Mid ESSEX February Ride

[Sittingduck]

Well Iiiiiii Dunno... I've never been to Essex!

 

[Dayvo]

Well Iiiiiii Dunno... I've never been to Essex!

You ain't lived!

Don't forget your passport, and make sure you have chav insurance!

 

[tdr1nka]

*packs Burberry bib longs*

Sittingduck, you up for riding up to Liverpool St wiv the Sarf London Mob?
If it helps I won't 'organise' the route.

 

[Sittingduck]

*Packs a shotgun*

 

[Sittingduck]

Yeah Tdr1nka, if I do go I'll be headed up to LPS station... makes sense to meet up by Waterloo and cycle up together right?

 

[tdr1nka]

Yeah Tdr1nka, if I do go I'll be headed up to LPS station... makes sense to meet up by Waterloo and cycle up together right?

That works for me!

 

[BigonaBianchi]

...Essex is not very hilly, but it isnt flat either. I have heard it described as 'rolling' countryside whatever thats supposed to mean.

There are no BIG hills on this ride...there are a few ..erm...gradiants...let's say. Basically back before the dawn of time when Essex man did his early town planning, he decided Sharon and Trace would be better protected if they were shacked up on top of these gradiants. So he set about building his mud huts. These settlements have now become known a s towns & villages, and so we see that placs like Billericay, Brentwood, Ingatestone are built on top of small bumps in the ground...this is also where they felt closer to God and so you will see this is where they built the churches as well. Today Dave, Sharon & Trace have no idea that these places are on high ground because they never leave their boy racer motors and 4x4s to notice. As entrepid two wheeled adventurers though we will experience what early Essex man did as he set about his early town planning,namly that to get to the place Sharon and Trace want to live you have to go UP.

I did this ride today in just over two hours and 90% of it was on the big front cog.

 

[Sittingduck]

Sounds charming

 

[SamR2D2]

Hi everyone!

Just wondered if it was alright if i come along for a cycle, got my first road bike back in august (when i first found this website, got some great advice and ended up with a spesh allez!) and "lurked" around the forums for a few months after that, until uni work started to take priority again!

Not as much to do this term though so i'm getting back in the saddle again, so to speak and saw this and thought "why not"

 

[BigonaBianchi]

why not indeed..welcome aboard sam

 

[Auntie Helen]

Welcome Sam, are you at Essex Uni by any chance?

 

[SamR2D2]

Welcome Sam, are you at Essex Uni by any chance?

No, but i suppose it did look like that in my post though!

I study at brunel university over in west london, but i used to live in brentwood and go back and see the family every few weeks so i'll coincide this ride with a family visit aswell.

And as BigonaBianchi said above, i absolutely hate the fact that brentwood was built on a hill because i occasionaly cycle from uni back to brentwood, and after 40 miles the last thing i want to do is cycle up a hill! (the one on london road, by the harvester if anyone knows it)

Some great cycling to be had around brentwood/essex though, just a shame that the ride back is always uphill

 

[DJ]

...Essex is not very hilly, but it isnt flat either. I have heard it described as 'rolling' countryside whatever thats supposed to mean.

There are no BIG hills on this ride...there are a few ..erm...gradiants...let's say. Basically back before the dawn of time when Essex man did his early town planning, he decided Sharon and Trace would be better protected if they were shacked up on top of these gradiants. So he set about building his mud huts. These settlements have now become known a s towns & villages, and so we see that placs like Billericay, Brentwood, Ingatestone are built on top of small bumps in the ground...this is also where they felt closer to God and so you will see this is where they built the churches as well. Today Dave, Sharon & Trace have no idea that these places are on high ground because they never leave their boy racer motors and 4x4s to notice. As entrepid two wheeled adventurers though we will experience what early Essex man did as he set about his early town planning,namly that to get to the place Sharon and Trace want to live you have to go UP.

I did this ride today in just over two hours and 90% of it was on the big front cog.

Hi every one, it sound's to me as if it was early essex man (and woman) who invented the wheel!!!!

Would love to come along on this but like the last ride I will literaly have to wait til the last minute before commiting!

 

[Sig SilverPrinter]

And as BigonaBianchi said above, i absolutely hate the fact that brentwood was built on a hill because i occasionaly cycle from uni back to brentwood, and after 40 miles the last thing i want to do is cycle up a hill! (the one on london road, by the harvester if anyone knows it)

Some great cycling to be had around brentwood/essex though, just a shame that the ride back is always uphill

That hills a good'un if you're coming down
I used to cycle to south weald a lot in my yoof ,Wiggly Bush Lane was also good coming back.

td1nka and sittingduck I may meet up with you on the train if I time it right.

 

[tdr1nka]

Wiggly Bush Lane?
Might have to sort out a Kent ride now to include Pratt's Bottom.