Go South young man!

"Jon Senior" <jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I am heading down to Cambridgeshire next week to see my folks and friends
in the area. I will be riding Hooves1.5. If any of the more southern
urc-ers would like to meet either me or the bike, then I'd be more than
willing to meet up. Cambridge is cycleable, as is Peterborough. I'll be in
Buckden which is a little south of the A1 / A14 crossover / chaos point.

Jon

There will be loads of riders there on Sunday 24th - it's the London to
Cambridge. Any chance you can stay on a bit for that?

Jon Senior said:

I am heading down to Cambridgeshire next week to see my folks and friends
in the area. I will be riding Hooves1.5. If any of the more southern
urc-ers would like to meet either me or the bike, then I'd be more than
willing to meet up. Cambridge is cycleable, as is Peterborough. I'll be in
Buckden which is a little south of the A1 / A14 crossover / chaos point.

The Cambridge Bent Friday Ride group would very likely be interested in
meeting up. You could join the mailing list at
http://nomadicshock.com/mailman/listinfo/cambent or I can post there on
your behalf.

Mike

Mike Causer said:

The Cambridge Bent Friday Ride group would very likely be interested in
meeting up. You could join the mailing list at
http://nomadicshock.com/mailman/listinfo/cambent or I can post there on
your behalf.

Have signed up. Will mail them when it's confirmed. Do you frequent the
rides?

Jon

LSMike said:

There will be loads of riders there on Sunday 24th - it's the London to
Cambridge. Any chance you can stay on a bit for that?

I'll speak to my boss tomorrow about coming back to work on the Tuesday.
It shouldn't be a problem.

Jon

Jon Senior said:

Mike Causer said:

The Cambridge Bent Friday Ride group would very likely be interested in
meeting up. You could join the mailing list at
http://nomadicshock.com/mailman/listinfo/cambent or I can post there on
your behalf.

Have signed up. Will mail them when it's confirmed. Do you frequent the
rides?

When the ride heads east. I'm working some distance from Cambridge at the
moment, so it's only practical to meet if the peleton heads in my
direction.

Mike

Mike Causer said:

Jon Senior said:

I am heading down to Cambridgeshire next week to see my folks and friends
in the area. I will be riding Hooves1.5. If any of the more southern
urc-ers would like to meet either me or the bike, then I'd be more than
willing to meet up. Cambridge is cycleable, as is Peterborough. I'll be in
Buckden which is a little south of the A1 / A14 crossover / chaos point.

The Cambridge Bent Friday Ride group would very likely be interested in
meeting up.

I'd be interested too. (Last night I stuck a cardboard crank-sized circle
to my hypothetical chainline. Even with short cranks, there's going to
be a lot of heel/front wheel overlap unless I put the bottom bracket
quite a bit higher. But looking at some photos, and thinking about the
tryout session, it needn't be a problem. Guy, if you could retake
images/gchn-5g8ggb/$file/stinger-2.jpg with the crank 90 degrees
anticlockwise for comparison.... :-) )

Jon Senior said:

I am heading down to Cambridgeshire next week to see my folks and
friends in the area. I will be riding Hooves1.5. If any of the more
southern urc-ers would like to meet either me or the bike, then I'd be
more than willing to meet up. Cambridge is cycleable, as is
Peterborough. I'll be in Buckden which is a little south of the A1 / A14
crossover / chaos point.

Jon

If I can't find anyone to go sailing with next week[1], I may well cycle
up to my parents South of Peterborough. A mere 250km so I'll probably
chicken out.

[1] Urgent plea for anyone with free days next week who fancies some
sailing!

Not Responding said:

If I can't find anyone to go sailing with next week[1], I may well cycle
up to my parents South of Peterborough. A mere 250km so I'll probably
chicken out.

[1] Urgent plea for anyone with free days next week who fancies some
sailing!

From the south coast (Solent?) presumably? Love to go sailing, but that's
too far to cycle. OTOH, if you want crew for a trip to France or the
Channel Islands I might brave the railways. (CV: once had a half share in
a Sigma 33, doing the east coast sandbanks and North Sea races.)

