London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

nimhbus · 31st May 2008

just in surrey? well, yes, but it seems to be a rollercoaster landscape round this particular bit. there's some hills like brick walls, not that i have tried to ride up those. i'm on the surrey sussex border, near haslemere.

nimhbus · 31st May 2008

oddly, the bloke who owns the house i am renting has gone to the pyrenees to start a cycling holiday business -he's a hardcore roadie. never met him though.

RPM · 31st May 2008

hills are gay.

you should move out of that countryside, get some culture, we need more people in London, the place is a fucking ghost town

jonny · 31st May 2008

i envy you dude, the best local riding to london is to be had in the surrey hills. i just always have to spend about 20 miles of riding in boring suburbia before getting into them. don't know haslemere as such - sounds like it should be in up in the Lakes. anyway dude, will be good to have you out there on this ride to oxvoid.

jonny · 31st May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by RPM

hills are gay.

you should move out of that countryside, get some culture, we need more people in London, the place is a fucking ghost town

fucking ghost down, love it rob

RPM · 31st May 2008

I better get in training.

how long have I got?

oh well..

probably be too knackered from work to bother anyway.

jonny · 31st May 2008

you got two weeks dude, will write up a training programme for you and you can check it out over nuff beers and burgers on monday - that's the kind of training i'm talking about ;)

RPM · 31st May 2008

thanks Jonny, I always respect your experience in things velo.

I'll go for a quick 40 miler tomorrow , then I've got a large, boozy lunch with old friends.

that'll have to do for now

eyebrows · 31st May 2008

I will have been out of training for 5 weeks or so.
Consumed tonnes of beer.
And failed exams. But I will keep up- don't ya worry-
2 weeks of hard excercise will sort me out.

BringMeMyFix · 31st May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonny

i envy you dude, the best local riding to london is to be had in the surrey hills. i just always have to spend about 20 miles of riding in boring suburbia before getting into them. don't know haslemere as such - sounds like it should be in up in the Lakes. anyway dude, will be good to have you out there on this ride to oxvoid.

Bollocks. The North Downs is where it's at. Surrey's too fucking manicured :p

jonny · 1st June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by BringMeMyFix

Bollocks. The North Downs is where it's at. Surrey's too fucking manicured :p

shit man, and i thought the surrey hills (leith, pitch, holmbury, ranmore, etc.) are the North Downs. i got to start using maps ;)

RPM · 1st June 2008

yeah, Old Bring is way out of order there.

well, I done 50 miles of rp this morning, on 1 five minute stop, 1 banana and 1/2 bottle of water.
3 hours 15 mins odd on 69 gear inches

I reckon that's a start.

in a moment I'm going to ride the free bike to Balham and eat a fucking massive pizza and get shitted on red

TheBrick(Tommy) · 1st June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonny

shit man, and i thought the surrey hills (leith, pitch, holmbury, ranmore, etc.) are the North Downs.

Me too! I thought they were the hills that run through Surrey and Kent.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RPM

yeah, Old Bring is way out of order there.

well, I done 50 miles of rp this morning, on 1 five minute stop, 1 banana and 1/2 bottle of water.
3 hours 15 mins odd on 69 gear inches

I reckon that's a start.

in a moment I'm going to ride the free bike to Balham and eat a fucking massive pizza and get shitted on red

Thats my kind of training!

nimhbus · 1st June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by RPM

yeah, Old Bring is way out of order there.

well, I done 50 miles of rp this morning, on 1 five minute stop, 1 banana and 1/2 bottle of water.
3 hours 15 mins odd on 69 gear inches

I reckon that's a start.

in a moment I'm going to ride the free bike to Balham and eat a fucking massive pizza and get shitted on red

whats that , 7 laps?

i just get bored going round and round like that. but of course it means you don't have to end up too far from home if you get sick of it

RPM · 1st June 2008

it's boring and you end up almost losing count.

I need some earphones for my shItePod then i can get down to some tunes whilst grovelling round.

obviously the plan is to ride better places, but I had to be back by 12 today, otherwise I'd have gone on a club run

BringMeMyFix · 1st June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonny

shit man, and i thought the surrey hills (leith, pitch, holmbury, ranmore, etc.) are the North Downs. i got to start using maps ;)

No, it's the North Downs in Kent. Once you get across to Surrey they become the 'North Dines', and are rubbish.

