FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Brighton 14th October 2011

[marna]

if you are planning on walking Ditchling you had best be prepared for me riding beside you, poking you with a metaphorical stick.

Last time I tried walking Ditching I got bored and hopped back on my bike.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I have PLAGUE - or at least, some cough/cold/sore throat combo that I've been failing to shake off for the last week. I will be incapable of yelling BOLLARD, getting up D*tchl*ng, or maintaining a cheery demeanor, so I think I might be better off spending the night in my cosy warm bed.

OTOH, last FNRTTC OF THE YEAR! I HAVE BARELY DONE A SINGLE ONE! OH NO BLUB! Maybe I should come out cycling?

Tell me what to do, the internets!

Do come. Please. I have been grappling with a similar lurgy for three weeks. I think you should attend, just ride gently at the back.

But don't be fooled; I am permanently incapable of maintaining a cheery demeanour, and, indeed, may derive from some perverse glee from seeing another suffer in the wee small hours.

 

[martint235]

OTOH, last FNRTTC OF THE YEAR! I HAVE BARELY DONE A SINGLE ONE! OH NO BLUB! Maybe I should come out cycling?

Surely there are another two FNRttCs after this one??? Although obviously you should come on this one otherwise we'll send Adrian round with his pointy stick pink jersey!!

 

[_aD]

Last time I tried walking Ditching I got bored and hopped back on my bike.

Last time I rode up Ditchling I got accused of being a show-off!

n.b. I may be a show off anyway

 

[Andrij]

Last time I tried walking Ditching I got bored and hopped back on my bike.

Classic!

 

[TimO]

Surely there are another two FNRttCs after this one??? Although obviously you should come on this one otherwise we'll send Adrian round with his pointy stick pink jersey!!

That's what I thought. According to the Blog, there's meant to be one to Whitstable in November, and another to Southend in December.

The last couple of years, when we've tried to do NotTheFNRttCs between the official end and start of the FNRttC seasons, the weather has frequently buggered up those plans. We never managed to beat the weather in 2009, and In January 2011 we eventually managed to do a Christmas 2010 night ride to Bognor, although with only 4½ of us!

 

[marna]

Last time I rode up Ditchling I got accused of being a show-off!

n.b. I may be a show off anyway

This will never happen to me! Other than maybe showing off how slooooooowly I can cycle without falling off.

I think I am out - I struggled up Waterloo Bridge this morning - first day back on the bike for a week - and Wloo Bridge is hardly a bump.

 

[marna]

That's what I thought. According to the Blog, there's meant to be one to Whitstable in November, and another to Southend in December.

The last couple of years, when we've tried to do NotTheFNRttCs between the official end and start of the FNRttC seasons, the weather has frequently buggered up those plans. We never managed to beat the weather in 2009, and In January 2011 we eventually managed to do a Christmas 2010 night ride to Bognor, although with only 4½ of us!

I failed to put anything past October in my calendar because I am not crazy enough to want to cycle in the freezing cold. And then I forgot all about them. Oops!

 

[TimO]

The January ride wasn't actually all that cold, I've cycled in far cooler weather than that ride.

If it was really brisk, I've actually got a dedicated winter bike, which has studded tyres, and Simon approved lack of mudguards (because there's less risk of snow filling the gap that way). On the other hand, it also has a rack, and weighs quite a bit, since it's a Decathlon B'Twin Vitamin single speed bike.

 

[zigzag]

looks like you could be a good canidate for iditarod bike race, TimO.

 

[User482]

That person looks as cold as I felt on the Southend ride...

 

[Andrij]

WLTM 3 other cyclists interested a quick return to London (preferably London Bridge).

I do want to grab breakfast in Brighton but I need to get back home ASAP. Anyone else considering a speedy return to the Smoke?

 

[ianrauk]

WLTM 3 other cyclists interested a quick return to London (preferably London Bridge).

I do want to grab breakfast in Brighton but I need to get back home ASAP. Anyone else considering a speedy return to the Smoke?

As per my sig below. myself and Martint235 (& perhaps some others) will be cycling back.. via Crawley & Croydon you are more then welcome to join us.

 

[rusky]

I'll probably be riding home too - but then I only live ten miles outside Brighton.

I wasn't sure whether I would be up for riding the new bike on this one (oh ... have I not mentioned that I've got a new bike? ), having only had it for a bit less than two weeks and hardly having had time to rack up the miles. But I went out with my buddy yesterday and did 45 miles with no problems, so I think it will be OK.

I love this bike! Sometimes it feels like it's got a motor in it compared to the old one. I think I'll be looking for some moral support when it comes to the Beacon though. Tecs - look out for a little newt standing at the side of the road crying ...

Me too although only 5 miles for me

 

[mmmmartin]

I failed to put anything past October in my calendar

aha! What you need is no ordinary calendar! What you need is a
FNRttC calendar

http://bit.ly/r5w6uK