Hovis Freewheel London

This event was great fun - if you got there early! The chance to ride around Buck House, Horse Guards, St James, The Embankment, Blackfriars, etc with no cars was great. At 11:00 this morning there was hardly anybody on the route and you could ride at a nice, steady, pace - with the chance to look at the sights.

By 12:00 most of the 40,000 people had arrived and the route was packed! Things were still moving, but very slowly. It was great to see the wide variety of cycling life - from small children on their tricycles, commuters on their folders, fixed wheelers and carbon fiber race bikes mixing it together. The only problem was that people were all spread out and some people do not know how to hold a line or take a corner - forcing everybody to go slower (not all bad!).

The best bit, however was the endless supply of free sandwiches thanks to the sponsorship of Hovis.

Thank you to everybody involved in making this a fun way to spend a Sunday Morning and let's do it again next year.