Sam · 1st June 2008

Norf Downs rule :0) Until you are actually riding them...

BringMeMyFix · 1st June 2008

That's what they're there for. The whole geological phenomenon was triggered by time-travelling grimpeurs.

hippy · 2nd June 2008

The Surrey Hills are nice..
http://www.herneweb.com/gallery.php?categoryID=14 (not the velodrome, mind you ;))

Are these anything to do with North, South Downs or are these different again?

jonny · 3rd June 2008

okay i know there a couple of hours left on the poll but it is looking like

The Ride to the Dreaming Spires

I am going to ride it tomorrow to check the route out so i can lie with conviction about the absence of hills, etc. I know it is a school day children but if anyone fancies bunking off then give me a shout.

lebowski?

setting off from east london at around half nine. over to richmond, then on to oxford. then back on the choo choo and over to eastie drinks. simple as.

mikec · 3rd June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonny

okay i know there a couple of hours left on the poll but it is looking like

The Ride to the Dreaming Spires

I am going to ride it tomorrow to check the route out so i can lie with conviction about the absence of hills, etc. I know it is a school day children but if anyone fancies bunking off then give me a shout.

lebowski?

setting off from east london at around half nine. over to richmond, then on to oxford. then back on the choo choo and over to eastie drinks. simple as.

Johhny,

Will you still do this if the weather is as grim as today. If so then that is dedication and you deserve at least a beer or 5 when we get to Oxford. Remind me when we get there.

nimhbus · 3rd June 2008

jonny laughs in the face of bad weather, mortal

Lebowski · 3rd June 2008

Jonny, can't do tomorrow, sorry mate. Off to Nice for a couple of days.

Have a good ride and do a reccy on some good drinking holes in Oxford. I'd like one with good ale, a convivial atmosphere and a large beer garden scattered with friendly lady folk.

eyebrows · 3rd June 2008

^ the turf.
for cheapness though I reccommend the 3 goats heads- no beer garden though :(

jonny · 3rd June 2008

yeah will do it no matter what the weather is like.
lebowski, no worries dude, enjoy Nice. i have heard it is, uhh, nice.
yee haW

Shinscar · 3rd June 2008

jonny (gear hefner)...we talked about this maybe its time you STFU

eyebrows · 3rd June 2008

jonny if you are in oxford tomorrow, look me up ( I'll be around for the brief period of the afternoon)- I can normally be found at Exeter College or at the RSL.
Morning= Exam.
Afternoon= panic revision for thursday.

Weather forecast for here tomorrow is dry. The roads will be wet though mate, esp here, take care.
have pm'ed my number.

motoko · 3rd June 2008

The same day I finish exams, so I won't be able to ride. I still vote Oxford, so I can hang with the LFGSS folks in my sub fusc.

motoko · 3rd June 2008

Looking at the route. As you come into Oxford, I'd suggest heading around the eastern bypass (nice big cycle lane/road) to Iffley Rd, rather than Cowley. You can then pop by the very cool OCW, on Magdalen Rd. Also a nicer road to cycle on than Cowley, which is a pile of poo death trap.

nimhbus · 3rd June 2008

yes, i'd agree with that. or go up and come in down the woodstock road?

RPM · 3rd June 2008

you got a mates in the oxford innit, Nimhhus?

shall we pop in and visit?

nimhbus · 3rd June 2008

no, not really. i used to have, many years ago, but not now

RPM · 3rd June 2008

what about that sound guru bloke?

jonny · 3rd June 2008

rpm, you got me all excited. when i saw you posted a few mins ago i thought you had decided to bin the world of work tomorrow for the world of blacktop glory. well, a probably rain sodden ride to a small provincial university city in any case. it's not too late dude.

but then i don't want to get in the way if you and nimbhus have a date ;)

RPM · 3rd June 2008

bin the world of work?

I so fucking wish, I really do.

but not his week, and maybe not for a few more. but I promise a skiver's wednesday ride will be on in the futurage

jonny · 3rd June 2008

yeah, like off the peg, mid week skive rides is what's all gonna be about.

shit man, i might pull a sicky next Tuesday, hire a langster and ride the big hills to cambridge.

