Spring meet 5th April 2014

Crowze said:
Picked up my new bike at the weekend, so unless it explodes between now and April I'll be showing up on an Aprilia Caponord :).
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Oooh - nice choice. The Caponord and KTM Adventure are the only bikes doubting my need for a Multistrada. Is the active suspension as good as they say it is?
 
The_Abyss said:
Oooh - nice choice. The Caponord and KTM Adventure are the only bikes doubting my need for a Multistrada. Is the active suspension as good as they say it is?
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Ah, I should have been more specific, it's a new-to-me 1000 Capo so no fancy suspension here, way out of my budget :(. Besides, coming from a bike designed in the '70s, even the pretty conventional setup on this one is in another league :)
 
Put me down as a maybe, I'm refurbishing a pimp pad in Chelsea ATM so it depends on how the job goes. Good so far, but I always seem to get extra work tacked on so ....maybe :-/
 
Good morning all!!!! Can I get some input please, this is a route I'm looking at doing. With a mid ride stop off at Box Hill for those a little further south that want to join in.

So starting at H Cafe at 0900, at Box Hill for around half 10/11. Then down to Beachy head then Brighton to get grub and end the ride (I'm returning to Reading via Motorways, total of 1hr and 30 mins). I'm expecting to be in Brighton around 2pm, 3pm at the latest.

Here is the map route. Any alternative/input etc would be wonderful!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/H...f9!2m2!1d-0.137163!2d50.82253!2m1!1b1!3e0!4e1
 
Rossi~ said:
Looks good, gonna be a long day for some though, we have to get to H Cafe first :p
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Yea, I'm a bit worried about the length, it's a full day out, not a morning blast.

We could leave it until later in the morning, 1000 instead of 0900? Not so harsh then? Still plenty of day and time. I'm factoring the amount of time MAX is 5 hours until we hit Brighton beach. And at that point, you are no more than 2 hours from H cafe via motorways on the way home.

I'm hoping to make Box Hill a secondary meetup point for those further south to join.

EDIT: The other option for a more 'biker friendly' route with more fun roads is to skip Box Hill entirely and do the roads between Guildford and Horsham...
 
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agnes said:
Yea, I'm a bit worried about the length, it's a full day out, not a morning blast.

We could leave it until later in the morning, 1000 instead of 0900? Not so harsh then? Still plenty of day and time. I'm factoring the amount of time MAX is 5 hours until we hit Brighton beach. And at that point, you are no more than 2 hours from H cafe via motorways on the way home.

I'm hoping to make Box Hill a secondary meetup point for those further south to join.

EDIT: The other option for a more 'biker friendly' route with more fun roads is to skip Box Hill entirely and do the roads between Guildford and Horsham...
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10am would be better i think :)
 
Rossi~ said:
Sweet!
Second question: How's your sense of direction? :p :D
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Crowze said:
Terrible, but I do have a satnav :)
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Which route are you guys taking?
If you're doing A1>A414>A41 I could maybe meet en-route.

I really should have a ride longer than 20 minutes in preperation, but I'm doing a charity cycle in a couple weekends so that is taking up my free time currently.
 
Shimmy said:
Which route are you guys taking?
If you're doing A1>A414>A41 I could maybe meet en-route.

I really should have a ride longer than 20 minutes in preperation, but I'm doing a charity cycle in a couple weekends so that is taking up my free time currently.
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Something like that i'm sure. If me and Crowze meet up, i'll leave him to decide and follow.
 
edd1e said:
looks good to me, i'm happy with an all'dayer. cant wait.

Hope you sort something fireskull :(
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Finishing off the route in Tyre for my GPS, I've chopped out Box Hill so we can have more fun on the roads :D

I will send out my mobile number and give it to those that want it closer to the time, I have my Scala rider comm system so can take calls whilst riding for those that want to join on the way.
 
Rossi~ said:
Something like that i'm sure. If me and Crowze meet up, i'll leave him to decide and follow.
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I was thinking of taking the back roads (A507, 5120, 505, 418) to avoid a long and boring motorway slog as it'll only add 10 minutes or so. Could meet Shimmy around Aylesbury if you like.

A 10am meet would be much better for me as it's the best part of 3 hours to get there. I'm not decided on whether I'll go to Brighton either, 9+ hours riding seems a bit much for one day I think.
 
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Done, 10am start. I would expect we will stop off in Horsham for fuel and maybe meet others there?
 
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