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Remember you can tweak any of those bikes to suit your position/needs. Your unlikely to feel the difference in construction without really hammering it. Also put the weight issue aside get something you will love to ride...but also live some ££ for some good kit as this can effect your ride more than the bike sometimes.

oh no thats sad to hear you were looking pretty strong.

Get something that fits well but if you have the budget get some decent wheels rather than a fancy frame/gears.

here is that comment: http://forum.islington.cc/comments/12127081/

Nah your not slowing anyone down, its not a team TT. Its certainly tough to take a turn on the front in a head wind after your already pooped. Your certainly not the slowest guy to come along to 7am, however there is always someone faster than you, and thats how you improve. Eventually the session thins out until there are only a few riders left as people have to go home or decide to take it easier with the 8am guys. Missing a lap can be quite fun as you have to time your sprint to rejoin the pack....also means you can take a breather.

Normally for 7am laps the plan is try to stick together for a bit then start to increase it, I think @RichardM wrote a rough training plan in the Regents thread. If you want to increase your fitness I would suggest hanging on for as long as you can and if you get dropped just rejoin. 8am is meant to be more of a relaxed ride.

chain gangs should be ridden at a constant pace so when you take a turn on the font your shouldn't accelerate, just maintain the speed....unless your want to attack.

Practise holding a wheel will help if its done right you should be pulled along.

Nope doesn't work unless your loged in, you might be better off using a open route planner like ridewithgps.com there some other good ones out there too. a few folks use strava aswell. Happy route planning

Sure come along, we set off from the zoo entrance at 8am

ha ha its quite easy to potter along in a bunch as the guys at the front are doing all the work. Come join us next week.

Yup there was a 8am group in club kit going around regents on Sat, average was 29kmh.

Riding anything with 2 wheels
https://www.strava.com/athletes/141035

Great thanks, hopefully I'll be able to join the one next Wednesday

Hi, I'm looking for a North London cycle club to join to help me train for the Ride London this year. You guys seems pretty active and I like the fact you do a mid week ride as sometimes the weekends are taken up with family stuff. Is it ok to tag along for a club ride before I join up? The weather looks pretty nice for next Wednesday.