

Great work people,
Tim

Greetings and love to each and every one,

Wow up to 69 in the LFGSS peleton...... Well Rod, ahem indeed re 69 related anecdote. I like a challenge. There is obviously a massive oohh err missus quality to that number, oh I'm blushing as I type as '69 in the LFGSS peleton' is certainly an image to conjure with...., but thankfully I am above 'rising' to that...

Well my old mate Bryan Adams had a good summer that year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg

Ooh no enough of that, it's even worse than The Alarm.

69, is of course one number above the year I was born.

The other number we need to think about is 5 - yes people it's 5 weeks to go!!!

Peace and Love,
Tim

P.S. Er and yes I did have a haircut like that.... oh dear....

Give thanks dooks,

Wow that is some list. Er being of a certain age, ever time I hear '68'. It reminds me of 1983 when the following was a pretty big hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gLK3k_0GHrg

Great days......68 guns indeed.

Allez Team LFGSS

Peace and love,
Tim