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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    I've just had a look at the profile for the Paragon route, and as I expected it's pretty hilly, about 2000 ft of climbing over 30 miles. This isn't huge, but it'll take a toll on the legs if you're not used to the distance, or hills.

    Why don't we look for something a little flatter so we don't risk alienating anybody, and then build from there. I'll have a think about it this week, although anything going south or west of London is likely to encounter the odd hill or two :shock:
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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Il Principe wrote:
    Jaysus you folks need a kick up the ar$e when it comes to planning! :lol:

    Right here are 2 routes:

    Dulwich Paragon, 32 miles, 2020 feet climb

    Surrey Route(Including optional pub stop @ the Cricketers) 42 miles, 1497 feet

    The second route looks favourite as we can always miss of the second loop if people are suffering. I'm going to duck out of leading, I don't know west London at all, so I'll leave it to someone with more local knowledge.

    Now if anyone wants to come down to Kent sometime that's another matter, or indeed the Suffolk coast. Now that is flat, it was specifically designed for anyone with an aversion to hills :wink:
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Your not gonna get much flatter than the surrey route I've posted. The route out down Portsmouth road isn't wonderful, but once you're in the lanes it's all good, plus I've kept it north of the hills. In comparison, if you rode 6 laps of RP you'd cover around 40 miles and 1874 feet.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    You sound like someone with local knowledge IP, well volunteered :wink:
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Right lets vote:
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride
    Shoulder of Lamb
    Jamey (aka Jamey)
    Cori (Fiona)
    Rich158 (Rich)
    lardboy (aka Dave)
    Roger Merriman
    PinkPedal (Emma)
    Sewinman (Morgan)

    If you are coming add your name to the list and the route you wish to take. Route that comes up the most, by Fri 31st, wins.

    If someone wants to lead, please just step forward.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    I think someone, perhaps Fiona as the self-styled slowest of all :) , should perhaps try and come up with a third route which stays away from significant hills and nasty roads and starts from Dulwich.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    My vote goes for the Paragon route as the Surrey one starts in Wimbledon and ends in RP, not a huge problem but I thought the meetup point was going to be Dulwich?

    As I've said before I have ridden part of that route myself so would be happy to attempt to lead, but having not ridden the right hand side of the bottom loop I'm not to certain on that part but with a combination of GPS and maps I'm sure we can't go to wrong ;-) Also if I say I'm required to guide the ride (and forget to mention I volunteered.......) then I have some additional leverage with the other half to attend :-D
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  • PinkPedal
    PinkPedal Posts: 180
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride
    Shoulder of Lamb
    Jamey (aka Jamey)
    Cori (Fiona)
    Rich158 (Rich)
    lardboy (aka Dave)
    Roger Merriman
    PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
    Sewinman (Morgan)

    I will come out for a cycle whichever route we choose. Thanks IP for the second route plotting :D

    I literally get lost on the way to Richmond Park from Clapham (no, I'm not kidding :oops: ) so am not a good candidate for route leading. I reckon we'll be stopping along the way to regroup so can orientate ourselves from there. Anyone who has ever seen me attempt to orientate myself on a map will now be howling with laughter at the thought.
  • PinkPedal
    PinkPedal Posts: 180
    PinkPedal wrote:
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride
    Shoulder of Lamb
    Jamey (aka Jamey)
    Cori (Fiona)
    Rich158 (Rich)
    lardboy (aka Dave)
    Roger Merriman
    PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
    Sewinman (Morgan)

    I will come out for a cycle whichever route we choose. Thanks IP for the second route plotting :D

    I literally get lost on the way to Richmond Park from Clapham (no, I'm not kidding :oops: ) so am not a good candidate for route leading. I reckon we'll be stopping along the way to regroup so can orientate ourselves from there. Anyone who has ever seen me attempt to orientate myself on a map will now be howling with laughter at the thought.

    ETA I have no idea how to get the list text looking the same as DDDs'.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Bassjunkieuk wrote:
    My vote goes for the Paragon route as the Surrey one starts in Wimbledon and ends in RP.

