And grudas put his money where is mouth is, well impressed.
You mean he actually wore a sleeveless jersey with no sense of irony?
Poll: OcUK London Ride 2015
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You mean he actually wore a sleeveless jersey with no sense of irony?
We didn't take any pics which is a shame.
Grudas wore his tank top proudly and didn't find the hills too bad. We think he was just imagining himself doing one-legged squats the whole way up!
We also saw the gun show when he pumped up his tube after getting a puncture. MAX PSI with a mini-pump.
Grudas wore his tank top proudly and didn't find the hills too bad. We think he was just imagining himself doing one-legged squats the whole way up!
We also saw the gun show when he pumped up his tube after getting a puncture. MAX PSI with a mini-pump.
The weather today was much better than forecast.
A very enjoyable and entertaining ride today. Good to put faces to names.
And grudas put his money where is mouth is, well impressed.
lol.. thanks! didn't expect to get that far as I've said so I kinda surprised my self in a way!
my garmin crash corrupted the track data too.. boo! at least avg speed on garmin connect looks correct -;
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/777245100
strava is off tho, due to the crash I guess?!
https://www.strava.com/activities/306503405
anyway! totally the longest ride I've done, with the most climbing and it was good fun!
good to meet up with you lot for a ride, well impressed with shamrocks speed up box hill 
we should have taken some pics!
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Wow, that hill from mile 20 to mile 32 must have been gruelling 
Wow, that hill from mile 20 to mile 32 must have been gruelling
sure was
never had my garmin crash before! was quite odd.. lost all the track data from the start of the route to the point it where it came back up - couldn't turn it on manually! it just magically decided to "wake" up 
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Nice one guys, sounds like a decent day out!
Will definitely make it if anyone wants to do another one.
Will definitely make it if anyone wants to do another one.
I'm up for more.
Next time Kent? I've got a good route courtesy of Arsey.
https://app.strava.com/routes/2369502
Next time Kent? I've got a good route courtesy of Arsey.
https://app.strava.com/routes/2369502
I'm up for more.
Next time Kent? I've got a good route courtesy of Arsey.
https://app.strava.com/routes/2369502
I'd be up for something similar again
would probably modify the route to get me home in a more direct way next time tho! garmin routing took me over the thames and then back ?! gave up and just got my work phone out ha.I'm up for more.
Next time Kent? I've got a good route courtesy of Arsey.
https://app.strava.com/routes/2369502
Definitely up for more! It's a great way to get away from the mundane of Richmond Park
(And also to build up that climbing stamina!). And of course you get to meet great OcUKers.
Glad you all had fun, awaiting some reports/commentary of the ride!
We also saw the gun show when he pumped up his tube after getting a puncture. MAX PSI with a mini-pump.
James/shoosh managed to miss a couple of turns. He ended up descending two miles down a hill and having to climb back up it again!
Haha, yeah, can see all his wrong turns on Strava
Glad you all had fun, awaiting some reports/commentary of the ride!
We met up in Richmond Park. Shamrock set off at 20+ mph and did his best not to drop the pace for 5 hours in the saddle.
James got lost, grudas got a puncture, I got sunburn, Alex's saddlebag fell off and got run over turning his iPhone into a pringle.
I knew I was in trouble when grudas went past me on the hairpin at the top of Coombe Bottom muttering 'keep pushing'. Clearly he had the measure of the hills and clearly I need to get out in them more. We were supposed to do an extra 10km loop so we would climb Crocknorth, but James and I were toast at this point so we just trundled on to Box and then home at a reasonable pace.
Good day out.
I need to hit Leith and Whitedown some more.
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I see Shamrock average 16.7mph for the whole thing, which is good going for a solid 5 hours... Did you break for lunch somewhere? I'm guessing there was a decent break at some point as total time is 8 hours vs 5 hours moving.
We stopped a few times. Twice for folks getting lost once for the phone incident,and a decent stop at Box Hill for grudas to eat half a chocolate gateau and so James could have an ice-cream.
Shamrock stopped more than most so everyone could catch up.
Shamrock stopped more than most so everyone could catch up.
James/shoosh managed to miss a couple of turns. He ended up descending two miles down a hill and having to climb back up it again!
that was quite funny.. unplanned munchie breaks!
I just HAD to rub it in..
we both checked our garmins with Shamrock back at RP and we both sat at 17.1! lost some in traffic..
my strava is completely off due to garmin cackup but I ended up at 16.9 which is way better than I expected! pace was quite good too!