AIPPI 2019 in London – Come ride with me!

 

 

13 September – Countryside Cruise

All day ride – Friday

(Two days before AIPPI 2019)

This will be a fun day to see the countryside rather than just crank out kilometers.

The route is still to be confirmed and suggestions are welcome.

The current plan is:

• the Deer Park – Richmond Park loop;
• meeting at 7.30 am (for 8.00 am start) at On Your Bike (The Vaults, Montague Close, London Bridge, London, SE1 9DA); for a total of
• about 120 km including the additional distance to and from the bike shop.
  

I have hired a bike and am told:

• Deluxe means TREK with aluminium frame, carbon fork and 105 groupset; and
• Super Deluxe means TREK with full carbon and Ultegra.

Electric bikes are available from the same shop.

Suggested jersey for the day.

 

14 September – guided city sightseeing

These rides suit all abilities. Easy rides to explore London before the business of AIPPI 2019 begins.

Morning ride – Saturday

(The day before AIPPI 2019)

Grand London Bike Tour

Meeting point is the entrance to the Train Platform Numbers 1&2 inside Waterloo train station. Waterloo Station is ABOVE the underground station.

 

10.15 am for 10.30 am departure. 3.5 hour ride with no climbs, rated ‘easy’.

Sights include

• London Eye
• Big Ben
• Houses of Parliament
• Westminster Abbey
• Buckingham Palace
• Changing of the Guard
• Horse Guards’ Parade
• Cycle over the River Thames twice
• Trafalgar Square
• Benjamin Franklin’s Residence
• Banksy’s legal street art tunnel
• Statue to Hodge & Casper the cats
• Covent Garden
• St. Paul’s Cathedral

 

Afternoon ride – Saturday

(The day before AIPPI 2019)

Secret London Bike Tour

Meeting point is the entrance to the Train Platform Numbers 1&2 inside Waterloo train station. Waterloo Station is ABOVE the underground station.

 

2.45 pm for 3.00 pm departure. 3.5 hour ride with no climbs, rated ‘moderate’.

Sights include

• Tower Bridge
• Tower of London
• Diagon Alley & Leaky Cauldron from Harry Potter film
• Cycle alongside a Hidden Canal
• Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
• World Famous Street Art
• Bike over the Thames on two occasions
• Bank of England
• A Central London Marina
• Brick Lane
• The Double Decker Bus’ ‘Leap of Faith’!
• Bell Foundry of Liberty Bell infamy!
• Old London Docks

I hope to see you there. Please drop me a line to let me know you’re coming.

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