Drinks in Kingston

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  • dizzydane
    dizzydane Posts: 322
    @anonymousblackfg - Thanks for the crazy idea! Climbing White Down in the dark made it psychologically easier and the decent from Ranmore to Effingham less bumpy than it normally rides.

    It was great fun guys. Thanks again!
  • MTB-Idle wrote:

    ahem, i think you meant to type "to check where me and MTB-Idle had got to" :oops:

    What do you mean, if it hadn't been for that puncture i'd have been in Epsom before Rhodrich was even near the top.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,252
    Yes, I really enjoyed that. Really should have made more of an effort to eat more before we left. That was a bloody good scotch egg though. Well done to Rodrich, he was definitely the craziest of us.
    Very slow wobble to work this morning.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,131
    Next time I'll be there (when life isn't interfering so much). Sounds like a fun evening - and probably a prevailing tailwind back.
  • rower63
    rower63 Posts: 1,991
    Next time I'll be there (when life isn't interfering so much). Sounds like a fun evening - and probably a prevailing tailwind back.
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  • rhodrich
    rhodrich Posts: 867
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Well done to Rhodrich, he was definitely the craziest of us.

    Oi! What's that supposed to mean :P
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,252
    Rhodrich wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Well done to Rhodrich, he was definitely the craziest of us.
    Oi! What's that supposed to mean :P
    Rhodrich wrote:
    Given that we'll be in Holmbury St Mary anyway, I'm planning an ascent of Leith, as I've never ridden up there on fixed gear.
    I think that says it all, they say it's a fine line between bravery and lunacy. This was a bit like that, much respect but also a bit nuts. :lol:
  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    Here's my edit. Nothing fancy, just a chronological record of the evening. I probably should have shot some footage in the pub rather than stills just to complete the story but you can't have everything.

    We don't have to go out tonight

    Best viewed with sound. Enjoy

    Featuring Veronese68, Rhodrich, dizzydane, anonymousblackfg and Kevin
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  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    That's a great video!
  • rhodrich
    rhodrich Posts: 867
    Awesome video! Fantastic to re-live it all!
    1938 Hobbs Tandem
    1956 Carlton Flyer Path/Track
    1960 Mercian Superlight Track
    1974 Pete Luxton Path/Track*
    1980 Harry Hall
    1986 Dawes Galaxy
    1988 Jack Taylor Tourer
    1988 Pearson
    1989 Condor
    1993 Dawes Hybrid
    2016 Ridley Helium SL
    *Currently on this
  • dizzydane
    dizzydane Posts: 322
    Thanks for the great vid Rich! :D
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    you guys got smoked by a guy on an MTB going past Waitrose in Esher....


    Awesome though guys, kudos for doing this stuff after work! Would be tempted for future reruns if they were to occur!
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  • rhodrich
    rhodrich Posts: 867
    elbowloh wrote:
    you guys got smoked by a guy on an MTB going past Waitrose in Esher....

    It was an unrestricted illegal e-Bike, so that doesn't count! Sometimes see him on my commute.
    1938 Hobbs Tandem
    1956 Carlton Flyer Path/Track
    1960 Mercian Superlight Track
    1974 Pete Luxton Path/Track*
    1980 Harry Hall
    1986 Dawes Galaxy
    1988 Jack Taylor Tourer
    1988 Pearson
    1989 Condor
    1993 Dawes Hybrid
    2016 Ridley Helium SL
    *Currently on this
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,252
    Rhodrich wrote:
    elbowloh wrote:
    you guys got smoked by a guy on an MTB going past Waitrose in Esher....
    It was an unrestricted illegal e-Bike, so that doesn't count! Sometimes see him on my commute.
    I just laughed as it went by, a fair size battery on that thing.
  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Rhodrich wrote:
    elbowloh wrote:
    you guys got smoked by a guy on an MTB going past Waitrose in Esher....
    It was an unrestricted illegal e-Bike, so that doesn't count! Sometimes see him on my commute.
    I just laughed as it went by, a fair size battery on that thing.

    yeah, that was why I included it in the edit, I clearly would have left it on the cutting room floor if we really got overtaken by an MTB :lol:

    That's me going 'whoop whoop!' as he goes past...
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,252
    Should we have a drink before the nights get really dark and cold?
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,052
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Should we have a drink before the nights get really dark and cold?

    i have drinks every night before it gets dark 8)
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  • Veronese68 wrote:
    Should we have a drink before the nights get really dark and cold?

    Yes! I am well up for this plan.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Should we have a drink before the nights get really dark and cold?

    Yes! I am well up for this plan.

    Me too.
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  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    did this ever happen?

    If not, someone propose a time, date, place please :)
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,052
    MTB-Idle wrote:
    did this ever happen?

    If not, someone propose a time, date, place please :)

    Yeah you missed out v68 was buying drinks for everyone then it was back to his place for the after party :roll:
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    MTB-Idle wrote:
    did this ever happen?

    If not, someone propose a time, date, place please :)

    The place we went to before in Kingston was good, but the name escapes me. Around the week of the 21st wold be good for me.
  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    itboffin wrote:
    MTB-Idle wrote:
    did this ever happen?

    If not, someone propose a time, date, place please :)

    Yeah you missed out v68 was buying drinks for everyone then it was back to his place for the after party :roll:

    :lol: I'll set 'em up and you knock em down...
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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    MTB-Idle wrote:
    did this ever happen?

    If not, someone propose a time, date, place please :)

    The place we went to before in Kingston was good, but the name escapes me. Around the week of the 21st wold be good for me.

    Back end of that week is good for me.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,252
    Sorry, things got a bit hectic so I didn't get back to this. Shall we go for Thursday the 24th? We could go to the Canbury Arms again or the Albion as ABFG suggested.
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    24th is good for me as is either pub.
  • Veronese68 wrote:
    Sorry, things got a bit hectic so I didn't get back to this. Shall we go for Thursday the 24th? We could go to the Canbury Arms again or the Albion as ABFG suggested.

    I can’t make it sadly but don’t rearrange on my behalf there is always someone who can’t go!
  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    24th? I'm in. see you there.

    Canbury preferably, nice railings outside to lock yer steed up against
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