Here are your rides for tomorrow. As usual, all rides commence at the Rose & Crown at the time stated. The Velos are a friendly social group who welcome all cyclists, look after each other and try to stick together whilst out for a ride, however please try to be self sufficient and bring a copy of the route and a puncture repair kit. Participation is at your own risk.

9am ride: Round Leighton Buzzard and over to Winslow – about 51 miles.

https://www.strava.com/routes/6217181

Garmin download links…

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30213223/Velos%20Aug%2021.gpx

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30213223/Velos%20Aug%2021.tcx

10am rides courtesy of Mr B…

31 miles: http://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_4386252.html

16 miles: http://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_4306150.html

There is also the option of the Luton and Dunstable Charity Ride (HQ in Kensworth Village Hall). More details on the facebook page…

https://www.facebook.com/LutonandDunstableCharityBikeRide

Désolée, mais je ne suis pas avec vous cette semaine parce que nous sommes en France.  Mais, bien sûr, le Thé Tour doit aller!

Donc, tout le monde va arriver au Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe pour departir a 10h, le samedi, pour chercher un cafe pour thé et gâteau.

Bon voyage!

(Si vous ne comprenez pas, s’il vous plaît appuyez ici pour le translation)

Here are your rides for tomorrow…

9am ride: 44 lumpy miles round the lanes to Sarratt and back:

https://www.strava.com/routes/6130707

TCX file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30213223/Sarratt.tcx

GPX file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30213223/Sarratt.gpx

10am rides courtesy of Mr Bembridge:

I may not be with you, but rest assured, some random, cycling related fact will be there to haunt or amuse you….

In 1986, Hero Cycles produced over 18,500 cycles a day, the highest in global reckoning. With the 48% share of the Indian market, this volume catapulted Hero in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world.

13th August is the first anniversary of the death of Om Prakash Munjal who, born in 1928, was a co-founder of Hero Cycles in 1944.  The company started out as a bicycle spare parts business.

So, as you have your Tea & Cake, bear this entrepreneur in mind and make a mental note to look after you bicycle bits and pieces as you expect your bicycle to look after you.

Assembling at the Rose & Crown for a 10am departure please….

Once again Dave “That’s not a hill” Howe has crafted a lovely early-starter ride (only for those of us without hangovers).

9am start, 50 miles – Wardrobe Way

10am start, 38 miles

10am start, 19 miles

As always, please bring a copy of your chosen route with you. We depart from the Rose and Crown in Ivinghoe at the times stated above.

……. to me,
Please have Cake & Tea.
I’m sorry I can’t be there…
And I can’t provide it free.

Sorry chaps, busy working this weekend so I can’t drag you all up to Ashridge with Team Hegarty for the usual Pimms & cake selection.  Hopefully we can do it another weekend instead!!

However, you are expected to assemble at the Rose & Crown to leave for 10am, nonetheless.  Have a great ride!

Many thanks this week to Martin Sisley for sending in a Great Train Robbers ride. He will be offering a guided tour of the key locations involved in the aforementioned local heist.

9am start 60 miles

10am start, 31 miles

10am start, 23 miles

As always, we launch from the Rose and Crown in Ivinghoe. Please bring a copy of your preferred route with you.

A number of us are off Ride London-ing on Sunday so will be taking a few hours parked on the sofa tomorrow, giving the leggies a bit of a pre-emptive rest.

The rest of you.. you are presence is anticipated at the Rose & Crown by 10am for a prompt departure.

Please remember that the Cook’s Wharf bridge is CLOSED (from 27th July to 24th August), so you cannot go between Pitstone to Cheddington – you need to go via Great Gap & Cheddington Station if you choose a route out that way….

The weather gods are (finally) smiling on us so why not get out on your bike and join the Ivinghoe Velos for a Sunday ride.

8am start, 71 miles to Silverstone

10am start, 34 miles to Winslow

10am start, 20 miles to Wingrave

As always, please bring a copy of your chosen route with you. We depart from the Rose and Crown in Ivinghoe at the times stated above.

So.. 23rd July… Is the day before my cousin Kim’s birthday.  She doesn’t ride a bike, but does ride a horse & is therefore a friendly road user.  99.9% of you don’t know her … but she’s as batty as me and if you’re that interested you can find her on Facebook here….  Feel  free to wish her a happy birthday…

This year, July 23rd is the 113th anniversary of the first sale of a Ford motor car.

So, to celebrate both these events, we are off to the Driving Range (Ford… Driving.. it’s that tenuous I though I better point it out ….)  We highly recommend the toasted sarnies!!

On parade and assembled for the off please, by 10am on Saturday morning.