LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

george · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 613 Location: Les Marais, Paris

IF DRY

Glenn - yes
EdP - yes
George - yes
RichardH - maybe

Meet at: Southeastern corner of Regents Park (closest to Gt Portland Street and Regents Park tubes)
Time: 9.30am
Apologies for this really short notice -
It seems like EdP, Glenn and I are going to trial out the outer loop of Regents Park on skates tomorrow - but only if the conditions are dry.

We will train for about an hour.

If anybody else wants to join please feel free Very Happy

PS You should be able to reach us on our mobiles in the morning.

EdP · Joined: 05 Aug 2009 Posts: 481

Forgot to ask: Where is the meeting point if we do go ahead?

george · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 613 Location: Les Marais, Paris

RichardH · Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 210

Oh interesting - I will check tomorrow morning and see what you're up to. Might join in.

Pamela · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:50 pm Subject:

There is a chunk of it that isn't the smoothest of surfaces, skateable, but not enjoyable

george · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 613 Location: Les Marais, Paris

great the more the merrier. particularly at regents park skating in a line with several of us - should give us more more protection from the cyclists and cars.

Thanks for reminding Pamela Very Happy

I remember from when riding over it - though I am hoping that it will beat the present state of Hyde Park in terms of being able to skate continuously - without having to U-turn all the time Sad

EdP · Joined: 05 Aug 2009 Posts: 481

ed! · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:00 pm Subject:

tanya g · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:13 pm Subject:

It might be a bit hardcore... not much rest and it would be tough (not a bad thing) but try the inner loop. It's smoother if I recall.

Sparky · Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 450

The inner circle is smoother, I think it's 1km loop.

george · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 613 Location: Les Marais, Paris

I have never skated on the inner loop but if it's smoother then that would be ideal as there are no traffic lights and far fewer cyclists and cars. An on the junctions the cars are meant to give way to us anyways lol.

Well we'll report back on how we found it, if it ends up happening Shocked

(fingers crossed for dryness!)

Glenn · Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1109 Location: ST Pauls

George, why don't we meet on the inner loop then and assess it from there. I always thought it was rougher, but could be wrong. Like Ed, they smoothed the outer loop so there's really only a couple of 100 meters that's rough. The main issue with the outerloop is traffic - but I have skated it solo without too many problems and if you have a few of you skating in a line it won't be a problem at all.

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roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 531

I did quite a few sessions around Regents Park earlier this year on both the Inner and Outer circles, and I can assure you that the Inner Circle is *not* smoother than the outer - but it has low traffic, its wide and there are no junctions to stop for, so consequently its a fair bit safer.

If the conditions are good, with light traffic, good visibility and dry surfaces, then the Outer is the better choice.

ed! · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:23 pm Subject:

Glenn · Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1109 Location: ST Pauls

The outer loop seems the go then; my experience is that it is fine to skate on.
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