The 2021 Reunion ride from the Ace Cafe to Brighton is on Sunday 5th September. Anyone here going? https://london.acecafe.com/event/ace-cafe-reunion-weekend-brighton-burn-up-tbc-10-30/
I'd love to, but Brighton will no doubt be rammed and it might just have come a bit too soon for me to be comfortable with it. I'm gong to give it some serious thought, though.
Sounds fun - except the going to Brighton bit. Every time we have passed through we get trapped by the insane anti-vehicle road layouts. Along the front where there was already a serviceable (largely unused) cycle lane they shut down a whole other lane on the road. Cars now park seemingly in the middle of the road with a cycle lane (empty) on one side and a jam packed stationary (often) lane to the right. Environmentally friendly my arse… Seriously though it might be interesting. I’ll have to look at the route as the M23 and A23 are not the most interesting of roads to ride. Edit: Just looked at their website. The route is Route A406 – A40 – M25 – M23 – A23 to Madeira Drive. Pity as there are some lovely routes they could have chosen.
I live near Brighton and will be going up to it via the south down stopping for a brew at Ryka's cafe. I think they are taking the main roads to keep the small villages happy in case 500+ loud bikes come through on a Sunday morning. I suggest everyone should take a more scenic route home afterwards - the roads are brilliant.
