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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Any North Londoners want to meet up in Regent's Park, and head down there in a group?

    Good plan Batman.
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  • fairweatherbiker
    fairweatherbiker Posts: 116
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Beer and cycling? Sounds good to me. Count me in

    fairweatherbiker: I'm just round the corner from where you're staying. Richmond is far from my regular riding areas, but I'm sure we can find our way there if you fancy it.

    Yes always up for meeting new people. As long as the pace isn't too fast.
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  • fairweatherbiker
    fairweatherbiker Posts: 116
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Any North Londoners want to meet up in Regent's Park, and head down there in a group?

    Good plan Batman.

    Yes. up for that.

    (didn't read the full thread first time)
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  • patchy
    patchy Posts: 779
    fairweatherbiker wrote:
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Any North Londoners want to meet up in Regent's Park, and head down there in a group?

    Good plan Batman.

    Yes. up for that.

    (didn't read the full thread first time)

    me too!
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  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    Will anyone be cycling over (slowlyish) from SE London? I have no head for directions so need to trail someone, please...

    Sorry is this has already been covered, but was far too lazy to trawl through a whole, errrr, 7 pages.

    Thanks

    Cori
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Coriander wrote:
    Will anyone be cycling over (slowlyish) from SE London? I have no head for directions so need to trail someone, please...

    Sorry is this has already been covered, but was far too lazy to trawl through a whole, errrr, 7 pages.

    Thanks

    Cori

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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Coriander wrote:
    Will anyone be cycling over (slowlyish) from SE London? I have no head for directions so need to trail someone, please...

    Sorry is this has already been covered, but was far too lazy to trawl through a whole, errrr, 7 pages.

    Thanks

    Cori

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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Il Principe wrote:
    Coriander wrote:
    Will anyone be cycling over (slowlyish) from SE London? I have no head for directions so need to trail someone, please...

    Sorry is this has already been covered, but was far too lazy to trawl through a whole, errrr, 7 pages.

    Thanks

    Cori

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    How many times did you proof-read that?

    P.S. Welcome back :)
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Coriander wrote:
    Will anyone be cycling over (slowlyish) from SE London? I have no head for directions so need to trail someone, please...

    Sorry is this has already been covered, but was far too lazy to trawl through a whole, errrr, 7 pages.

    Thanks

    Cori

    Welcome back! I'll be headed in from the Crystal Palace area but not until the afternoon I imagine due to a cinema visit in the morning :-D
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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    July bump.

    LiT, could you edit your OP with the finalised time and meeting location pls?
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Have edited the OP - check page 1 for final plan!
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    LiT wrote:
    The drinks are on the 18th of July, meeting midday at the coffee shop in Richmond Park, a few laps then on to the Roebuck. I reckon 1300 at the Roebuck will be about right, and I'll definitely be there by then, so look for a girl in lycra with very long hair if you haven't been to one of these before.

    The Coffee Shop is in the north-eastern corner of Richmond Park, adjacent to Roehampton Gate car-park.

    So you're intending to get there for midday, wait half an hour for stragglers, get multiple laps done and still be at the pub for 1? Chapeau :)
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Hmmm, he makes an interesting point...

    I sense an impending edit... 1330/1400 it is!
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    12midday?

    Please accept my apologies. I have to drive to Southend to listen to Skin-Dread (rock metal/guitar hero type band) for my friends stag-do.

    I may and I mean may be doing laps at 9am/10am and leaving around 11/12pm but don't hold me to it.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    I've organised a few meet-ups of this kind myself - may I make a tweak?

    You give a firm time for the group laps of the park - midday is good, anyone arriving more than 10 mins late can lap on their own, or wait and join lap 2.

    The pub part - I find it's easier to give a rough ETA for the park-lapping gang, so stragglers or non-riders can turn up to the pub knowing they're not going to be waiting alone for hours - in this case, say, 2pm.

    But the firm time for the laps is key because inevitably people will be late and they need to know that the others can't wait round forever.

    (of course we have the advantage that the pub is just next to the park so any individuals or groups who came late, or just fancy lapping during the afternoon can just pop off for one. Everyone's a winner!)
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Tweak away, m'dear.

    I figured an hour and a bit would be more than long enough for laps, so then anyone wanting to do more could continue the self-flagellation while the saner souls among us head off for beerz.

    But yes, although I reckon I'll be at the pub at 1330, 1400 may be a better idea for non-lappers...

    I will re-edit.
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    I'd just suggest making it more informal. Show up around 12, wait half hour-ish for enough people to show up and then do some laps. The pub isn't going anywhere so it doesn't matter what time people get there.