Mike

Not Responding said:

Jon Senior said:

I am heading down to Cambridgeshire next week to see my folks and
friends in the area. I will be riding Hooves1.5. If any of the more
southern urc-ers would like to meet either me or the bike, then I'd be
more than willing to meet up. Cambridge is cycleable, as is
Peterborough. I'll be in Buckden which is a little south of the A1 / A14
crossover / chaos point.

Jon

If I can't find anyone to go sailing with next week[1], I may well cycle
up to my parents South of Peterborough. A mere 250km so I'll probably
chicken out.

[1] Urgent plea for anyone with free days next week who fancies some
sailing!

bah! I was in your neck of the woods for the last few days and
thoroughly envious of all the boats out on the Solent (spent Wednesday
morning at Lepe).

...d

Alan Braggins said:

I'd be interested too. (Last night I stuck a cardboard crank-sized circle
to my hypothetical chainline. Even with short cranks, there's going to
be a lot of heel/front wheel overlap unless I put the bottom bracket
quite a bit higher. But looking at some photos, and thinking about the
tryout session, it needn't be a problem. Guy, if you could retake
images/gchn-5g8ggb/$file/stinger-2.jpg with the crank 90 degrees
anticlockwise for comparison.... :-) )

From my limited experience of having ridden a few 'bents that suffer
heel overlap it's not really an issue unless you aren't paying attention
when making sharp low-speed turns.

As to meeting. Will you come along to the ride? Are you local? If the
weather's good I'll out riding a fair bit, so I'd be more than happy to
meet up somewhere.

Jon

In article said:

As to meeting. Will you come along to the ride? Are you local? If the
weather's good I'll out riding a fair bit, so I'd be more than happy to
meet up somewhere.

I work in Cambridge (near the station), live about 15 miles out to the
east-northeast. I'll find out more about the Cambent rides from Mike.

(Work isn't doing the London-Cambridge as a team this year, and I haven't
done anything about entering on my own, but if people are meeting up at
the end I could make that.)

Not Responding said:

Jon Senior said:

I am heading down to Cambridgeshire next week to see my folks and
friends in the area. I will be riding Hooves1.5. If any of the more
southern urc-ers would like to meet either me or the bike, then I'd
be more than willing to meet up. Cambridge is cycleable, as is
Peterborough. I'll be in Buckden which is a little south of the A1 /
A14 crossover / chaos point.

Jon

If I can't find anyone to go sailing with next week[1], I may well
cycle up to my parents South of Peterborough. A mere 250km so I'll
probably chicken out.

[1] Urgent plea for anyone with free days next week who fancies some
sailing!

Do you have to be any good? I've got some days off next week, but I've never
actually been in charge on a boat.

Also, I've already committed the time to helping poor disadvantaged
youngsters or indoctrinating them or summat, so I guess it's a no-no.

Ah-well. Hope someone does it for you.
--
Ambrose

Not Responding said:

Jon Senior said:

I am heading down to Cambridgeshire next week to see my folks and
friends in the area. I will be riding Hooves1.5. If any of the more
southern urc-ers would like to meet either me or the bike, then I'd be
more than willing to meet up. Cambridge is cycleable, as is
Peterborough. I'll be in Buckden which is a little south of the A1 /
A14 crossover / chaos point.

Jon

If I can't find anyone to go sailing with next week[1], I may well cycle
up to my parents South of Peterborough. A mere 250km so I'll probably
chicken out.

[1] Urgent plea for anyone with free days next week who fancies some
sailing!

Well, looks like I'll be sailing rather than cycling. Although I will be
going to the Lord's Test at the end of the week and London is /only/ 70
or 80 miles away. Hmm.

Alan Braggins said:

I work in Cambridge (near the station), live about 15 miles out to the
east-northeast. I'll find out more about the Cambent rides from Mike.

(Work isn't doing the London-Cambridge as a team this year, and I haven't
done anything about entering on my own, but if people are meeting up at
the end I could make that.)

Sadly, I need to be back in work on Monday morning so I probably wont be
able to be around for the end of the London-Cambridge as I'll be on a train.

Jon