Category Archives: rides

Velos Rides for Sunday 8th April 2018

Sunday Rides

Four rides on offer this week. The extra one is from Andrew Broadbent, who has kindly offered to lead out a longer 10am ride.

9am start, 54 miles

10am start, 47 miles

10am start, 29 miles

10am start, 20 miles

Please bring a copy of your chosen route with you.

Return of the Tuesday Evening Ride

Tuesday sees the start of this season’s Tuesday Evening Ride. We begin from the Pitstone Roundabout (the one near the village hall) at 6:30pm and ride for an hour or so. It is very mixed ability so we tend to split into groups.

 

Velos Rides for Sunday 25th March 2018

Three road rides and one off-road to tempt you with this week.

9am start, 52 miles

10am start, 30 miles

10am start, 20 miles

The rides above are on road bikes.

Elke and Catherine will be leading out an easy paced off-road ride starting at 10am and finishing when the pub opens!

All of these rides start from the Rose and Crown at the time stated above … and don’t forget to put your clocks forward tonight otherwise you could end up riding alone.

Velos Rides for Sunday 4th March 2018

Given the weather we are proposing a “look and see” approach to modes of transport (i.e. road or Mountain Bike) and which route to take.

We can say for sure that there will be a Mountain Bike group departing from the R&C at 10am. If the roads look OK and you would prefer to ride your road bike, please come along and we will make a route up as required.

Velos Rides for Sunday 4th February 2018

Sunday Rides

Our road ride routes this week have been crafted by the Two Daves.

9am start, 63 miles

10am start, 41 miles

10am start, 20 miles

As always, please bring a copy of your chosen route with you.

Raid Pyrenean

There has been a few mutterings and conversation amongst a few of us and, as a result, we are planning a trip to ride the Raid Pyrenean in early September !
It’s 720km cycling, following the French/Spanish border, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, with 12000m ascent in 100 hours (4.5 days), taking in the Tourmalet, Aubisque, Col d’Aspin and some other picturesque climbs.
The plan is to fly to Biarritz on 4th September, stay overnight in Hendaye, and then start pedalling on the following day finishing 4 days later in Cerbere. Fly home from Girona on 10th September.
We intend to complete each day as a group with agreed points for regrouping.
We will have a support driver and 5 nights half board accommodation costed at £600. Need to add on top of this flights and bike transport (when I looked it was approx £300), bike box hire, lunches, snacks, drinks etc.
We have reserved 5 twin rooms (10 people) and have 6 already committed (Sarah, David C, Martin, Andy, Rob) so there is space for 4 more people.
If you want more info, have a chat with Dave C, Sarah or Andy B…  and if you are interested please let them know by Saturday 10th February so as to confirm rooms and get flights sorted.