    Are you allowed to take drinks over the road from the pub? Prefer to not need a lock on the day, and there doesn't seem to be much in the way of outdoor drinking directly outside.
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Sounds good Lit/BD - As I'll be a late arriver I imagine I'll have to either wait or start riding clockwise until I find the group, pull a massive u-turn and catch yall up :-D Failing that if it looks like I'm arriving closer to 13:00 I'll go straight for the pub......
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    _Brun_ wrote:
    I'd just suggest making it more informal. Show up around 12, wait half hour-ish for enough people to show up and then do some laps. The pub isn't going anywhere so it doesn't matter what time people get there.

    Are you allowed to take drinks over the road from the pub? Prefer to not need a lock on the day, and there doesn't seem to be much in the way of outdoor drinking directly outside.

    I've seen loads of people drinking over the road.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    _Brun_ wrote:
    I'd just suggest making it more informal. Show up around 12, wait half hour-ish for enough people to show up and then do some laps. The pub isn't going anywhere so it doesn't matter what time people get there.

    The logic's fine, but people don't work like that! Also, who wants to wait around longer than necessary? It's sad but true that groups need to be told what to do if you're going to have any kind of organisation.

    The pub, of course it's fine, but the people just going there will want to know they won't be sitting on their own indefinitely, that's all.
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Are you allowed to take drinks over the road from the pub? Prefer to not need a lock on the day, and there doesn't seem to be much in the way of outdoor drinking directly outside.

    Yep, it's fine. I'd still probably bring (or share) a lock, but then I'm paranoid.
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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    I'll be at the pub for 2pm, or maybe 4pm if I get lost despite the map :roll: :oops:
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Clarified the outdoor drinking/lock issue...

    I think setting times is a good plan, otherwise we'll be hanging around all afternoon. However, they are not set in stone, if it's only me at 1215 I'll probably wait a bit longer!
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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    I'm up for a couple of laps, never been to Richmond Park before.

    Anyone still want some company from N London? I suggest we meet somewhere around Regents park. Depending on expected size and speed of the group we'll sort out the exact details closer to the time.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
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  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    99% sure I will be heading up for this. It's going to be easier for me to leave the train at Clapham Junction, and from there, it looks like a better bet to ride over to RP (train from CJ to Richmond takes max 15 minutes, but station's on the other side of the park, plus waiting on the platform). TfL journey planner reckons 31 minutes to the coffee shop, but I do have a tendency to, er, 'creatively follow' the routes it gives me (apart from the obvious point that those routes aren't always the best way to go!) Anyone fancy meeting up at/in vicinity of CJ and riding in?
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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    StuAff, I'll be coming from Balham, so I could divert slightly and meet you at CJ if you like?

    Just to warn you, I'm not a speed merchant and if your route includes East/West Hills, I'll need an oxygen tank as well as my inhaler :roll: :oops: :D
  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    Cafewanda wrote:
    StuAff, I'll be coming from Balham, so I could divert slightly and meet you at CJ if you like?

    Just to warn you, I'm not a speed merchant and if your route includes East/West Hills, I'll need an oxygen tank as well as my inhaler :roll: :oops: :D

    Hmmm....I'm not really a speed merchant either, but it's not without trying (typical speed 15-16 mph), and I seem to be genetically indisposed towards pootling. I'm probably not a good travelling companion for you, I'm afraid! Passed through the 'gateway to the south' on Friday night/Saturday morning, on the way to Brighton.

    No idea about hills en route: the TfL journey planner has suggested a route that runs Falcon Road (start), cuts through to York Road, Smugglers Way, a bit of Putney Bridge Road, Fawe Park Road, onto Disraeli Road and then Upper Richmond Road. Sound OK?
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  • Levi_501
    Levi_501 Posts: 1,105
    Sorry to ask a daft question, but would it be best to turn up on our commuter bikes so we have a chance of recognising someone, or the weekend bikes ? cause we is goin out.

    What about name tags :roll:
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    Home-made name tags of course!

    Or someone could be designated Mum and have a thick felt tip and a roll of those big white stickers so wee can make our own name badges. Haven't you ever been to a training day? :lol:
  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    I'll be easy to recognise: black Dahon (they're both black), probably the Jetstream (ickle 20" wheels), and for further ease of identification, I'll probably wear one of my Metallica jerseys (out of competition, they were too expensive), in the unlikely event anyone else on a similar bike turns up.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    tardington wrote:
    someone could be designated Mum

    That'll be L_i_T then :lol:
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.

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