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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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

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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 ;)
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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1st June 2008	#117
Sam	Norf Downs rule :0) Until you are actually riding them...
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1st June 2008	#118
BringMeMyFix	That's what they're there for. The whole geological phenomenon was triggered by time-travelling grimpeurs.
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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?
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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.
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3rd June 2008	#122
nimhbus	jonny laughs in the face of bad weather, mortal
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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.
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3rd June 2008	#124
eyebrows	^ the turf. for cheapness though I reccommend the 3 goats heads- no beer garden though :(
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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
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3rd June 2008	#126
Shinscar	jonny (gear hefner)...we talked about this maybe its time you STFU
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3rd June 2008	#130
nimhbus	yes, i'd agree with that. or go up and come in down the woodstock road?
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3rd June 2008	#131
RPM	you got a mates in the oxford innit, Nimhhus? shall we pop in and visit?
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3rd June 2008	#132
nimhbus	no, not really. i used to have, many years ago, but not now
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3rd June 2008	#133
RPM	what about that sound guru bloke?
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