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SSTC "The Leaning Curve" Signed by BMMF
Sunday 22nd August
Meet at Charing Cross at 8:40 for the 9:05 train to West Wicham, arriving at 9:45
Route

Train list:
1) BMMF (yes yes, Him! In flesh and bones.)
2) marcom (leaned secretary)
3) damo (odiens)
4) tika

Riding out:
1)jenny j (post-holiday-legs permitting)

i wish i'd have got the rolla tgv for a bit.

No you don't damo - that thing hurt - and I was only on it for about 20 mins

Yes, you most certainly can.

Me, in Shoreditch...never. Neither a hipster or a nodder am I.

Seriously?

nope

Ohh and I saw someone cycling carrying an umbrella this morning

that'd've been me

I am water soluble. Plays havoc with the mascara.

DNF for me but was probably headed for about 4h30 if mechanicals hadn't gotten in the way. Not last of everyone at all. Result!

Yikes. I am the very first one here.

I'm in; 6ish; looking like a respectable middle aged doctor...bah

Nhatt, you're an angel. Let me have a fiddle with it tonight and I'll give you a shout if I need a hand. (Which I probably will but I'm determined to learn...)

You fixed that bike yet?

You're kidding - I slept for England only waking up to shove a pizza and a beer into my mouth after the ride yesteray - and barely managed to drag myself into work this am!

Alternatively, I might bring new stem and a tools and beg for assistance :-).

Do it - tempted to do same with road bike

I think I saw I dead calf in a field...may have been hallucinating of course...hope it wasn't the one you'd all seen being born...

I might be down early doors if y'all promise not to laugh at me in my civvies (and specs)

Not a hope in merry hell of my legs propelling me round the track this evening...I am a shell after yesterday's extertion.

I'd planned to rely on road markings and other cyclists; .

The actual route on the day was different to the one posted - so best to have not relied on the Garmin.

Obviously, you needed to be looking at the road markings...

I'm loving the thought of pottling along listening to Radio 4 - mini radio definitely in my list of stuff-to-take on hte next one. That and a multi-tool.

Non-Paragoners cannot sign on to RotFL til Aug 22nd. I'm definitely up for it.

Except for the hills-at-the-end bit.

You planning on doing it fixie-skidder-stylee Wools?

Wools, you know you wanna....

Yes, that explains why I couldn't keep up...

I haven't checked my Garmin yet but my average speed will be well below that, especially as I dropped to walking pace once my bike broke!

http://www.cyclosport.org/events.aspx

Wools - they're all on here

Few of us Rollas are doing this one:

http://www.cyclosport.org/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=2878

I need to get some serious training in before then

I'll be on my hols on 15th - hurrah!

Holy fuck; that's gonna hurt plenty.

Yes, yesterday's hills hurt, although I made it up Box, Leith and almost all of Whitedown...ok more like half of Whitedown - that's a serious bastard of a hill.

I've done something to my bike - going to have a go a fixing it myself but if need to take it into the shop, most likely won't be riding again this week.

If bike fixed - definitely up for a ride. Need to get some miles in and get my speed up!

I locked my bike to someone else's last year. They left me a little note calling me a twat.

HTH

writing messages on an iPhone is fucking hard.

+1

Yep, Damo spotted me turning round and heading to Dorking having crawled the previous 5miles or so wondering what the hell the intermittent grinding noise and shudder was (something strange going on with the back wheel which seemed to be being pulled out of line for reasons I still haven't fathomed).

Set off with the rollas. Remembered I'm not as fast as them, esp if there's bumps, so dropped to my own pace. Enjoyed pootling along for the first 50 miles or so, despite my legs reminding me loud and
clear that they weren't used to such long rides.
Pushed on and upwards at Leith; started noticing weird stuff happening with bike; had nothing left for Whitedown (ffs, like I need that at 60 miles); got off; walked a bit; got back on; realised bike noise wasn't going away; saw sign to dorking; went to dorking (so slowly that if the wheel fell off, it wouldn't hurt too much); got home; fell asleep!