Lofo ride Sun 1st Sept

[Skippernick]

Punk how far is the route form Bicester to Bicester?
Just working out milage for me its 75 miles to get to Bicester from here.

[chris.biker]

Punk how far is the route form Bicester to Bicester?
Just working out milage for me its 75 miles to get to Bicester from here.

I plotted it on Google its about a 100 miles.

[Punkstig]

As above, I ran it Monday and freakily it was 100 miles to the dot (according to the bikes trip that is)
Get ther early to chill out with a cuppa, I have 3 definite stop and rest places, first one being Stratford which is only 37 miles from mour start point, the 2nd will be at fish hill for anyone that wants to ride it twice and another is at the ancient neolithic Rollrights stones which is a miniature stone henge which should be worth the ride out on its own merits,
Yeah get me, a bit of history in my rideouts lol!


http://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/index.php/stones/

[Skippernick]

And sorry.
You lead it, but how do we find our way, do you use the drop off system or do we try and stay as a pack.
Sorry for being anal, don't want to slow people down.

[Punkstig]

Not being anal buddy,
I'll lead as I know the route,

The route itself is actually pretty simple, for instance- as soon as we're on the A422 its that one road all the way to stratford, when we get on the A44 its that road all the way to the B4030,
from the start as soon as we get onto the the few places I've set as a stop and smoke/drink point I'll probably mention the next leg of the journey.
Before we leave I'll ask the lot of you who wants to be a back marker, any junction where we turn off (which is very few) we shall all stop and wait until the back marker turns up, any roundabout should be classed as straight on, if its not then again we shall stop until the back marker shows up.
At the smoke/drink points if the back marker wants to swap with someone else then they can do.
This is a fun rideout made up of riders of different abilities, obviously everyone wants to enjoy themselves so there is no pressure on slower riders keeping up with faster ones and the route itself allows the faster riders to. Bugger off and enjoy it at a quick pace.

[ChristoT]

Not being anal buddy,
I'll lead as I know the route,

The route itself is actually pretty simple, for instance- as soon as we're on the A422 its that one road all the way to stratford, when we get on the A44 its that road all the way to the B4030,
from the start as soon as we get onto the the few places I've set as a stop and smoke/drink point I'll probably mention the next leg of the journey.
Before we leave I'll ask the lot of you who wants to be a back marker, any junction where we turn off (which is very few) we shall all stop and wait until the back marker turns up, any roundabout should be classed as straight on, if its not then again we shall stop until the back marker shows up.
At the smoke/drink points if the back marker wants to swap with someone else then they can do.
This is a fun rideout made up of riders of different abilities, obviously everyone wants to enjoy themselves so there is no pressure on slower riders keeping up with faster ones and the route itself allows the faster riders to. Bugger off and enjoy it at a quick pace.

For roundabouts, how about having a fast rider as 2nd man drop off? It means the main bodies both know where they're going, and keeps things flowing! Riders could even swap places between fag breaks. Or is that what you're talking about?  :lol

[Punkstig]

[quote author=Punkstig link=topic=9474.msg97597#msg97597 date=1377803468]
Not being anal buddy,
I'll lead as I know the route,

The route itself is actually pretty simple, for instance- as soon as we're on the A422 its that one road all the way to stratford, when we get on the A44 its that road all the way to the B4030,
from the start as soon as we get onto the the few places I've set as a stop and smoke/drink point I'll probably mention the next leg of the journey.
Before we leave I'll ask the lot of you who wants to be a back marker, any junction where we turn off (which is very few) we shall all stop and wait until the back marker turns up, any roundabout should be classed as straight on, if its not then again we shall stop until the back marker shows up.
At the smoke/drink points if the back marker wants to swap with someone else then they can do.
This is a fun rideout made up of riders of different abilities, obviously everyone wants to enjoy themselves so there is no pressure on slower riders keeping up with faster ones and the route itself allows the faster riders to. Bugger off and enjoy it at a quick pace.

For roundabouts, how about having a fast rider as 2nd man drop off? It means the main bodies both know where they're going, and keeps things flowing! Riders could even swap places between fag breaks. Or is that what you're talking about?  :lol
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I was going to discuss that in Stratford as by the time we get there we will know everyone's speeds, funnily enough that's the role I normally take in the tipple run, also known as 'sweeper' but still requires an allocated back man.
Are you applying for the position already ChristoT?

[ChristoT]

Are you applying for the position already ChristoT?

You're even more optimistic about the performance of a 33bhp Fazer with a towbar fitted than I am!!  :eek :eek

[Punkstig]

[quote author=Punkstig link=topic=9474.msg97599#msg97599 date=1377804317]

Are you applying for the position already ChristoT?

You're even more optimistic about the performance of a 33bhp Fazer with a towbar fitted than I am!!  :eek :eek
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They're all even in the twisties!

[ChristoT]

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[quote author=Punkstig link=topic=9474.msg97599#msg97599 date=1377804317]

Are you applying for the position already ChristoT?

You're even more optimistic about the performance of a 33bhp Fazer with a towbar fitted than I am!!  :eek :eek
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They're all even in the twisties!
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They aren't... peversely, I'm better on the long, fast roads. Ask Exup why (last LoFo I attended). The Thous power out of corners, I bog down. 

[Skippernick]

Ok wait for it..............


























...... I have a pass for the day and will be making the slog up to Bicester for 11.

[Punkstig]

Glad to hear it

[Exupnut]

anyone else goin to meet at the ace apart from kosmic and me ?

[nick crisp]

So far:

DeadSquirrel
Punkstig
ChristoT
Fazer390
Skippernick
Kosmic Kartman
Nick Crisp
Red98
Chris.biker




A good group, can we entice a few more?

[ChristoT]

Not a bad lineup!  :lol

[Skippernick]

Not a bad lineup!  :lol

What for a firing squad? :lol

[ChristoT]

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Not a bad lineup!  :lol

What for a firing squad? :lol
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How about for a haircut (Exup)? :lol

[nick crisp]

I'm really looking forward to this - looking forward to meeting more of our little community, having a natter and a bit of banter face to face, and just enjoying the day and the ride with some good people. I bought my bike to ride, and that's what we'll be doing; summer won't last forever folks! So if there's anyone else out there who's thinking "I'd like to do that", come on, get yer skates on and get involved! And it won't all be flat out lunacy, you go at the pace you're comfortable with, and there'll always be others at your pace. The breaks Stig has planned will allow for everyone to catch up if some get ahead, and others will hang back for you too. That's the way it works.

[red98]

morning all.........not a maybe anymore...........IAM COMING  :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek .....yes iam that excited,first foc-u meet since BOTW.......the stuttering king is back,let the good times roll    :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol


looking forward to seeing "foc-u pulling expert`s" handywork 

[Skippernick]

Oo can we all wear our onscreen name tags so we know who each other are? :lol