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Hi +SteveD, welcome along. The speed of all the rides will depend on who is there, the weather etc - none of the rides ever leave anyone behind. I'd guess it was something like this:
A - 17mph average ( 20 mph on the flat)
B - 15mph average ( 17 mph on the flat)
C - 12 mph average or less

You can see the routes and discussion of each ride in the "In the Saddle" section of the forum. Perhaps someone can confirm if my estimates of the speeds are OK.

I'd say fewer than half of our riders fit mudguards and the vast majority of rides end at a cafe back in London rather than stopping half way round. I really don't think either of these concerns should put you off - this is the friendliest club i've ever been part of.

Hi @user6284

We'd welcome you along on Sunday. You don't need any experience at all. Most weeks there is more than one rider who is new to group riding. Chat to the other riders before we start to get some tips and take a look here too: http://www.fccc.org.uk/attachments/article/644/Cycling%20Etiquette.pdf

The last couple of weeks we've had about 30 riders in total, who split up into a faster and slower ride.

I'm pretty sure you can use lockers at "The Hub" in Regents park but i've never used them myself.
http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/the-regents-park/sport-in-the-park-the-hub/facilities-at-the-hub/changing-rooms-and-showers

When i go to the wednesday ride i leave everything except my phone, keys wallet etc at work.

Hi @Archy and @MichaelBH welcome along! I'll be leading the longer ride tomorrow, hopefully see you there.

it might be valid but it wasn't exactly thoughtful!

That makes my "incredible stupidity" comment seem a bit insensitive. I figured he had recovered but by the sounds of it some of the filming was done before the accident and other riders filled in for him after. Best wishes to him.

Danny McAskill has a reply to that, a backwards, front wheel wheelie down some 25% hairpins...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik

(skip to 3.45 if you don't want to see a whole 5 minutes of incredible stupidity from Martyn Ashton et al)

to be clear - i was only joking :-)

i think i'm going to get into trouble with the club treasurer at this rate.

how about we give a discount off membership renewals if you have been to the group riding workshop :-)

I have been to a workshop, I may be biased.

Yeah, this video is pretty astonishing. The biggest blind spot is exactly where those little strips of green/blue paint encourage cyclists to go.

I'm going to get some of those google glasses, that way i will never be 100% focused on anything ever. ;-)

I totally agree with all the points @afb made. We need the more experienced riders to encourage better group riding just generally, on every ride- i'm certainly guilty of not speaking up as often as I should.

shouldn't you have been looking where you were going?

140 miles a week to high barnet and back = definitely fit enough :-)

Last week the shorter ride stopped at the cafe in Barnet some time around 11.30. Some people went straight home and others stayed for a coffee. If you don't stop i guess you'd be back in islington around 12.

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