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Saturday 11th July 9.30am ride

DavidJDavidJ
edited August 2012 in Club runs
Hello all,

I know that we did this one not that long ago, but thought it would be good to (hopefully, keeping everything crossed) do it again without the Elmdon biblical storm !!!

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/110126959

As before, if somebody could load it into their GPS that would be great.

See you tomorrow,

DavidJ

Comments

  • TimOTimO
    Cowboys & Indians fancy dress birthday party for me tomorrow Dave. Yee-ha

    Have a good ride!
  • R2 D2R2 D2
    Last time this route was very wet,
    I could not see more than 4 feet.
    Last week got soaked as well.
    Can this be true ?
  • Carolyn GSCarolyn GS
    I'll tag on in Sandon - see you at the duck pond.

    Carolyn
  • DavidJDavidJ
    Oh dear R2 D2 hope you haven't rusted too much. Squirt of wd40 and you will be fine :)

    TimO - which one are you going to be then?

    Carolyn, see you by the pond !

    DavidJ
  • wilburtrumpwilburtrump
    great ride today, really enjoyed it, finally a nice bit of weather!

    To the chap on the Cervelo S1 with the deep rims who I was chatting to for most of the ride back, whisper me your email address and I'll send you that route into london from Letchworth that I use a lot. It's a pretty pleasant ride with a couple of lumps in it. Sorry, I didn't catch your name.

    Will (the other Cervelo with the deep rims in the sky jersey).
  • wilburtrumpwilburtrump
    nice bit of weather? should probably be a bit of nice weather...
  • Tom DTom D
    great ride indeed, chapeau to the fast team there was one comment at the end of a long downhill stretch where we almost looked like an elite peloton up in the 30's ;)

    great average speed on the last 1/3 guys, shame i couldn't find my legs for the last 1/2 mile 'sprint'
  • ShaunShaun
    Good to see you out again, Will. Thanks to Dave for the route.
  • DavidJDavidJ
    edited August 2012
    Great turnout this morning for an excellent jaunt around Essex. All started together, but the group was a bit big so we split into two at Brent Pelham. James and Vic (but probably just James knowing Vic's directional skills) steered one group up to Chishill and on for a fast run back via fowlmere and I steered the other on the route above.

    Lovely route is was too made even better without having to battle through a plague of locusts or indeed a rain of frogs :)

    Just one mechanical (me with my pro race3's - they don't like gravel!) and a close encounter with 5 horses as we were in full flight down the hill to Barley.

    Top moment had to be when somebody near Reed wound down their car window and shouted 'come on Bradley' to AdamR who was wearing his team GB top. Priceless !!

    Final stats were 44 miles @ 16 average. Thanks all for a great morning.

    DavidJ
  • R2 D2R2 D2
    Great ride today
    Chishill split worked well
    Hills to start , then a tail wind blew us back
    ( felt like a pro for that bit - we hit 32mph , Bradley does it for an hour on his own in a TT ! )

    Refreshing shandy at the end
    Top stuff !

    Will try again with Captain Pugwash and crew tomorrow
  • Carolyn GSCarolyn GS
    Great ride, thanks to all...and thanks to the weather maker too..
  • mattssmattss
    Echo the comments, great ride with great weather. Think my legs were giving up a bit on the hill into Barkway. More training required! Thanks David for your directional calls... even the late ones!
  • Carolyn GSCarolyn GS
    Thanks to Vic for getting David back to the tuns.
  • AdamRAdamR
    Oh...was that the reason?...
    I thought it was because I was on the front...
    unusually...
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