As it was a fairly nice day today a few of us went down to the quayside for a quick ride/trick session. Photos Below.
 
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Round #2 will be a whole day of events and prizes. 
4 o’clock sharp start at the Gosforth polo courts. Map Here 
Pubs after events… 
 
*Sorry I just had to delete that Round #2 poster, it was hideous.

Newcastle’s first fixed comp, 16th October 2009… More details coming soon.
 

Ali came up with the idea for this last year (even though he didn’t do the ride…), thought we could have another go this year, hopefully with even more people!
 
Basically we just meet up obnoxiously early in town and ride the route of the Great North Run before any of those runners get on there. It’s only 13 miles so its not a hard ride. Any ideas to make it more interesting are welcome!
 
This year the run is on the 20th of September I think. More info and map here: http://www.londonfgss.com/thread10993.html
 
Photo from last year:
 

“It’s like watching a kid try to put the square block into the circle hole.”

The ride started off ok. 6 am, people were on time. I managed a puncture 5 minutes in but was mostly fine after that. Awesome weather all morning, few stops, and we set a good pace.

After getting some abuse from the locals in Blyth, we cycled up route 1 through Amble, Craster, Alnmouth and had lunch in Embleton.

After lunch there was some rain but it was still hot. We carried on North and my favourite part of the day was flyinging down a hill and seeing the huge Bamburgh castle appear on the horizon, the 75 mile maker.

With everyone feeling great at Bamburgh, we thought the last 24 miles would be easy. They were not. It started to get really hilly and the route took us off-road a few times.

Having said that, some of the best miles were in the last quarter. Though I think the last 10 took nearly 3 hours, arriving in Berwick felt great.

Overall, an amazing day. 3 people rode fixed, 1 single-speed, and 1 geared.

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