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Are you saying us Epping boys are slow




Good stuff

Ill be along for this one... there will be cake? ?

Hill? did someone say hill lol.

struggled up that last hill wednesday night...brain and body said no!.

cheers Whytey had to bail on that drop lol looked way to vertical for me...next time!

looking forward to sunday cheers guys!

If it's the hill i think it is, it's 1.5m of joyous fun

Haha, no way. I meant that boggy Epping trails wont be as fast rolling as the thurrock loop we did with Cheetah on Wednesday. It was good as long as the pace is fast to make it challenging. Personally, I would prefer the 10mph muddy Epping rooty trails over a 20mph flat dry fast rolling one so you have my vote there. I dont want an easy ride.

Bring on next Sunday

what are you ... some sort of lunatic daredevil.... us Epping boys like to keep it safe at a max* of 9 mph

* Obviously this is a maximum speed... riding at this sort of pace all day would just be silly

Try that up the Avey lane.

Funnily enough I'm not that far off....



Jamie and Tolga both broken the 9 mph and pretty sure Matt Vanders too

As for Javier...... I'm hoping that's on a road bike

No idea what my avey lane speed was previously, but as i have done 71m this week i am sticking my legs are fooked proviso in, just in case i don't make it up

Keiran, you can 'upgrade' to an electric MTB mate.

Bugeye, Tolga wont be getting that time again now that he is on proper knobbly tyres. Last time I remember going up that hill he was flying on slicks...as if his 50kg body weight was not enough of an advantage eh?

haha regardless of the weight we need to take his age into factor

knobbly tyres are a win win for me all of us oldies!

He maybe fast up a hill but not on flat.. this old 45 year old proved that

as for that Hill Javi is a small guy on a titanium 29'er

Should be good for this, cya tommorow

Sorry guys for getting lost again hope you haven't spend too much time looking for me. I had to stop to clear my rear derailleur of gunk and sticks from those mud puddles, could shift my gears properly. Long story short got to some pond, asked people around and followed direction they pointed, but that was prob different group. After 20 mins I gave up and went down to Loughton, wish I had some of you phone number.

Anyway thanks for the ride, and sorry for being slowcoach, otherwise I wouldn't get lost if I could keep up. Will practice on my own and join you when I have more endurance if it's still ok.

Radd

P.S. F**k hills

Hey Radd...,. sorry we lost you my fault really as I thought we had everyone when we came out of that section

Don't worry about your pace or feel that you need to ride at a certain speed to join the ride. It's a group ride and no one minds waiting ( or being waited for ) it's all part of it. I should get used to doing a head count when there's a few more people than normal along

By the way.. the thing about the hills is they never actually get any easier.. you just ride up them faster or in my case today rather slower than my best times

Otherwise a really enjoyable ride today... maybe the first ride of the summer with lots of dry lines and pretty minimal mud

Nice to see the new faces