RPM · 3rd June 2008

I'm going to get a pinnacle bachelor and take a whole week off and ride to scotland

jonny · 3rd June 2008

cool. i have a unipack on order so i can ride the Tour next year.

nimhbus · 3rd June 2008

jonny, the weather looks good, and i was tempted to join you, but the truth is i'm not sure i'm up to the distance. did 22 miles on sunday and my legs are still stiff.. will probably go for a training ride, try and loosen up again

nimhbus · 3rd June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by RPM

what about that sound guru bloke?

not sure who you mean - an old tutor of mine, alan fisher, lives there. he's an audio engineer, but that's about it. unless i'm forgetting someone

jonny · 3rd June 2008

fair enough nimbhus. am hoping the weather is clement mainly cos might need to annotate the notes of the route. papyrus is a fucker in the wet. get a few more miles in dude and just be good for the fourteenth. that's the way to go.

nimhbus · 3rd June 2008

little tip - just head up the high street in marlow, no need to veer off to the left down pound lane.

jonny · 3rd June 2008

but i wanted to drop in on the pound shop. nah, cool, spotted that and my notes reflect that

motoko · 4th June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonny

but i wanted to drop in on the pound shop. nah, cool, spotted that and my notes reflect that

The weather is fantastic. Have a great ride.

jonny · 4th June 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by motoko

The weather is fantastic. Have a great ride.

cheers dude, yeah looks like i won't be needing the plusfours after all

nimhbus · 4th June 2008

go on jonny my son, dream the shit out of those spires

motoko · 5th June 2008

How was the ride? Dreamy?

mikec · 5th June 2008

Yes let have a ride report please Johnny. Flat as a pancake and traffic free roads?

nimhbus · 5th June 2008

he's still out there.... halfway up a mountainous climb

jonny · 5th June 2008

was all good and a nice little route with a few highlights and the occassional need for getting out of the saddle. bit rushed at the mo but will put up details later and sort out the start time and all that.

my face is sunburnt to fuck (as anyone at easties last night will testify)

View Poll Results: Where to hombre?
Thousand Oysters	10	27.03%
Dreaming Spires	23	62.16%
Falling Leaves	2	5.41%
All the same to me my friend	5	13.51%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

Bookmarks	Shortcuts
Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Facebook Reddit Google	Posts	Categories

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

LinkBacks (?) LinkBack to this Thread: http://www.londonfgss.com/thread6269.html
Posted By	For	Type	Date	Hits
hippyblog aussie in london rants on cycling techno bikes	This thread	Refback	17th June 2008 20:27	1

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
2008-05-17 Sat - Secret London Night Ride	dogsballs	Rides & Races	475	28th April 2009 10:20
2008-04-12 Sat - London to Southend-on-Sea II	mareeoh	Rides & Races	275	12th February 2009 17:08
Oxford ride	samuelglanville	Oxford Desgrange Devout	3	28th January 2009 06:39
Night Ride from Oxford to Severn	eyebrows	Rides & Races	7	30th September 2008 21:29
2008-03-15 Sat - Monopoly Night Ride	dogsballs	Rides & Races	780	20th March 2008 09:51

31st May 2008	#101
nimhbus	just in surrey? well, yes, but it seems to be a rollercoaster landscape round this particular bit. there's some hills like brick walls, not that i have tried to ride up those. i'm on the surrey sussex border, near haslemere.
	quote reply

31st May 2008	#102
nimhbus	oddly, the bloke who owns the house i am renting has gone to the pyrenees to start a cycling holiday business -he's a hardcore roadie. never met him though.
	quote reply

31st May 2008	#103
RPM	hills are gay. you should move out of that countryside, get some culture, we need more people in London, the place is a fucking ghost town
	quote reply

31st May 2008	#104
jonny	i envy you dude, the best local riding to london is to be had in the surrey hills. i just always have to spend about 20 miles of riding in boring suburbia before getting into them. don't know haslemere as such - sounds like it should be in up in the Lakes. anyway dude, will be good to have you out there on this ride to oxvoid.
	quote reply

31st May 2008	#106
RPM	I better get in training. how long have I got? oh well.. probably be too knackered from work to bother anyway.
	quote reply

31st May 2008	#107
jonny	you got two weeks dude, will write up a training programme for you and you can check it out over nuff beers and burgers on monday - that's the kind of training i'm talking about ;)
	quote reply

31st May 2008	#108
RPM	thanks Jonny, I always respect your experience in things velo. I'll go for a quick 40 miler tomorrow , then I've got a large, boozy lunch with old friends. that'll have to do for now
	quote reply

