England : London Sunday London ride
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
If you're moseying off to Fat Boys (assuming he's back from Sicily) I might meet you there for coffee. Afterwards, I'll be wandering off to discover the ''ride every road'' joys of Belvedere, unless it rains.... I just polished off Erith this evening and got my first cold toes of the autumn.
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User10571
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Well, that was a rather pleasant, albeit pootly ride.
I managed to extract myself from the duvet in time to avail myself of the esteemed company of wanda2010 and rb58, already waiting in the sunshine by the Artillery Regiment memorial at HPC.
We were joined, shortly thereafter by zigzag, who is the intercontinental ballistic mile-eater and TC1, who is not.
Sunshine. That's what this ride was about. Sunshine, sunshine and more sunshine.
Beaming at us from an azure blue sky.
That sky being pierced by the occasional spear of snow from a con-trail.
Riverside. That was the consensus for direction in which to head.
So, once the Household lot had clattered past on their jet-black steeds, toting their highly-contrasting squint-inducing armour, we set off for The Embankment.
A brief diversion from the usual route took us past 20 Fenchurch Street, only to find that we were there at the wrong time of day to be the focus of the Walkie-talkie's attention.
Or rays.
At Tower Hill, my hope of tucking this ride right alongside the water, led to some pi§§ poor positioning at a set of red lights, which were never going to change anytime soon.
Which in turn led to some cavalier re-acquainting ourselves with the traffic flow on The Highway. Sorry, people.
Narrow Street returned us to the blue serenity of CS3, skimming the north edge of The Wharf without actually entering it.
Security at The Wharf raised the barrier for us to pass under, and TC1 formed a splinter group of his very own, only to be re-united with the rest of our group at Trinity Buoy Wharf.
TBW, for those who have never been there, is a fascinating place.
Michael Faraday conducted various lighthouse-type experiments from here - targeting his beams on the hillside at Shooters Hill.
Today TBW is an eclectic mix of live-work accommodation in container city, various artist's workshops who's weird and wonderful artefacts are there to be seen, a couple of lightships, a tidal bell, a moon clock, home to the nuts & bolts of the ENO - What I love about TBW is that any time you return there you can almost guarantee there'll be something new and unusual to see.
Like this:
And, of course, there's Fatboys.
Which is where we met with Deptfordmarmoset who had bought with him most of the MET, err..... no.... I think it was actually all of the MET. (Canteen at Scotland Yard obvs being re-decorated today).
Revived and re-invigoured with Fatboys fatboy-making fare, we eschewed the attraction of the Emirates cable car and opted to cross the river using the free ferry at Woolwich.
rb58 bade us a windy farewell at that point, heading for Kent.
The remaining 5 doggedly remained waterside - sporadically dodging / engaging with the 'Run-to-the-beat' (or something) event taking place as we made our way upstream to Greenwich where we parted.
Thanks all for a nice, relaxed ride in fine company - we had the best of today's weather - of that I'm sure.
I managed to extract myself from the duvet in time to avail myself of the esteemed company of wanda2010 and rb58, already waiting in the sunshine by the Artillery Regiment memorial at HPC.
We were joined, shortly thereafter by zigzag, who is the intercontinental ballistic mile-eater and TC1, who is not.
Sunshine. That's what this ride was about. Sunshine, sunshine and more sunshine.
Beaming at us from an azure blue sky.
That sky being pierced by the occasional spear of snow from a con-trail.
Riverside. That was the consensus for direction in which to head.
So, once the Household lot had clattered past on their jet-black steeds, toting their highly-contrasting squint-inducing armour, we set off for The Embankment.
A brief diversion from the usual route took us past 20 Fenchurch Street, only to find that we were there at the wrong time of day to be the focus of the Walkie-talkie's attention.
Or rays.
At Tower Hill, my hope of tucking this ride right alongside the water, led to some pi§§ poor positioning at a set of red lights, which were never going to change anytime soon.
Which in turn led to some cavalier re-acquainting ourselves with the traffic flow on The Highway. Sorry, people.
Narrow Street returned us to the blue serenity of CS3, skimming the north edge of The Wharf without actually entering it.
