up for a ride?

[Scoosh]

Great video , thanks very much, really enjoyed it !

Looked a nice ride and I loved the Evo coming past !

 

[ianrauk]

Great video.

 

[cookie32]

We're off again. Route is being worked but meeting point and time are set. I would expect 30 to 40 miles for the route though. Soon as Jon gets a route sorted I'll post a map link. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

RALLY POINT:
Angels Cafe
8 Chiswick Avenue
Mildenhall
Bury St. Edmunds IP28 7AY
Sunday @0800

 

[cookie32]

the route
https://goo.gl/maps/WmMsz

 

[cookie32]

Packing a sandwich or some other life sustaining treat of your choosing may not be such a bad idea. I'm sure we might pass a place to stop and grab some tea and cake but nothing is planned so govern yourself accordingly.

 

[davyboy]

See you there.

 

[cookie32]

Sunday group ride was excellent. We had Jon and Dave on Performers, Brian in his Evo-k and me bringing up the rear on the PDQ.
41.45 miles out to Thetford forest and back to civilisation. Some of the route was uncharted territory for all of us but David. We even found 5 miles of newly laid blacktop, what a treat. I got a little excited in the video.
Jon hit his metric century, so congrats to him for checking that off the list.

 

[cookie32]

Ok we're off again. Nice long looping route, starting in Ely to Cambridge and back to Ely. This ride will be on the 31st of May. If your in the area an up for a ride please feel free to join us the company is always welcome.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=z6oRe6P99rfo.kuJF-BD1RMng
Starting point will be:
Near to Price Bailey building
Ely Car Park (quite near Cathedral),
off Broad Street,
Post Code CB7 4GE

Time: 09:00am
Date: 31-May-15

 

[Wobbly John]

Any particular reason for using the A142 instead of NCN11 from Ely to Barway, And the A10 to get to Wilburton rather than via Witchford?

 

[davyboy]

Have you ridden the NC11 Cannot get a trike onto cycle path at Barway. As for the A10 you can ride it if you have a death wish.

 

[cookie32]

If I'm being honest I copied the GPX file sent me by the route planner. I copied it to google maps as best I could, mainly because google maps is easily accessible by everyone. I assume the planner who has ridden with Davyboy and I before has experience with the route. If on the morning a safer/smarter route is chosen by the group I'm happy to go along. I'm sure the route planner would agree. I reckon he hasn't used all these roads before and a bit of experience is always appreciated.

Will

 

[cookie32]

I'm off for an early ride tomorrow morning Davy, I can pass thru if you interested. I'd be passing thru your village around 0630.

 

[Wobbly John]

Have you ridden the NC11 Cannot get a trike onto cycle path at Barway.

Ridden it? I helped build it!
I thought trikes would be able to limbo under the gate at Barway - maybe they've changed it since I last went along there.

 

[Wobbly John]

I checked NCN11, Ely to Barway today:

Nope, they haven't changed the limbo gate:

There is about a mile of the 'comedy off road', as in this photo on this section of NCN11 (the landowner wouldn't let Sustrans tarmac it).

The tarmaced section is also getting narrower, but should be wide enough for trikes:

There are also 4 cattle grids:

...but they also have a gate to bypass them.

 

[cookie32]

Weather isn't looking great for Sunday but I'll be there. Just looking for a show of hands for anyone else that's going to be there Sunday?