RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Its nearing that time of year again where a few thousand of take off from the streets of hackney and embark on a long pilgrimage through the dark countryside in the dead of night, right to the coast.
Dates to mark in your calendars if you haven't already done so is the 13th and 14th of July.
Judging by what the beeb and other sites tell me, Is that there is an oncoming heatwave that will last 3 or 4 months. so In theory it should feel more like the 2016 or 2017 ride.
Usual details apply - Ride starts off at pub on the park in Hackney about 8pm though you're free to arrive earlier, relax, socialise and have a beer in the warm sunshine before the mass exodus begins. I've been told that people start to gather as early as 5pm but earliest i've ever arrived is 7-7.30pm to wait for my friend so YMMV.
The ride is unsupported, so if you suffer a mechanical you'll have to rely on your own skills or wait for others to help you and there will normally be a whole gaggle that stop to see if you're OK if you're stopped by the side of the road.
Tickets for the lift home are already sold out but you might be able to blag one off someone on their facebook page otherwise you're left to make your own way home. Nearest station as far as i can see is DARSHAM and that's a small journey back the along the same route heading straight into town towards Yoxford. I have always managed to have a lift home organised so Ive never taken a coach or train home
Make sure you take enough food and water for yourself though there will be food stops along the way offering various tasty morsels - One of the best places is around halfway where they grill burgers and hotdogs and the smell alone is a real booster if youre tired and hungry.
Anyway enough nattering. Heres a basic map of the route
More details on the ride can be found here on their official webpage and also their facebook.
make your your bike is in good condition and your lights are all charged up and ready to go.
I will be riding solo this year so it would be great to see and ride alongside some friendly faces along the way.
Weather should be pretty good, so hopefully it will be a good turn out.
Dates to mark in your calendars if you haven't already done so is the 13th and 14th of July.
Judging by what the beeb and other sites tell me, Is that there is an oncoming heatwave that will last 3 or 4 months. so In theory it should feel more like the 2016 or 2017 ride.
Usual details apply - Ride starts off at pub on the park in Hackney about 8pm though you're free to arrive earlier, relax, socialise and have a beer in the warm sunshine before the mass exodus begins. I've been told that people start to gather as early as 5pm but earliest i've ever arrived is 7-7.30pm to wait for my friend so YMMV.
The ride is unsupported, so if you suffer a mechanical you'll have to rely on your own skills or wait for others to help you and there will normally be a whole gaggle that stop to see if you're OK if you're stopped by the side of the road.
Tickets for the lift home are already sold out but you might be able to blag one off someone on their facebook page otherwise you're left to make your own way home. Nearest station as far as i can see is DARSHAM and that's a small journey back the along the same route heading straight into town towards Yoxford. I have always managed to have a lift home organised so Ive never taken a coach or train home
Make sure you take enough food and water for yourself though there will be food stops along the way offering various tasty morsels - One of the best places is around halfway where they grill burgers and hotdogs and the smell alone is a real booster if youre tired and hungry.
Anyway enough nattering. Heres a basic map of the route
More details on the ride can be found here on their official webpage and also their facebook.
make your your bike is in good condition and your lights are all charged up and ready to go.
I will be riding solo this year so it would be great to see and ride alongside some friendly faces along the way.
Weather should be pretty good, so hopefully it will be a good turn out.
the headache of trying to get home has never bothered me very much
