[Closed] Riding in London again...(riding content)

I may be off the bike for a little while... 😯

Bummer. Can't you ride one handed?

if I come along do I have to talk to people?

Sunday two weeks' time?

Can't you ride one handed?

Mate, I can't get the stone out of an avocado without hospitalising meself. D'you think that's really a good idea??!

😆

I'm out of the country till the end of the month... off to Guatemala (wa-hey 🙂 ) so will probably miss this one as well 🙁

Sunday 29th March

Sunday 29th it is then.

Now.. route ideas?

Is it a strictly xc pootle affair or any room for novice grade street malarkey enroute?

I'm only a maybe till nearer the time.

I could probably make this one - if I can drag myself away from Marin County's finest singletrack & Ales...

RudeBoy - you can always go on the back of our tandem 😀

I'd go, but can't do 29th 😥

Would suggest getting a route idea before we leave, would like to explore maybe more west this time.

Also cut down on the time in the pub.

Also cut down on the time in the pub.

Are you mad?? That's the whole point!!!! 😯

Could do one Eastwards, past Docklands, over on the Woolwich Ferry, then up along past the Dome to Greenwich and that. End up back on the South Bank (convenient for most people). That's quite an inertesting route. West of the City tends to be a bit fiddly for bikes, as there are less decent cycle lanes and that. Westminster isn't very cycle friendly, ime. West End is a nightmare, really, too. I think it's best to keep to places away from roads. A route along the River, past Chelsea and to Hammersmith is not bad, but not a great deal to see. A pleasant summer afternoon pootle, mind.

And then you ride via Barnes, Roehampton to Richmond Park. I like it Westwards.

Ah good I can do this one :o) and I'm easy on route, it would just be nice to meet people.

I've cycled the tandem (and GF) eastwards and back from Greenwich past the dome, thames barrier and a bit further and can confirm it is cycle friendly and pleasant but nothing more than a nice pootle.
When I visited a mate near city airport I didn't find the roads from Westminster to there to be very cycle friendly, but I didn't hunt out the small roads so there are probably better routes.

Westward does offer Richmond park which is quite pleasant.

Neil

What time and where are we meeting? By The London Eye? 10a.m.? Let's do it!

What - to go west?
Might bring the tandem this time, maybe with the bob-yak for extra girth (and sandwiches).
Hmmm... 10am start - maybe if we get up early we could go via Borough Market and pick up some coffee and cheese. mmmmmmmmmmm.

i think i'm away, but if not i'm there...

There's always the jumps by Teddington lock for blood/grazes action.

Most have been flattened by the local busybodies IIRC. Loads of totty in Richmond Park, mind you 🙂

10am by the Eye for a 10.15 departure worked nicely last time. I'm easy on the route too. We have to end at a pub though. If we go East the next one can be West, or vice versa.

If we're going West this time (more people have talked about that) let's have West experts suggesting good bits to weave into the route. What's been said so far sounds like a good basis, but rolling along a pedestrian-heavy river route might need spicing up a bit.

Oh yeah, did I mention we need a pub to end at?

Did someone mention totty?

I'm game for a bimble. Especially a bimble with a pub.

29th it is. I'll be on my 29er.

:o)

On a Kona A with no discs and little suspension. And no stamina either. Do we want a nice pub or a cheap one? Can't think of both in one in West London. Anybody?

a nice cheap one please

Weekend? London? Ale?

The three often go together for me. Adding bikes to it sounds even better.

Count me in. 🙂

How about a pub crawl along the Thames? We'll all get very merry by the time we reach Richmond Bridge [img] [/img]

Any ideas?

Eye-South Bank-Tat Modern-London Bridge-Tower-Wapping-Canary Wharf-Docklands-Woolwich Ferry-Dome-Greenwich* (pub stop)-Deptford-Rotherhithe-Tower Bridge-City Hall-Borough Market (pub stop)-South Bank-Eye.

*Option of getting the Riverbus back into Central London. Bring Oyster card, as you'll get a discount. A couple of quid more without.

History, culture, engineering stuff, boat ride(s), architecture, beer- what more could you want or possibly need???

The odd step thing to jump off, for the [s]foolish[/s] adventurous.

Virtually all along paths, or quiet roads. A good 2-3 hours of riding, plus some very good pubs, and fantastic views of London.

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That building is stunningly beautiful.

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WTF is it ? 😯

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Ah ......... just seen on the url - it's the Tate_Modern.

Remind me to close my eyes until I'm inside, if ever I get the urge to look at some meaningless poncy pictures.

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Ernie, you bugger; you spoiled the continuity of my pic posting. 🙁

RudeBoy - Member

Pictorial route guide:

Me-finks you ain't going to have much drinking time left down the pub, after you've seeing that little lot 😯

Ernie, you bugger; you spoiled

Oh so-ree 😐

Just a thought but how about some kind of dress code stylee theme? There has been a lot of stuff on this forum lately about lids/no lids/xc lite agro/ fershizzle bling bling yoof/hoodie malarkey (plus there was those guys over in Central London dressing up in tweed) - maybe we should have some kind of drunken loon theme as well??? 😈

I can wear jeans, trainers and a hoody?

I can also smoke cigs, and abuse passing fixies.

And play reallyannoyingringtones on my mobile.

And display gratuitous profanity and the use of the word 'innit'.

That urban enough for yer?

