LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

tanya g · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:49 am Subject:

if you post the route before saturday, i might cycle it this weekend .... and give feedback.

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

I can only comment on the roads around where I grew up (Bishop's Stortford, Manuden, Berdern, Clavering). Many of the minor roads have a very bad surface and they are quite often sunken by about 2m, making corners pretty treacherous.

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

roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 531

Here is a route suggestion for you:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=de&msa=0&msid=113462776544084032190.000439645d5e650210dbd&ll=51.723626,-0.071754&spn=0.132708,0.314484&z=12&om=1

from Potters Bar to Cambridge.

The section from Stevenage to Cambridge I am very familiar with, though I usually cycle it the other way. There is only one particularly dodgy hill that I can recall, just after Cromer. Its steep, narrow and gravelly, but if you meet no traffic there is a long run-out. There are also a couple of sections of poor surface after Barley.

The section north of Potters Bar should be fairly quiet once you leave the A1000.

The section that I cannot remember is between the A414 and the A612, but I have put in what I think is a viable route.

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

Tempting to reccie it on a bike if I wasn't working Sunday. I am getting back into riding at the moment to convince my knees they should bend before Berlin. Could possibly do saturday. Not much chance of doing it in October though.

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tanya g · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:59 pm Subject:

the bike reccy would be this saturday about 3pm ... maybe 2pm! leaving from lancaster gate and going which ever direction alex posts!

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

Can do that. Needed an excuse to miss Roller Derby.

Xia · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 874 Location: Geneva (Suisse)

oh, you will have to leave before 6am... the reccie will at least be 280km long as I have some many route for you to check....

If I get my bike before this week end I might also join on the reccy but seriously, isn't 3pm a bit late?

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

London Cambridge bike ride is 50 miles. It was 56 when it started in Picketts lock. 280km would get you from London to Cambrisge to Oxford and back to London.

tanya g · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:01 pm Subject:

maybe. i was going to richmond in the morning, so wanted to get back and eat. 80km on a bike shouldn't take more than four hours ... so finish at 7pm ... still an hour before dark. could be convienced to move it to one/two! then we would have three/four hours and could stop for coffee Smile

Ray u coming? i know its not enfield but ........

Xia · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 874 Location: Geneva (Suisse)

Question about the route,
has anyone ever skated along the lee valley reservoires?
if yes from where and how far is doable. Is it nice?

Christophe · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 1652

Ray · Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 806 Location: Dagenham

Xia · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 874 Location: Geneva (Suisse)

fzurro, we are talking about a route check taht we might do on bike this saturday.
the skate itself will be in octobre.

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

Hey whilst I don't think we should be looking at a 280km route check, I can't help thinking 3pm Sat is setting off too late. I would rather see it moved to either Sat or (if you have Richmond commitments) Sun but with an early morning start.

I think its inevitable we will be stopping at various junctions and possibly even backtracking to mark a route, plus there is always the potential hiccup (puncture Tanya?) which could add to the time. Leaving so late leaves no redundancy whatever

By the way, I thought Roger's starting suggestion for a route was great.....straight!!! I guess we just need to check the surface etc