Just putting an idea out there...

Practicality, popularity, route, etc all to be seen...

But, in principal, who would be up for some TT racing through town?
It would have to be early morning on a weekend, I reckon, before cars and cops are up. But there are plenty of nice routes to consider. Riders starting at 2min (?more/less?) intervals.

Here's one possibility. Exactly 4 miles. Not too many traffic lights + good visibility at junctions. Start/finish at Blackfriars Bridge.



Whaddayareckon?

Oh. And if if this does happen, the actual time / coordination would have to be done by mobile phone, not on here. For obvious reasons.

Looks like fun.

that would rock... if i am not working when you choose the day then yes.

Outstanding idea!

Would want to be early one Sunday morning, like the route as is.

not this sunday please ;( I am about next sunday however.

Not next sunday. It's the day after the next grandslam in a day.

haha yea looks wicked id do it even tho id come last

Sweet. Looks like a Sunday morning would be best then.
Let's see if any other routes are offered up, otherwise we can stick to the above.
How are people's diaries looking end of Sept/Early Oct?

nice one tomasito. i might be up for this. gotta say september is already looking pretty chocker so it could be time to start looking into october.

Could be cool to have a bi-monthly, early morning, forum TT.
Various courses around London, anyone?

Polo tourney first weekend of Oct.
Then it looks clear...

+1. There are so many cool routes to be had.

in front of buckingham palace, westminster, MI 5. pushing your luck.

also get a course so you are going left so you don't have to cross through the junctions

Is anyone really going to object to one cyclist going past every 2 minutes though?

good point dogs about left turns.

i expect to have caught my two-minute man by then tom ;)

Run the course in reverse and you'll only have one right turn.

See how much interest this one gets then I propose we start a regular live-urban TT league amongst ourselves.

Afterwards ride someplace good for breakfast then go about our Sundays.

One Sunday every two months.

Right

The outer circle is an obvious candidate for a long left-hand course.

love this idea

Can't go anti-clock around Parliament Square, that would garner attention from the Police. :)

you go straight across if you're doing it in reverse, then left onto Embankment.

Well, no, you'd just go up Great George Street and straight across Parliament Sq before hanging a left.

Or what he said ^^^^

That wouldn't be much fun.

Why not start at Admiralty Arch, down the Mall - Right at the top down Constitution Hill towards Hyde Park Corner, bear Left ( can jump lights ) Down Grosvenor Place, through the one-way system into Victoria Street. Left at Parliment Square onto Birdcage Walk, right at palace, back down the mall and end at the start.

I would love to do this, whizzing about in London when no-one else is around.. How early are we talking?

Also, doesn't Waterloo station look cool from above? or is that just me?

What a great idea. I'm game.

+1

Object, how can I get more info on this.

Tomasito, thumbs up in this one mate

a group of cyclist congregating at admiralty arch (a government building) will attract the attention of cctv operators/security/police within minutes.

what's wrong with richmond park, 6 miles and no stopping if you go anti clock, or is it the danger you crave.

i don't think there'll be an issue, whether it attracts a bit of police interest or not. they'll be ok, there's no traffic obstruction.

RP time trial would be good too, i suggested it a year ago - be nice on a warm day, people can hang out near the cafe etc...

This all rests on people getting down to the river at 6 a.m, or thereabouts. I foresee maybe twenty riders (at worst a couple) spread every few minutes along a stretch of pre-dawn, weekend road. We needn't congregate anywhere 'governmental', but even if we did this is not going to be a protest or a piss-up or a critical mass. TTs are pretty quiet affairs.

Yes, we could (and do) go doing laps of RP, but at best this could be something much more interesting and original. And 'danger' doesn't come into it (hence the early start and staggered starts); if that was the objective there are plenty of alternatives. We'll ride, I honestly don't thing anybody else will give a damn.

I don't see it being much of a problem either. Unless we start unfurling "Bike Riders TT for Iraq" banners I don't think the Police will bother us.

Nix to Richmond Park though, I am with tomasito, you can roll around there any given Sunday.

It would be spectacular to have a slightly clandestine(semi-regular?) race around central London taking in all the sights with a varied selection of routes. Easier to get people together as well, I think we could happily start as late as 8 an still have clear sailing.