I will be redefining paradigms of urban pootle couture. Take note.

paradigms of urban pootle couture

Dunt

Indeed WTF? Please explain as Id hate to wear the wrong thing!

Rude

BURBERRY! Thats the way forward lets all turn up in Burberry - its tweedish & its yoof!

Sorrrtttteedddddd.... 😉

hehe. Just playing. Wear what you like as long as you MEAN IT! Rules are for fools.

Hey.. if it ends up in Richmond we can have a nice barbie in my (tiny) garden.

Is this going ahead on the 29th March?
Did we decide to east or west?
And where/when are we meeting?

This is urbane riding isn't it?

aggresive urbane lite

oH! ok.

Sick to the radd!

Well, seing as no-one else actually went to the trouble of planning and proposing a route, and I have, I say we do the one I suggest.

I spent ages on posting that pictorial guide. 🙁

Whipper

😆

RB, are you actually riding or just sending us into the wilderness of East London? Besides, there was a proposal of going Richmond-wards, wasn't there?

I'll be riding, as me gammy claw will probbly be fine by then. S'healing up nicely.

Well, I'm proposing the East route, as no-one else has actually put forward an inertesting West route.

Bearing in mind, to make things easy for everyone, that all rides should really start and finish in Central London. I don't think I'd want to be stuck over in Windsor or something, and have to schlepp all the way back home from there, just 'cos it's convenient for one or two. And we'd have people like Cheesyfeet, coming in from Essex, so we should be mindful of everyone's need to be able to get home easily. If the West London lot want a West London pootle, that's fine, but bear in mind not all of us live West.

I'd be more than happy to lead this East ride. So youse can shout at me, if it all goes wrong. I've planned it with options of using the RiverBus, and there are train services along the southern part, which get you back into CL, if something goes wrong. I've tried to plan a ride which is inertesting, fun, and varied. And above all, away from heavy traffic. And some of the bits we'd ride through, won't be rideable soon, as rampant development is changing things dramatically.

Anyway, this is Duntmatter's baby really, as he first suggested the London Pootles. so I think he should have a say.

Fine by me. Is it 10 a.m. then by The Eye?

Wot Rudeboy sed. I'm in it for the fun, not the leading.

Let West people be more proactive next time and we'll do that then, of course.

Looking forward to it. 10am by the Eye it is.

😀

We're not complaining because we will ride up from west london anyway :-)Its always nice to have a change of scenery.

Don't worry about me for this one. I can't make it. Mrs Feet is out, so I'm at home with the kids.

As long as I'm around for the next one, I'm there. We could even do some evening ones once the clocks have gone & the days extended a bit

RB - remember some of us cycled 14 miles to get to the start last ride 😛

Should I wear my campoflage jersey if we're going into bandit country?

Yay!

Now, let us all pray for fine weather...

Is that, like, non-religious praying?

Yes, of course. Non-denominational multi-faith type praying.

Any good tographers out there? Might be nice to have a few pics to bung in't mag; challenge the domination of pics of Calderdale...

Q: Is this part of 'mountain biking'? I mean, granted, we may lack the elevation, but it can be a little technical, what with steps and stuff, potholes, broken tarmac, glass, gravel, mud, etc. Not super-gnarly, dude, but probbly as challenging as a pootle on some moors and that. I mean, that Naughty Boy riding down steps on the last one; that's as tough as you'll find on a lot of 'proper mtb rides'.

Or is this the missing link between mountain biking and commuting? 'Free-commuting'? 'Aggressive-C'?

Have we invented a new niche???

I need a completely new specifically designed bike, now.

will there be an "elevenses" stop?

Of course there will be, LL!

It might be more of a 'twelvses' stop though, as there's not a great deal between the Tower and Greenwich, unless you go off the beaten path a bit, as it were. I mean, there will be little shops along the way, but for nice snacks and coffees, etc, then Greenwich may be the first decent place we'll come to. There's a great little sandwich shop in Greenwich market, sells simple, cheap tasty stuff, dunno if it'll be open on a Sunday. But I've no doubt you'll be able to find something.

Borough Market is not open on a Sunday, I don't think. And Brick Lane would be a bit of a detour, tbh.

Is everyone set for Sunday then?

Don't forget: At 1:00 am GMT on Sunday 29 March 2009 the clocks will move forward by an hour.

So, what time will it be, then?

I can't cope. Help me, please.

So it'll be more like 9am,then?

Blimey. Bit early for a Sunday, I must say.

I've been lurking this one, waiting on plans. I'm afraid to say I shall be getting rad to the power of sick on the trails of Afan and Cwm Carn instead!

Have a good 'un, folks!

I'm afraid to say....

Yawn... Heard it all before, Flashy.

One day, you might think 'ooh, I could right fancy a ride in That London's famous London', but it will be too late!

Well, it won't really, but you get my point.

I don't think I have a point, actually.

Hmm...

(Wanders off, to contemplate some fluff)

I might pop along before work at the Psycho Surgery.

Is this still happening?

Got a free day on Sunday now, might pop down for a few hours...

I might bring a camera, oh, and me.
10am?

Hmm, hope the weather settles down a bit before Sunday.

still on then I presume? 10am bst(9am gmt) at the eye?
I should be there.

Neil

Oh well, if that's the case.........

So, now the important question - where for lunch that isn't the windiest balcony in London?

I'll be there (well, it'd be silly not to especially it was me who suggested 10a.m.). So we're going East, get drunk there, take a boat back whilst abusing fixie riders? Hip flask compulsory 😉