Tour de Dulwich

[louisiana]

On a date yet to be announced, Dulwich will play host to a brand new Tour de Dulwich.

This road ramble will require participants to take part on an unmotorised 2-wheel vehicle of any size or shape.

The route of the Tour de Dulwich will take in local hotspots and notspots, including excellent local hostelries.

[louisiana]

There will be just the one challenging climb, which is optional.

This will be the Dulwich Duckpond to the Palace Transmitter via College Road. The winner will be crowned King of the Sarf London Mountains.

[louisiana]

Hmm, perhaps I should have put this in main ED section? silly me.

[woofmarkthedog]

louisiana....

It's a slow burner, bikes still in sheds , leg muscles atrophied over winter

But keep plugging it & people will come

W**F

[louisiana]

Woof, do you have a bike? Does it have 2 functioning wheels?

I'm thinking something fun and drunken...

[louisiana]

But I did fail to put it in the right category, eh?

[Sandperson]

I'd prefer to take i more seriously. Isotonic drinks, interval sessions on the turbo beforehand, a recce of the course. Can you arrange feed stations too?

[louisiana]

If you have a spare 250 squid floating around for registration, I'm sure I can manage that.

[louisiana]

And as with the propa Tour, like, each year we shall visit a little corner of a neighbouring territory.

So which shall it be this year? Peckham Village? Poets' Corner? New Cross Vallee?

[louisiana]

Okay, let's draw up some rules here.

1. You must have a two-wheeled, non-motorised mode of transport. Your transport may not include a trolley or other beer conveyance. The judge's decision will be final.

2. You may if you wish fill your water bottles with beer. If you have any water bottles. But otherwise you can do as you wish.

3. You may not crash into another participant or otherwise sabotage him or her. Or you will have to drink another round before setting off again. The judge's decision will be final.

I think that covers it.

[SimonM]

Wot, no yellow jerseys or random drug tests?! :(

[louisiana]

King of the Sarf London Mountains not good enough for you :-S

[Narnia]

What about trikes i.e tricycles?Two wheels good three wheels bad or what?

[woofmarkthedog]

Narnia Wrote:

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> What about trikes i.e tricycles?Two wheels good

> three wheels bad or what?

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Once...

Many years ago, I overtook a less physically able person riding ( well hanging off it whilst his legs propelled him ) a trike

So being super conscious of the consequence of knocking someone like this off their "massive red tricycle". I gave him an exaggerated berth as I drove around him, looking back in my rear view mirror just to check his random twitches & foaming spasms hadn't propelled him into my path

Yes what a considerate young driver I was, indeed

I then proceeded to drive straight into the back of a now stationary "Funeral procession" vehicle

The man on the tricycle rode slowly on by, informing me;

"ohww...you crwashed into that car, you know "

W**F

*slightly TRICYCLE bloody phobic*

[katie1997]

louisiana Wrote:

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> On a date yet to be announced, Dulwich will play

> host to a brand new Tour de Dulwich.

>

> This road ramble will require participants to take

> part on an unmotorised 2-wheel vehicle of any size

> or shape.

>

> The route of the Tour de Dulwich will take in

> local hotspots and notspots, including excellent

> local hostelries.

Cool B)

[louisiana]

You are right Narnia.

My bad!

Also allowed: any bikes with wheeled attachments for conveyance of small people.

I'm also minded to permit 4-wheeled unmotorised thingies drawn along by person-power alone.

[louisiana]

PS I only found out this week that Hawkwind's Silver Machine was about riding a silver-coloured bicycle!

[louisiana]

louisiana Wrote:

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> King of the Sarf London Mountains not good enough

> for you :-S

"In the Tour de France, the leader in the mountains competition wears a distinctive polka dot jersey (French: maillot ? pois rouge)."

I propose we award a jersey called "spotted dick"

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

In homage to Hawkwind, will you be naked, Louisiana?

[louisiana]

PG, while I may have attended a Hawkwind gig in my teen-yoof (Friars Aylesbury, mid-70s), I have no intention of taking on the mantle of Stacia!

[louisiana]

Open to suggestions as to routes and pit-stops/places of interest...