LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

Christophe · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 1650

I'm going to try to register by post tonight if possible.

BigSteev · Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 282 Location: London

Can't make this one as I'll be riding down from Edinburgh to Newcastle. Hope to join you for the next one though.

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 2428

Has anyone had their route sheet for this yet?

roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 531

We got route sheets a couple of days ago - I expect they will get them all out soon.

tanya g · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:07 am Subject:

as i sent mine off very late... i don't expect to get one anytime soon.

But i would like to say I have been training to ride with Tom etc, which means I haven't been on the bike for months... haven't skated for weeks (Lord Mayors thing didn't count) and done NO form or exercise for the same period of time.

So DAN don't kill me by going fast and making feel the need to keep up or over take.. i might die!

Mikey-two-Names · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 4106

*chuckling* at the irony...

andyman · Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 1945 Location: Suffolk

wot mike said

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 2428

?

Got my number in the post yesterday, anywaay

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 2428

OK, who's meeting at Kings Cross tomorrow morning?

traintimes.org.uk says 9:00 dep for 9:20 arrival, or 9:22 for 9:46 arrival, then two miles from station to start point. We all seem to be in group E so the later train ought to be OK unless it's broken or something (it's a Sunday service, after all)

Tom · Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 482 Location: Holland Park

Am aiming for the 9:22 train. See you at Kings X?

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 2428

Call me a wuss, but unless the weather picks up in the next half hour I think I'm bailing

[ edit: and it hasn't. back to sleep for me then ]

BigSteev · Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 282 Location: London

Wuss.

Tom · Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 482 Location: Holland Park

Wuss indeed Wink

That was fun. As the sole representative of the team, I think I put in a good performance. 4:16, not including the 40 mins fixing my friends triple puncture nightmare, which sent us from near the front to somewhere near the tandems at the back. The weather was pretty crap at the startline, but it stopped raining about 10mins in. Wet, muddy but fun.

It's a nice pacey route and I'll definitely give it another go next year.

Christophe · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 1650

Well done Tom.
I ended up not registering in the end, caught out of time. But will try to look for other cycling stuff to do over the winter. Are there many audax rides organised during that period at all? Otherwise, the new Redbridge cycling centre shouldn't be too far from me.