31st May 2008	#109
eyebrows	I will have been out of training for 5 weeks or so. Consumed tonnes of beer. And failed exams. But I will keep up- don't ya worry- 2 weeks of hard excercise will sort me out.
	quote reply

1st June 2008	#112
RPM	yeah, Old Bring is way out of order there. well, I done 50 miles of rp this morning, on 1 five minute stop, 1 banana and 1/2 bottle of water. 3 hours 15 mins odd on 69 gear inches I reckon that's a start. in a moment I'm going to ride the free bike to Balham and eat a fucking massive pizza and get shitted on red
	quote reply

1st June 2008	#115
RPM	it's boring and you end up almost losing count. I need some earphones for my shItePod then i can get down to some tunes whilst grovelling round. obviously the plan is to ride better places, but I had to be back by 12 today, otherwise I'd have gone on a club run
	quote reply

1st June 2008	#117
Sam	Norf Downs rule :0) Until you are actually riding them...
	quote reply

1st June 2008	#118
BringMeMyFix	That's what they're there for. The whole geological phenomenon was triggered by time-travelling grimpeurs.
	quote reply

2nd June 2008	#119
hippy	The Surrey Hills are nice.. http://www.herneweb.com/gallery.php?categoryID=14 (not the velodrome, mind you ;)) Are these anything to do with North, South Downs or are these different again?
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#120
jonny	okay i know there a couple of hours left on the poll but it is looking like The Ride to the Dreaming Spires I am going to ride it tomorrow to check the route out so i can lie with conviction about the absence of hills, etc. I know it is a school day children but if anyone fancies bunking off then give me a shout. lebowski? setting off from east london at around half nine. over to richmond, then on to oxford. then back on the choo choo and over to eastie drinks. simple as.
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#122
nimhbus	jonny laughs in the face of bad weather, mortal
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#123
Lebowski	Jonny, can't do tomorrow, sorry mate. Off to Nice for a couple of days. Have a good ride and do a reccy on some good drinking holes in Oxford. I'd like one with good ale, a convivial atmosphere and a large beer garden scattered with friendly lady folk.
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#124
eyebrows	^ the turf. for cheapness though I reccommend the 3 goats heads- no beer garden though :(
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#125
jonny	yeah will do it no matter what the weather is like. lebowski, no worries dude, enjoy Nice. i have heard it is, uhh, nice. yee haW
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#126
Shinscar	jonny (gear hefner)...we talked about this maybe its time you STFU
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#127
eyebrows	jonny if you are in oxford tomorrow, look me up ( I'll be around for the brief period of the afternoon)- I can normally be found at Exeter College or at the RSL. Morning= Exam. Afternoon= panic revision for thursday. Weather forecast for here tomorrow is dry. The roads will be wet though mate, esp here, take care. have pm'ed my number.
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#128
motoko	The same day I finish exams, so I won't be able to ride. I still vote Oxford, so I can hang with the LFGSS folks in my sub fusc.
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#129
motoko	Looking at the route. As you come into Oxford, I'd suggest heading around the eastern bypass (nice big cycle lane/road) to Iffley Rd, rather than Cowley. You can then pop by the very cool OCW, on Magdalen Rd. Also a nicer road to cycle on than Cowley, which is a pile of poo death trap.
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#130
nimhbus	yes, i'd agree with that. or go up and come in down the woodstock road?
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#131
RPM	you got a mates in the oxford innit, Nimhhus? shall we pop in and visit?
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#132
nimhbus	no, not really. i used to have, many years ago, but not now
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#133
RPM	what about that sound guru bloke?
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#134
jonny	rpm, you got me all excited. when i saw you posted a few mins ago i thought you had decided to bin the world of work tomorrow for the world of blacktop glory. well, a probably rain sodden ride to a small provincial university city in any case. it's not too late dude. but then i don't want to get in the way if you and nimbhus have a date ;)
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#135
RPM	bin the world of work? I so fucking wish, I really do. but not his week, and maybe not for a few more. but I promise a skiver's wednesday ride will be on in the futurage
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#136
jonny	yeah, like off the peg, mid week skive rides is what's all gonna be about. shit man, i might pull a sicky next Tuesday, hire a langster and ride the big hills to cambridge.
	quote reply

3rd June 2008	#137
RPM	I'm going to get a pinnacle bachelor and take a whole week off and ride to scotland
	quote reply