Just for fun, have a guess what my London to Brighton bike ride time will be today. My hope is to be under 4 hours 30. Just a number I have put out there. So feel free to guess away, and lets see who was then closest at the end.
Hopefully you can follow me on Glympse when I finally get going. The feed is a bit dull at the moment as I am at home.
Start is 9am from Clapham.
If you want to work my time out from my previous stats… https://www.strava.com/athletes/12609703
Will reset the Glympse with a new link when I get started as it seems the updated remaining time doesn’t come through.
Best of luck today Michael 
I’m going for 2 hours. Don’t let me down @anon64893700. The whole forum is watching in anticipation! 
Best of luck mate.
Enjoy Chris 
Was good to see you yesterday BTW 
Sorry I didnt stop and chat properly - but @Sugar_Mountain was v busy and I didn’t want to get between any kids and their sweets! Hope to catch up properly soon.
No worries, we’ll catch up properly soon
Lol 2 hours!
Come on Michael, tell us how you got on today 
Err … 3 hours and 53 minutes? 
YAY, well done x
Haha, maybe. Well done. See you for Ride100
Oh cool, are you doing it then! That’s brilliant to know. Hopefully see you somewhere along the way.
MAMIL - Middle Aged Man in Lycra. Although @anon64893700 is obviously too young to be described as such.
I don’t need an excuse, I have a blog all about them haha.
Wait til you tumble, you will see there is no way you do it on purpose, especially in public, on tarmac, in shorts, clipped in ! 
Label me any way you want @RachaelDunlop all names apply when it comes to me. I am not afraid of being pigeon holed.
As for the attire, if it suits the purpose, go for it I say. Took me a long time to get there.
Funny, I was going to post and ask you about that. I understand the need for lycra when doing a ride of that sort but was curious why the old giffer in full Team Sky gear would wobble up to me standing at a pedestrian light on his carbon fiber bike and fall gracelessly onto me as his clip ons refused to undo. This was a Tuesday morning in rush hour on Canon Street. Do you need full lycra mode to commute these days. I didnt when I cycled to work. Have the rules changed? 
Good question.
First up, in general I prefer rides of 20 miles and more. Makes it worth the effort of getting all the gear on in the first place. So can’t comment for 10 mile (or less) commutes. That said, its comfortable to wear when riding, but not so sure I would want to rock up at work in it all.
Now now, don’t be a carbon hater, nothing wrong with a nice carbon bike
Can’t bring myself to wear a complete brand outfit though. Practicality over image for me every time.
The capsizing of the rider I can sympathise with thought, it’s not nice when you just go. lol (but is quite funny)
I did feel quite bad for him, lying there like an injured tortoise, little legs not going anywhere and still struggling to unclip. I looked down and asked if he was OK. His response was a classic “I am fine, happens all the time”. 