    Wrong way round Mark. Start in RP.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride
    Shoulder of Lamb
    Jamey (aka Jamey)
    Cori (Fiona)
    Rich158 (Rich)
    lardboy (aka Dave)
    Roger Merriman
    PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
    Sewinman (Morgan)
    LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155 
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride 
Shoulder of Lamb 
Jamey (aka Jamey) 
Cori (Fiona) 
Rich158 (Rich) 
lardboy (aka Dave) 
Roger Merriman 
PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
Sewinman (Morgan)
LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!
Il Principe[/quote] - Surrey Ride, happy to lead and lunch at the Cricketers!
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride
    Shoulder of Lamb
    Jamey (aka Jamey)
    Cori (Fiona)
    Rich158 (Rich)
    lardboy (aka Dave)
    Roger Merriman
    PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
    Sewinman (Morgan)
    LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!


    When the fark did you qualify under the banner of "Slow Folks" ? Oh little Miss Warp-Speed-in-sandles-and-a-dress? Huh? :wink:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride
    Shoulder of Lamb
    Jamey (aka Jamey)
    Cori (Fiona)
    Rich158 (Rich)
    lardboy (aka Dave)
    Roger Merriman
    PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
    Sewinman (Morgan)
    LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!


    When the fark did you qualify under the banner of "Slow Folks" ? Oh little Miss Warp-Speed-in-sandles-and-a-dress? Huh? :wink:

    Hey now, note above that Il Principe is coming! There's nowt wrong with a pootle and a nice lunch with friends. Also, I'm not really very quick. Especially not up hills.
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    ooh ooh I think I may be able to come on this!

    When is it?

    Need to get the dog minded.....
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,953
    linsen wrote:

    Need to get the dog minded.....

    bike-dog-carrier-L.jpg

    Or

    Rear_rack_dog_carrier.jpg

    Sorted!

    No need to thank me :D

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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Lindsen,

    9th August.

    It would be good to see you.
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Daniel B wrote:
    linsen wrote:

    Need to get the dog minded.....

    bike-dog-carrier-L.jpg

    Or

    Rear_rack_dog_carrier.jpg

    Sorted!

    No need to thank me :D I'll only thank you if you come along, put the carrier on YOUR bike and manage to keep a 23kg border collie in it!

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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    linsen wrote:
    Daniel B wrote:
    linsen wrote:

    Need to get the dog minded.....

    bike-dog-carrier-L.jpg

    Or

    Rear_rack_dog_carrier.jpg

    Sorted!

    No need to thank me :D I'll only thank you if you come along, put the carrier on YOUR bike and manage to keep a 23kg border collie in it!

    Dan

    It's not true, I'm not 23kg :wink:

    More like 73kg :shock:
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  • lardboy
    lardboy Posts: 343
    Il Principe wrote:
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride 
Shoulder of Lamb 
Jamey (aka Jamey) 
Cori (Fiona) 
Rich158 (Rich) 
lardboy (aka Dave) - Surrey (less climbing on the SS)
Roger Merriman 
PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
Sewinman (Morgan)
LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!
Il Principe - Surrey Ride, happy to lead and lunch at the Cricketers!

    Flatter is better for me, as I'll have to bring the old faithful heavy hybrid if we do something with too many hills. Or I could pop a lower gear on the other side of the flip-flop hub and change round at the bottom of hills and back again at the top.

    PP, I'll be heading from Brixton Hill, so we can head to the start together if you're wary of getting lost. I'm not sure of the route, but I'm a demon with a map.
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  • Sewinman
    Sewinman Posts: 2,131
    lardboy wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride 
Shoulder of Lamb 
Jamey (aka Jamey) 
Cori (Fiona) 
Rich158 (Rich) 
lardboy (aka Dave) - Surrey (less climbing on the SS)
Roger Merriman 
PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
Sewinman (Morgan) - I don't care.
LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!
Il Principe - Surrey Ride, happy to lead and lunch at the Cricketers!
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Sewinman wrote:
    lardboy wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride 
Shoulder of Lamb 
Jamey (aka Jamey) 
Cori (Fiona) 
Rich158 (Rich) 
lardboy (aka Dave) - Surrey (less climbing on the SS)
Roger Merriman 
PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
Sewinman (Morgan) - I don't care.
LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!
Il Principe - Surrey Ride, happy to lead and lunch at the Cricketers!
Biondino (Mark) - A third, as yet undecided, route starting from Dulwich. Lunch and beer seconded

    I am also happy to pick people up on the way.
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  • shoulder_of_orion
    shoulder_of_orion Posts: 529
    ] 
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride 
Shoulder of Lamb - Paragon
Jamey (aka Jamey) 
Cori (Fiona) 
Rich158 (Rich) 
lardboy (aka Dave) - Surrey (less climbing on the SS)
Roger Merriman 
PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
Sewinman (Morgan) - I don't care.
LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!
Il Principe - Surrey Ride, happy to lead and lunch at the Cricketers!

