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Was hoping I could take it off and give it a nice clean too.

Anyone got a chainwhip and shimano lockring tool thing? Cycled down (into the wind! all the way!) today and have isolated the annoying rattling that plagued the journey as being a loose cassette. I think. Annoyingly, bank holiday means everywhere will be closed until I have to leave so no fixing unless one of you lot comes through.
(Still rideable though, if anyone wants to go for a spin. I think today pretty much crippled me so you all stand a chance on the hills now)

Nah, I like the pain but hate the hill. If I was faster up them I'm sure we'd come to some agreement, but as it is, no affection.

Nick, why don't you redraw the map on bikemap.net, maybe in the future we can use it for an SSTC ride, if you will be available.

The route is pretty much my proposed SSTC Kent Hijack, with an elevation profile along the lines of:

White it was still waterproof, my rapha softshell was a thing of beauty. Best jacket I've ever owned

:(

My flatmate is fucking off to law school with minimal notice (end of september), and despite agreeing to live here for a year it's only been three months. This leaves me in a lurch a little. It's three months til the break clause bit kicks in on the contract and I would ideally like someone reasonable to live in her stead for at least that period.

Not really sure how to word all of this, but:
Large-ish room (it's got a big bed and wardrobe in it anyway in a 2 bed flat, big open plan living room/kitchen and a fucking massive hallway, tiny bbq + chair sized garden as well as a communal garden out the back. A mile to the velodrome, which would have been handy if winter weren't rushing towards us superquick, it's next to the cemetery if you like moody walks in wooded surrounds and there's a wicked baker and butcher and fishmonger just around the corner, as well as peckham rye park.

Plus, there's loads of room for bikes. Loads. There's three and a tandem here at the moment, and still feels sort of empty.

It'll cost you £475/mo for the pleasure chore of living with me, plus bills. Which is just leccy + cheap internets, water is covered by the building and there's no gas. on the cusp of receiving a bill atm so no idea how much that's going to hurt.

Will take photos soon, but should be around next week if anyone's curious to view, there's beers in the fridge etc. drop me a pm.

Will be making one happen next week, and looks like the weather will be playing along too.

Tonight's hour of power is replaced with an evening of drinking, at some Central/South London locale that I'm yet to choose, to celebrate unemployment and a possibly ludicrously successful insurance claim. All welcome, will update with a pub when I find one.

Now in the Roebuck.

I'm thinking I might ride to Poole/Bournemouth either tomorrow or Saturday depending on weather and motivation. Anyone interested?

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

^

Route

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8pm start from Chingford.

Trains from Liverpool St 19h18 and 19h33.

Last train home 22h40 due to engineering works.

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a list then a division. oh and the usual stuff about riding sensibly and taking spares and maps. no dicks racing off the front splitting the pack. Don't follow dicks.

1. Clintsmoker (riding out)
   
2. mashton
   
3. damo
   
4. BMMF
   
5. furious tiles
   
6. jaygee
   
7. Oliver Schick (riding out)
   
8. skive
   
9. texas (riding out /back)
   
10. manuka
    
11. jenny j
    12.tika (may ride out)
    
12. braker (ride out, ride route, ride back, ride ____)
    
13. Polky -ride out and back
    
14. Shoots
    
15. Gustav
    
16. scarysneeze (may ride out)
    
17. Sasmon (ride out and back)
    
18. Sean (ride out and ride back)
    
19. Pistanator
    
20. Friday
    
21. 6pt (ride out, ride back, keep on riding)
    
    

Not sure if I'm going to be back from Dorset in time for this, but if I am, I'm in.

I've got a few I'd like to make for myself so there's probably enough interest now. Finish my job today but they'll let me back for badgemaker abuse, so once the dust has settled a bit I'll get on it.

But if a Garmin told me to go up a bridle path I'd tell it to fuck off.

(very much of the timid exploration camp)

I found York Hill solely through use of Garmin, and as such would vote towards their usefulness. Nice to head out into the wilds of somewhere and know the way home for when you get tired.

How long did it take you to get from Roebuck to car though? I'm thinking for fairness bike + car should really leave pub at the same time. But then I'd really have to ride like a maniac to clinch victory.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread44998.html

and you 6pt

I left work before I read this, but honoured the obligation anyway. Yay pizza.

Where the fuck are you guys? Iv come down and there's no bikes, but the pub is still serving!

This! After my Norths jaunt, I roll by on the way home xpecyting a pint or two more and, despite people being in the pub, none of them are you lot. There was a lime green create locked outside, so I thought Iain was still there, but I had a proper stare through the window and was proved wrong. Woe.

(ben and I beat the car to the flask though)

Nobody here innit. Gonna run out of money before anyone gets here :(

htbry?

SE or N tonight? Someone decide for me because I am lazy and rubbish.

I'll be back from a week of punishing my body and not cycling on the eve of the 11th and would like a leg stretcher on the 12th.

It took you a day to come up with that excuse?

:(

Will there be another lovely compass ride up a la last week?

damo, by situating the pub at the top of a rather steep hill they assume soft southerners with their weak legs will be unable to join them. arriving is proof enough of your right to be there. or something.