Cyclists in Summertown, Oxford yesterday

[J-P.S]

A small crowd of racing-bike owners was spotted, all lycra-ed up, at the junction between Banbury
Road and Marston Ferry Road yesterday. Any idea what was going on?

J-P
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[Michael Macclan]

In message <[email protected]>, j-p.s
<[email protected]> writes
>A small crowd of racing-bike owners was spotted, all lycra-ed up, at the junction between Banbury
>Road and Marston Ferry Road yesterday. Any idea what was going on?
>
>J-P

Don't know. Did they have bikes with them? Were they riding them? Or was it a demonstration?
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[Michael Macclan]

In message <[email protected]>, Michael MacClancy
<[email protected]> writes
>In message <[email protected]>, j-p.s
><[email protected]> writes
>>A small crowd of racing-bike owners was spotted, all lycra-ed up, at the junction between Banbury
>>Road and Marston Ferry Road yesterday. Any idea what was going on?
>>
>>J-P
>
>Don't know. Did they have bikes with them? Were they riding them? Or was it a demonstration?

Seriously, a simple google search (oxford cycling Tuesday) takes you to
http://www.oxfordcityrc.fsnet.co.uk/ the site of Oxford City Road Club.

Tuesday night chaingang. Starts again as soon as it's light enough - usually the first Tuesday in
April. Meet 6pm at traffic lights, on corner of Banbury Road and Marston Ferry Road (just south of
Summertown). 40km route over Otmoor. Two groups - slow group given 5 minute start over fast group so
that we can meet up and come back to Oxford together over the flat bit of Otmoor.

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Michael MacClancy

 

[Colin Blackburn]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...

> Seriously, a simple google search (oxford cycling Tuesday) takes you to
> http://www.oxfordcityrc.fsnet.co.uk/ the site of Oxford City Road Club.
>
> Tuesday night chaingang. Starts again as soon as it's light enough - usually the first Tuesday in
> April. Meet 6pm at traffic lights, on corner of Banbury Road and Marston Ferry Road (just south of
> Summertown).

Bloody horrible lights those.

> 40km route over Otmoor. Two groups - slow group given 5 minute start over fast group so that we
> can meet up and come back to Oxford together over the flat bit of Otmoor.

5 minutes start? The slow lot can't be that much slower.

Colin

 

[J-P.S]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:07:31 +0100, Michael MacClancy scrawled: ) Seriously, a simple google search
(oxford cycling Tuesday)

Gagh. Hoist by my own petomaine. That'll be it, then.

J-P
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[Colin Blackburn]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:07:31 +0100, Michael MacClancy scrawled: ) Seriously, a simple google
> search (oxford cycling Tuesday)
>
> Gagh. Hoist by my own petomaine.

As long as you aren't hoist by a pedersen, that would be painful.

Colin

 

[J-P.S]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:24:34 +0100, Colin Blackburn scrawled: )> Gagh. Hoist by my own petomaine. )
) As long as you aren't hoist by a pedersen, that would be painful.

Or hustled by a podiatrist.

(Cascade alert: thread terminates in N posts)

J-P
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[Arthur Clune]

Colin Blackburn <[email protected]> wrote:

: 5 minutes start? The slow lot can't be that much slower.

It's a chaingang. Slow is relative

Arthur

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[Tim Hall]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:38:17 +0000 (UTC), "j-p.s" <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:24:34 +0100, Colin Blackburn scrawled: )> Gagh. Hoist by my own petomaine. )
>) As long as you aren't hoist by a pedersen, that would be painful.
>
>Or hustled by a podiatrist.
>
>(Cascade alert: thread terminates in N posts)
>

Or hurdled by a pedestrian

(N is a big number)

Tim
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[Andrew Chadwick]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:15:14 +0100, Colin Blackburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
>> Seriously, a simple google search (oxford cycling Tuesday) takes you to
>> http://www.oxfordcityrc.fsnet.co.uk/ the site of Oxford City Road Club. [...] Tuesday night
>> chaingang. corner of Banbury Road and Marston Ferry Road (just south of Summertown).
>
> Bloody horrible lights those.

ISTR that the lights guarding the other side of the dogleg have at the very least a very weirdly
timed green phase. Doesn't look like a crossroads, but set up like one.

>> 40km route over Otmoor. Two groups - slow group given 5 minute start over fast group so that we
>> can meet up and come back to Oxford together over the flat bit of Otmoor.

For anyone looking for a gentler run in the area, I should probably mention/plug the Oxford city
section CTC run, which also happens on a Tuesday evening. 19:30 start, 21:30 finish, in either the
Victoria Arms, New Marston or the Tandem PH, Kennington. Lycra optional. http://www.oxonctc.org.uk/
(second hit for "oxford cycling Tuesday"; drat).

> 5 minutes start? The slow lot can't be that much slower.

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[Colin Blackburn]

In article <[email protected]>, and-x- [email protected] says...
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:15:14 +0100, Colin Blackburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> >
> >> Seriously, a simple google search (oxford cycling Tuesday) takes you to
> >> http://www.oxfordcityrc.fsnet.co.uk/ the site of Oxford City Road Club. [...] Tuesday night
> >> chaingang. corner of Banbury Road and Marston Ferry Road (just south of Summertown).
> >
> > Bloody horrible lights those.
>
> ISTR that the lights guarding the other side of the dogleg have at the very least a very weirdly
> timed green phase. Doesn't look like a crossroads, but set up like one.

They also have a definite lane discipline but some motorists find themselves in the wrong lane. This
makes turning right a bit of a gamble! The one good thing is that there is a hatched area which can
be used as a holding area, letting you cross half way, if the traffic is bad.

Colin