Security at The Wharf raised the barrier for us to pass under, and TC1 formed a splinter group of his very own, only to be re-united with the rest of our group at Trinity Buoy Wharf.
TBW, for those who have never been there, is a fascinating place.
Michael Faraday conducted various lighthouse-type experiments from here - targeting his beams on the hillside at Shooters Hill.
Today TBW is an eclectic mix of live-work accommodation in container city, various artist's workshops who's weird and wonderful artefacts are there to be seen, a couple of lightships, a tidal bell, a moon clock, home to the nuts & bolts of the ENO - What I love about TBW is that any time you return there you can almost guarantee there'll be something new and unusual to see.
Like this:
And, of course, there's Fatboys.
Which is where we met with Deptfordmarmoset who had bought with him most of the MET, err..... no.... I think it was actually all of the MET. (Canteen at Scotland Yard obvs being re-decorated today).
Revived and re-invigoured with Fatboys fatboy-making fare, we eschewed the attraction of the Emirates cable car and opted to cross the river using the free ferry at Woolwich.
rb58 bade us a windy farewell at that point, heading for Kent.
The remaining 5 doggedly remained waterside - sporadically dodging / engaging with the 'Run-to-the-beat' (or something) event taking place as we made our way upstream to Greenwich where we parted.
Thanks all for a nice, relaxed ride in fine company - we had the best of today's weather - of that I'm sure.
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
A very pleasant pootle. I think it might be cheating to call it a ride, more like popping out for a coffee. Good to see you all again.
crazyjoe101
New Member
- Location
- London
Hello guys, I was just wondering if this ride is an invite only sort of thing. It looks like good fun laid back ride but it also seems quite close-knit and I kind of feel like I'm imposing asking if I could maybe come along one Sunday, I'm not quite sure what the etiquette is 
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Hello guys, I was just wondering if this ride is an invite only sort of thing. It looks like good fun laid back ride but it also seems quite close-knit and I kind of feel like I'm imposing asking if I could maybe come along one Sunday, I'm not quite sure what the etiquette is
You would be more then welcome. The more the merrier.
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User10571
Guest
Bring y'bike, a sunny disposition and you'll be made welcome.Hello guys, I was just wondering if this ride is an invite only sort of thing. It looks like good fun laid back ride but it also seems quite close-knit and I kind of feel like I'm imposing asking if I could maybe come along one Sunday, I'm not quite sure what the etiquette is
EDIT: It happens when enough people want it to happen.
Last night it looked like there might just be the three of us - it turned out to be double that.
crazyjoe101
New Member
- Location
- London
That's brilliant, hopefully I'll be able to go next time, depending on when my bottom bracket gets fixed and if it's fixed by saturday, how far I've already gone with the club
. Looking forward to it.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Nice write up User10571. Trinity Buoy Wharf is becoming one of my Favourite Destinations. Always something to see. And today, with half the Met there too, the bikes were pretty safe! Thanks for escorting us via the back roads User10571. Normally I just head straight down the main road when I'm that way, which is nowhere near as much fun.
After the ferry I headed straight up the hill - giving the Alcyon its first taste of Shooters Hill. Strangely I find it easier on fixed than with gears. Go figure. Set a new fastest speed down the other side as well. 34.4mph - not quite my fastest fixed speed, by fastest on that bike. Got home about 10 minutes before the rain arrived, which was great. And then settled down to a nice roast lunch with the family. Top day all round.
Thanks for your company everyone. @topcat1 - you need to get a fixed...... :-)
See some of you on the road to Southend next weekend.
Cheers
Ross
After the ferry I headed straight up the hill - giving the Alcyon its first taste of Shooters Hill. Strangely I find it easier on fixed than with gears. Go figure. Set a new fastest speed down the other side as well. 34.4mph - not quite my fastest fixed speed, by fastest on that bike. Got home about 10 minutes before the rain arrived, which was great. And then settled down to a nice roast lunch with the family. Top day all round.
Thanks for your company everyone. @topcat1 - you need to get a fixed...... :-)
See some of you on the road to Southend next weekend.
Cheers
Ross
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