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2 people on bikes with disc wheels (front and back) at lunch time crossing the kingsland road.

thoroughly enjoyed setting up and marshalling Muddy Hell. I had never been before, and had no idea what to expect. Well done to everyone involved and all those who took part!

my photos from the trip are here (going to be making a wee film of it too):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blatez/sets/72157627565236104/with/6101014041/

saw someone with a forum cap outside the general napier pub near honor oak park. I shouted "Do a Skid!" Dunno if it was heard

nice one sugoi. i'm doing this next weekend solo. did you do donald hirsch's route?

Thanks! Yeah, we used the Donald hirsch route. Excellent instructions nearly all the way. A couple of tiny gripes but on the whole it was very easy to follow

we did it! got home at about 9:45pm. had a superb time, I can't recommend it enough. riding in france is indeed a pleasure. the english section definitely the worst by a long way.

full write up to be on my blog soon

I set off tomorrow from marble arch at 09:30. wish me luck! rain forecast...

ah, just found the sheldon brown article

out of interest, could this be converted to single speed (never had a single speed bike and am only just getting into mechanics of bikes etc.)? is there a thread on the subject (had a search but nothing stood out from the results)?

thanks in advance.

woah woah woah! harwich is in Essex. Can't have Norfolk claiming this wonderful town...

;-P

(unless there is one in Norfolk I've never heard of?!)

anyone on here with a white bike and lime green cap doing a sweet track stand at lights on cable street yesterday evening?

foffa or gtfo

someone in my office has a foffa. they're really proud of it. I changed the subject

a chap doing an excellent track stand on a red (I think - terrible memory) geared bike on the Kingsland Road at about 08:55 this morning.

We took the route from the BBC guy recently (the via Gisors option). It's significantly longer than the Donald Hirsch route. My understanding is that this route (approximately) will be the official Avenue Verte route in 2012. Great route except going into Paris! Absolute nightmare, the Seine towpath just stops due to construction and the Canal St Denis, to put it bluntly, smells like shit and piss, has multiple construction sites along the way and is full of dead rats. We gave up and went in on the road.

As for the person who was asking about pace, we started just outside London on Friday, got the ferry to newhaven Saturday morning, half day cycling to Forges Les Eaux, Sunday we cycled to the national park vexin via Gisors (amazing ride! best day by far), Monday we finished into Paris.

We'll probably get to paris on the monday morning I expect. I hope so, as we only have a place to stay booked for the monday!

I meant to add this myself. The French are great around cyclists, they will wave and give you so much room - ah if only England was like that.

fantastic! looking forward to it

I read it the same, but my thoughts went straight to this Dangerfield

I had no idea you could get the DVD!

apologies for posting this in the wrong section originally, and thanks for moving it to travel and trips. most appreciated

We did it in a day from Brighton. Got the overnight ferry and just got started at 4am. Got to Paris for dinner. We weren't going very quickly and stopped for meals so could be done a lot quicker.

blimey! well that's something to aim for. I have a feeling we will be going for the multi-stop for a glass of wine kind of pace

Ah, yes my friend has shown me the donald hirsch route. excellent.

Sugoi, looks like I will be on that same ferry with my little group. Say hello! :)

safe! Yes, will see you on the boat. I will be on a dawes galaxy tourer (with a Carradice saddle bag)

planning to get to Newhaven late Thursday afternoon then ferry on Friday morning

thanks very much. how long did you guys take to do it? we are leaving early on a thursday and have a eurostar booked to come back the following tuesday evening.

I am riding from London to Paris using l'Avenue Verte at the end of August.

http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/countryside/cycling/cyclinginfrance/default.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11447348

It goes down to Newhaven, then ferry to Dieppe before on to Paris.

Has anyone else done this? Any tips?

Thanks one and all.

In another news, is this is the infamous American football helmet bloke who commute the CS7 route?

he seemed to like telling other what they should be doing, and shouted at me when I didn't let him undertake me (to be fair, the poorly designed cycle lane kept encouraging him).

have you seen the lady that wears a full hi-vis builders romper suit type get-up and full face helmet? she often rides on the CS7

If you see someone with a big dressing on his chin, that's me. I managed to fall off my bike when I hit some slippery surface in Peckham this morning and landed on my mandible. 4 stitches. Ouchy.