The Weekly Ride

So the second weekly ride, again we were blessed with great weather, sunny, a tiny bit chilly, but ideal for a ride out. We meet at the Bike Shed at 2:30, after a fair amount of interest from the event posted on London Cafe & Custom group on Facebook there were 11 of us that turned up. There was no one - apart from me - that was there for the first week. I could of taken that in one of two ways - people didn't like the first one - or the fact that it was Easter weekend and that people were busy. For my own mental state I took the second option. As last week, I found myself a bit nervous. I arrived early and bought my (beginning to be) customary lemonade and sat outside and waited. It's strange not knowing anyone, looking around trying to make eye contact and pluck up enough courage to ask people if they were there for the ride out. The Bike Shed was busy, so it was hard to work out who was enjoying a leisurely coffee or who was waiting to go out on the ride. I saw a gu...

So the first ever weekly ride. I must admit I was quite nervous as if anyone would turn up. I got told about a group on Facebook called London Cafe & Custom. I asked if I could join and they very kindly let me in, I spoke to a guy who was in charge and explained that I would like to create a weekly event where I could get like minded riders to meet up and go out for a ride. He was keen to help and put the invite out to his 400 or so members. It soon gathered interest and quite a few people confirmed they could come. The plan was to meet at the Bike Shed  in Shoreditch. I decided, as I had arranged this first one I would have to find a suitable route, difficult to do in the London area (too many speed humps). So after a bit of street view on Google, I settled on the idea of heading out to Epping forest, I tried to create a bit of a loop. So Saturday came, it was a blisteringly hot day in London, very unusual for April. I arrived at the bike shed at about 2:00, got myself a ...