cantalowes opening jam

[paulie]

where in south london?

you could get an overground train to kentish town and ride from there. it goes over the river and via kings cross.

[Anon.]

i'm pretty sure that cantelowes is open to bikes, esp as it specifies bmx in the opening jam details!

but it does now seem to have fencing/lockable gate surrounding it so it could be subject to opening times.

on a downer note a couple of mates went for a look a few weeks ago and had some numpty skater shout 'no pegs! no pegs!' at them. then he went onto say how 'you coan see the burnside influence' of the park... :rolleyes: somehow i can't see them not allowing pegs, who's gonna stop us?

while it looks ok, canelowes is a zillion miles away from burnside... only time will tell how well the bowl flows, i reckon it's too small. but i do think the park section looks like fun.

as i'm moving to north london in a few months this will be one of my local spots so hopefully it'll be ok.

oh and i think the skate plaza is still just a skate plaza, but i'm not really fussed about that.
it's a shame, but as no riders (that i know of) were involved in getting it built leave it to the people who got it sorted.

Although from reading the thread on here earlier, BMXers did get involved early on but were told they wouldn't be needed, back BEFORE it was decided it was skate-only?  So it's more a case of BMXers being fucked over big style by the people at the top.

With my complete lack of knowledge about distances north of the river, how far d'you reckon it'd be from the Waterloo area riding to Cantelowes?  I know it doesn't take that long to get up to Paddington/Oxford St area, so would it be that much further?

[paulie]

Although from reading the thread on here earlier, BMXers did get involved early on but were told they wouldn't be needed, back BEFORE it was decided it was skate-only?  So it's more a case of BMXers being fucked over big style by the people at the top.

With my complete lack of knowledge about distances north of the river, how far d'you reckon it'd be from the Waterloo area riding to Cantelowes?  I know it doesn't take that long to get up to Paddington/Oxford St area, so would it be that much further?

i had heard about bmx'ers getting pushed out, but i wasn't sure about it...

i don't know anyone that was involved in it, but that just means i don't know as opposed to it not happening!

from waterloo you'd be better off crossing the river on bike, getting the overground train from blackfriars to kentish town. from there you can ride to cantelowes in ten mins.

or to ride, go over waterloo bridge, past aldwych, up southampton row, onto woburn place, then over euston road up eversholt street, onto camden high street, turn right onto camden road (at the junstion that camden tube is on) and cantelowes gardens is half a mile up the road on your right.

paulie 'five years ago that was part of my commute' mctoot.

[Krang]

Me and some mates are coming from the Wimbledonish area (Raynes park and such). Is it best to go to Waterloo aswell?

[paulie]

Me and some mates are coming from the Wimbledonish area (Raynes park and such). Is it best to go to Waterloo aswell?

if you can get a trian to waterloo you can get off there, then scoot across the river to blackfriars and get the overground to kentish town then ride from there. take an a-z like, cantelowes is on camden road.

looks like a few of us will be going, i ride a red wtp, gyro and pegz. the rest of my lot are mainly brakeless. we'll probably be sitting down and moaning.

[Krang]

if you can get a trian to waterloo you can get off there, then scoot across the river to blackfriars and get the overground to kentish town then ride from there. take an a-z like, cantelowes is on camden road.

looks like a few of us will be going, i ride a red wtp, gyro and pegz. the rest of my lot are mainly brakeless. we'll probably be sitting down and moaning.

Sweet cheers for that, I'll be riding a brakeless sunday with two pegs.

[paulie]

safe, should see you there fella!