Routes may look familiar as we were unable to ride them last week due to ice, we give it a go again on Sunday- for a couple of these it could be third time lucky!

Thanks to Dave B and Richard F for providing routes for everyone to enjoy. All rides this week start from the church in Ivinghoe at the stated start times. We aim to leave no one behind! At the time of writing the forecast is reasonable for Sunday but as always during the winter months we need a degree of flexibility, if conditions are unsafe we can switch to a mountain bike ride or a later start time.

If at first you don’t succeed, try try again is a saying that has origins dating back to Robert The Bruce, King of Scotland. He told his troops to try, try again at the battle of Bannockburn. It is said that the Scottish king watched a spider spin a web three times over before it worked, which inspired him to urge his troops to keep trying.

Speaking of Scotland and postponements, there was a Scottish cup tie in 1979 between Inverness Thistle and Falkirk which was postponed due to poor weather 29 times across 47 days, so we can count ourselves lucky to be in the southeast of England where riding most weekends is still possible.

Enough of Scotland (did I mention Burns night next weekend?) here are the rides (again)

10.30am short https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49354835

10am short/medium https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49411797

10am medium https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49374157

10.30 short, repeat of last week as it was unused https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49354835

10am short/medium https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49411797

10am medium, repeat of last week as it was unused https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49374157

Thanks to Dave B and Richard F for providing routes for everyone to enjoy. All rides this week start from the church in Ivinghoe at the stated start times. We aim to leave no one behind! At the time of writing the forecast is very reasonable for Sunday but as always during the winter months we need a degree of flexibility, if conditions are unsafe we can switch to a mountain bike ride or a later start time.

A couple of challenges to help motivate riders to get outdoors and ride with others, you need to ride regularly with us and be a member of the “Ivinghoe Velos current riders” Strava group to take part.

1. weekly mileage points competition- 10 points for the most outdoor miles in a week, on a sliding scale down to 1 point for the 10th most miles ridden, tallies will be kept across the year
2. Monthly segment challenges: Could you post a personal best time on our featured segment? might you become the local legend? Could you post the fastest or slowest time of anyone in the group during the month or even all time? What other category makes you a winner? Our first featured segment is the Cheddington to Long Marston Express. Wind direction and group assistance are crucial on this one!

Roll on Sunday.

Happy new year! Three rides for the first Sunday of 2025. Rides start from Ivinghoe church.

10.30 short ride 20 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49354835

10am short medium ride 28 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49355298

10am medium 35 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49374157