Hi All,
I found out yesterday that the Brighton Cruize organised for Saturday will be making a couple of stops on route to Brighton. One of them being Boxhill…so there is now a change of plan as it makes no sense at all riding to Greenford to start the ride.
For those of you who live in SE London, we will now meet at 12 noon at Catford McDonalds. We should get to Boxhill between 12:45 - 13:00 to meet the main ride. They are leaving Greenford around 12, so they should also arrive at Boxhill around the same time. For those of you who would prefer to make your way directly to Boxhill, we will meet you there for around 1pm.
Please can you confirm if you will be meeting me at Catford, so I know who to expect?
Please see further details below:
START: LONDON MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
10am See the bikes and meet the bikers have some refreshments
pictures and photos depart 12pm
1ST MEET POINT: RYKA’S CAFÉ BOX HILL
Ryka's is one of the best biking destinations in England and is the place to be seen on your bike
2ND MEET POINT: PEASE POTTAGE SERVICES ON A23 JUST OFF A264 ROUNDABOUT
END: BRIGHTON PIER Madeira Drive
6pm There will be enough parking for everyone on Madeira Drive final meet up here from 6pm onwards.
TOTAL TIME: ALL DAY EVENT 10AM - 6PM
67 MILES
ALL BIKES ARE WELCOME THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS
Cruisers, Sports Bikes, Scooters, Quads and Trikes.
How to ride in a group
Riding in a group doesn’t require special skills, but you do need to remember a few points to ensure you have an enjoyable as well as safe ride. Here’s MBC’s top 3 tips for riding in large groups.
1. Keep your distance. Sounds obvious, but bunching up reduces your visibility as well as giving you less time to react to anything that happens. Stagger the group so you’re not riding in each others wheels tracks – the first rider keeps to the right side of the lane, and the next rider rides on the left two bike lengths back, and so on.
2. The rider at the front of a very large group should stick below 40mph. Groups covering hundreds of yards tend to spread out, and riders towards the back naturally speed up to catch up if they become separated at junctions. Keeping the lead bike slow prevents people riding too fast to stay in touch.
3. Stay in formation. If someone pulls over, by all means overtake, but pulling out and overtaking the group achieves nothing and creates a new risk.
ROUTE FROM BOXHILL
B2209 0.00 Start out at Rykas Motorbike Cafe RH5 6BY, Mickleham
A24 0.33 At Burford Bridge Roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A24
Signposted Dorking
0.99 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A24
Signposted Dorking, Reigate, Guildford
1.29 At Ashcombe, traffic signals continue forward
1.67 At Deepdene Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A24
Signposted Horsham
3.42 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A24
Signposted Horsham
6.46 At Beare Green Roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A24
Signposted Worthing, Horsham
8.79 At Clark's Green Roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A24
Signposted Worthing, Horsham
A264 13.28 At Great Daux Roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A264
Signposted Crawley, Gatwick Airport, M23
14.55 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A264
Signposted Crawley, Gatwick Airport, M23
15.28 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A264
Signposted Crawley, Gatwick Airport, M23, London
16.58 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A264
Signposted Crawley, Gatwick Airport, M23
18.17 At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A264
Signposted London, Gatwick Airport, Brighton, East Grinstead, M23
19.58 At Tollgate Hill Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A264
19.78 At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto Brighton Road
Signposted Pease Pottage, Services
20.22 At roundabout take the 3rd exit
Signposted Pease Pottage
20.38 Bear left onto Old Brighton Road (South)
20.40 Bear right onto Horsham Road
20.41 Arrive at Pease Pottage, Crawley
20.41 Start out at Pease Pottage, Crawley
20.42 Bear left onto Old Brighton Road (South)
20.44 Bear right
20.57 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto Brighton Road
Signposted London, Crawley Brighton, Horsham, M23
A23 20.82 At roundabout take the 1st exit, then merge onto the A23
Signposted Brighton
2ND STOP 20.41 Arrive at Pease Pottage Service Station, Crawley
A23 Hickstead, Haywards Heath, Mid Sussex, RH17
B2118 29.87 Branch left, then at roundabout take the 1st exit onto the B2118
Signposted Henfield
30.55 Arrive at Sayers Common, Hassocks
B2118 30.55 Start out at Sayers Common, Hassocks
30.56 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the B2118
30.74 At mini-roundabout continue forward onto the B2118
B2117 32.69 Turn left onto Brighton Road - B2117
Signposted Hurstpierpoint
A23 32.94 Turn left, then merge onto the A23
Signposted Brighton
37.43 At Mill Road Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A23
Signposted Brighton
38.28 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A23
Signposted Town centre
39.60 Warning: Speed Cameras along the A23
39.74 Travelodge (Brighton)
40.02 Turn right onto Beaconsfield Road
Signposted City Centre
A270 40.35 At Preston Circus turn left onto the A270
Signposted Town Centre, Lewes
40.55 Take right hand lane and at traffic signals turn right onto Ditchling Road
Signposted Town centre
A23 40.80 Turn left onto the A23
A259 41.50 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A259
Signposted Rottingdean, Newhaven
B2137 42.80 Turn left onto Arundel Road - B2137
B2118 43.01 At mini-roundabout turn right onto Bristol Gardens - B2118
43.14 Turn right onto Marina Way
43.56 At roundabout take the 4th exit onto Merchants Quay
43.68 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto The Strand
43.93 Turn left
END 44.03 Arrive at Brighton Madeira Drive, Brighton
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This all sounds a bit dodgy to me, maybe they were just trying to get people in the museum 