The ‘two ride’ format seems to be working so we will be continuing that this week.

The Long Route takes us to Stewkley and Soulbury covering just under 30 miles.

The Long Route

Our more reasonable mileage route this week covers 15 miles and heads towards Champneys. The reward for doing this route is a nice fast finish down the Beacon.

The Shorter Route

As always, please bring a copy of your chosen route with you, either on your GPS device or printed out.  We meet from 9:45am at the Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe with an intention to depart at 10am.

Just one little hill …

so says Dave Bembridge who has designed the Sunday route that we will have the pleasure of riding this week. We are once again exploring new lanes as we venture to Great Missenden and back.  As usual, we meet outside the Rose and Crown from 9:45am and will be departing at 10am.

The Route

This week’s ride has been kindly mapped out by Andy Beezer. The route takes us to Markyate and back via some interesting lanes whilst covering just under 35 miles in the process. We meet at the Rose and Crown from 9:45am with a planned departure time of 10am.

The Route

This week’s ride has been suggested by Dave “That’s not a proper hill” Howe. We start as always from the Rose and Crown at 10am.

The Route

Well done to everyone who made it out last Sunday and joined the remembrance service. It was a great turnout.

The route for this Sunday is courtesy of Mr Bembridge. As always, we meet from 9:45am with a view to depart at 10am.

The Route

Be safe.

Vinghoe Velos Christmas dinner

Once again Jayne has very kindly made the arrangements for our Vinghoe Velos Christmas Dinner. The date is the 13th December and the venue is rehydration central : The Rose and Crown, Ivinghoe. Places are limited to just 30 so whilst the absolute cut off date is the 8th December, demand is expect to be high so you will have to act fast to secure a seat at the table(s).

To reserve your place at the No.1 Non-Cycling Event for Cyclists in Ivinghoe this Winter, hand over a £5 deposit to a member of the pub staff ASAP. At the same time, please select your selections from their Christmas Menu . The cost for three courses will be £25.

Alpine Adventure 2014

We have had a fantastic response to the mid-week post suggesting a trip to the Alps in 2014 to climb up some amazing mountain passes. At the moment the responses stand at –
9 definitely
5 possibly
To answer some of the concerns that have been put forward, we plan to ride in (and stay together as) groups up the climbs. The only exception may be Alpe d’Huez where we will all go at our own individual pace and meet for coffee and cake at the top (where we suspect Andy Beezer might have had 2 or 3 coffees before he has company). The B&B is already running out of rooms so we have to be quick and commit at least the deposit this weekend. If you are wavering and have any questions, please do let us know – we will commit to final numbers on Monday. The sign up / questions page is on our website so please get in touch by Sunday evening if you are interested.

Sunday Route

The Met Office is predicting high winds by Monday but we have it on good authority from our friend Michael Fish that they are completely wrong there is absolutely nothing to worry about. Either way, best to get any rides out of the way on Sunday before the proper storm hits / misses.

As always, we meet at The Pub from 9:45am with a 10am depart.

The Route

This week we have another marvellous route from Mr Bembridge . It is 33 miles in length and takes us to Great Missenden and back. As usual, we gather from 9:45am and depart at 10.

For anyone concerned about the not particularly favourable weather forecast for Sunday, we would like to remind you that rule # 9 applies.

The Route

The Ride this Sunday takes on a 28 mile loop via Chartridge.  As always, we assemble from 9:45am for a 10am start.

The Route

We would like to wish Jack and Andy Beezer the best for their race tomorrow up the Beacon.

Our route for this Sunday is another good one from Mr Bembridge. We gather from 9:45am for a 10am departure.

The Route 

There are a number of interesting organised rides over the next few weeks and we have updated our Sportives page with links to them.