LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

fzurro · Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 796 Location: Middlesex

Raining a lot here where I live and Richmond is arround the corner so I wouldn't recommend going ...

sol · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:01 pm Subject:

.......unless you want to swim....

kevin.chicago9 · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:28 pm Subject:

Wow, I'm bumming about the rain. Go figure, I got rained out in London. No worries. Just like Chicago, if you don't like the weather, just wait 20 minutes. Anyway, probably will hit Hyde Park in the morning. My sister and I are planning to hire bikes and ride (I might skate) Critical Mass tomorrow evening... if the weather cooperates. I've always enjoyed CM in Chicago.

http://www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk/

Saturday I think we're headed down to wander around Brighton and then to Goodwood by rail on Sunday morning. If I don't get a chance to meet up with anyone before then, I hope to meet a lot of you on Sunday at the race.

Take care,

kevin
07768 987 733 (local cell phone)

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 2428

CM in London was walking-pace last time I tried it, but that was a couple of years ago - Mike's been on it more recently. If it's not got faster, you might still enjoy it as an opportunity to practise people slalom.

If you get bored after an hour or so, you could come and try the LFNS ;-) London's fastest marshalled street skate[1][2]

[1] not that that's saying much if you're a speed skater
[2] and in any case only if you stick at the front on the second half - it's a fair bit tamer in the middle

Mikey-two-Names · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 4108

Yeah, CM is a walkabout still. Good for practicing my trackstands I think. (Aunty Charlotte has ordered me to bring my fixie, not my skates).

Matt · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:17 pm Subject:

I still went to Tatem in the end. It was very wet and slippery but still skatable. Did some 1500's and then a 15 minute skate. I don't mind skating in the wet because I already know from experience that races are rarely called off with rain. But now I have to clean all my bareings Crying or Very sad

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P.S. Garan, I still have your skate tool, was hoping to see you at Tatem today. Did you leave early or chicken out? Laughing

skaterliesel · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 104 Location: Berlin

That's why lazy me went to VP to train with Bea ..... And it was actually DRY Laughing

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

I left Dagenham in perfect sunshine at 5:50 - drove through torrential rain in Walthamstow still raining when I got to tatem at 6:20 - inspected the track- found that it was wet but probably skatable but decided against it as no-one else had arrived by 6:30 - went back to Dagenham which was still bathed in the light and heat of the setting Sun - went for an 11.5 km skate round Old Dagenham Park - working up quite a sweat

_gj3000_ · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:09 pm Subject:

hey ray. I got to tatem about 5:25
then got rained on big time so went home! Sad

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

Well three of us arrived at different times - well done Matt for getting some work in!