    Paragon. Just to buck the current trend - I will go on whichever one though. If we do end up doing the Surrey ride, can we start early? My back of the envelope calculations tell me that 42 + 25 = 67 (miles for me roundtrip).
  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    Sounds like fun, I'll pass though (I'll be doing an imperial ton Friday night/Saturday morning, so I think I'll take a break for the rest of the weekend...). LiT and IP: Perhaps you should treat this as practice for going just a little slower. Either that, or can the Edge be set to display a message: 'You have exceeded pootling speed!". Bear in mind that your pootle speed is probably my (and others') 'working pretty hard' speed......
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  • PinkPedal
    PinkPedal Posts: 180
    Thanks Lardboy! If we do the Surrey route starting from RP I should be fine but we could still meet up en route depending on which way you go.

    I'm up for starting early too SoL, more for traffic avoidance than anything else :D
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    probably wise to start earlyish, other option to further muddy the water is route like this http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/SCR-slow-and-flat

    about as flat as one can expect, passes though lots of nice villages, and is very very flat. very easy to modify, loads of nice pubs, quite a few in hampton ;-)

    if we go surrey/northdowns ish way i'm another who knows the area well.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Shoulder of Lamb wrote:
    ] 
    Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride 
Shoulder of Lamb - Paragon
Jamey (aka Jamey) 
Cori (Fiona) 
Rich158 (Rich) - any route is good for me
lardboy (aka Dave) - Surrey (less climbing on the SS)
Roger Merriman 
PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority
Sewinman (Morgan) - I don't care.
LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch!
Il Principe - Surrey Ride, happy to lead and lunch at the Cricketers!

    Paragon. Just to buck the current trend - I will go on whichever one though. If we do end up doing the Surrey ride, can we start early? My back of the envelope calculations tell me that 42 + 25 = 67 (miles for me roundtrip).

    The earlier the better for me within reason. Bear in mind I've got 35 miles to do before I reach RP, so about 8'ish would be perfect.
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  • PinkPedal
    PinkPedal Posts: 180
    Bear in mind I've got 35 miles to do before I reach RP

    :shock:
  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
      [*]Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride [/*]
      [*]Shoulder of Lamb - Paragon[/*]
      [*]Jamey (aka Jamey) - Surrey ride (but might have to meet you along the route slightly)[/*]
      [*]Cori (Fiona) [/*]
      [*]Rich158 (Rich) - any route is good for me[/*]
      [*]lardboy (aka Dave) - Surrey (less climbing on the SS)[/*]
      [*]Roger Merriman [/*]
      [*]PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority[/*]
      [*]Sewinman (Morgan) - I don't care.[/*]
      [*]LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch![/*]
      [*]Il Principe - Surrey Ride, happy to lead and lunch at the Cricketers!      [/*]

      Thought 'd reformat the list too, to make it more readable :)
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    • biondino
      biondino Posts: 5,990
      Jamey wrote:
        [*]Dondaddyd (Laurence) - Surrey Ride [/*]
        [*]Shoulder of Lamb - Paragon[/*]
        [*]Jamey (aka Jamey) - Surrey ride (but might have to meet you along the route slightly)[/*]
        [*]Cori (Fiona) [/*]
        [*]Rich158 (Rich) - any route is good for me[/*]
        [*]lardboy (aka Dave) - Surrey (less climbing on the SS)[/*]
        [*]Roger Merriman [/*]
        [*]PinkPedal (Emma) - Either Ride - will go with majority[/*]
        [*]Sewinman (Morgan) - I don't care.[/*]
        [*]LiT (Olivia) doesn't mind which route we do as long as there's a nice lunch![/*]
        [*]Il Principe (James) - Surrey Ride, happy to lead and lunch at the Cricketers![/*]
        [*]Biondino (Mark) - A third, as yet undecided, route starting from Dulwich. Lunch and beer seconded         [/*]

        Thought 'd reformat the list too, to make it more readable :)

        I am still suspicious of why Il Principe wants to do this ride. I reckon he's got something to sell...
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