What I did find funny was that in certain places in London there is what can only be described open urinal. We passed Convert Garden where we found this cool looking inflated ball thing with London landmarks made from Lego inside We had to stop off and get some photos, I decided to use my iPhone 5C's video function for the first time and see if I could get some video of riding though the arches We headed off down towards Oxford Circus and someone spotted this great looking light archways. We have been to this pub last year on a similar ride and it was very kind of them to let us use it again. Managed to get to Piccadilly Circus and waiting for Orange & MickB to arrive so we could head off to The Lord Cyde Pub just on the southside of the river where a good friend of Mark W let us use the pub as a staging area to begin our ride. I knew that it was soon to change his chain and rear cogs but this was the first time it was actually slipping ALOT to the point where BBB was almost becoming un-rideable.Seeing that this ride wasn't a big long hilly ride I continued and just made a mental note to get replacement chain and cogs as soon as I could & not to put too much power though BumbleB. While I was powering down Regent Street towards Piccadilly Circus I noticed that BBB chain was slipping abit.
I was meeting my partner in crime OrangeBrompton & my co-founder of the London Brompton Club MickB at Piccadilly Circus. Stepping out of Oxford Circus station I was hoping that the weather was gong to be good for this ride, I had packed everything I needed incase things did turn for the worse just incase. So it was kind of fitting to be doing the signature part of the ride later on which our navigational Jedi Master David P had worked out later that night. I actually worked out that it was the London Brompton Clubs 2nd birthday.
Hope to see alot more fellow Bromptoneers in 2014, its going to be even more legendary than 2013, trust me on this.Īs always my ride data is available for viewing and study :P It's like the perfect way to explore the city without to much hassle.Īnother great ride with the LBC as always, thank you to the ride leads, Andy L & David P & everyone who came along. I always love taking shots of BBB on the train platform. Because it was bank holiday alot of the overground & underground train lines where having works done so I have to take replacement bus to a working part of the underground system and then home. Maybe find some similar ones closer to home as its a bit of a trek for me to come all the way to Richmond.Īfter Nightingale Lane it was a short ride to Richmond Station. BIG mistake as starting off on the VERY STEEP gradient was near impossible but some how I did manage to get going again and finish this badboy of a hill.ĭefinitely going to be doing this hill on a regular basis so help me gauge how well I'm doing in fitness and my hill climbing. It surprised me how steep it got and I had to put a foot down to catch my breathe.
The first part of the hill wasn't to bad it was what I was expecting and I was going up pretty good in 1st gear with good cadence & breathing, but then turning the corner for the final 300 yards or so it got MEAN. I always thought that when BBB was a 3 speed I wouldn't even attempt it but now BBB was 6 speed I had to at the very least attempt it. For the irst time actually rode up this hill. This has been the training hill for many of the hardcore members of the LBC. There is a famous road called Nightingale Lane. View of the Thames River over Terrace Field
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