Sunday

Three rides to choose from this week –

9am start, 62 mile tour around Luton

10am start, 35 miles to Markyate

10am start, 20 flat miles to Totternhoe

As is the norm on a Sunday, we start from the Rose and Crown pub in Ivinghoe and ask you to bring a copy of your chosen route.

Call for routes

Getting bored of the same sort of routes each week ? Fancy exploring some new villages ? Please do have a go at using the MapOMeter site (or any other that has easy download options) to plan something different and send it to us via the contact us page on the website, or via the Facebook Rear Hub Group.

Meet at the Rose and Crown for a gentle cycle ride out for tea, and back again to the pub for more refreshment. The plan is to split the group into two rides meeting at the same tea room. See you tomorrow.

Ha ha!! so… whilst the regular “in charge” team are busy cycling through the night on the Dunwich Dynamo… (rather envious!!)… here’s the routes for this Sunday……

9am start…. Lumpy… Cranfield Reverse route .. 53 miles

10am start… Rolling… pretty, off the beaten track a bit, Hollingdon, Hoggeston… 39 miles

10am start… Flat… Eggington serpentine route… 28 miles

Enjoy the sunshine!

Please take a copy of the route in your chosen format. Meet at the Rose & Crown in plenty of time for “take off”…

Meet at the usual spot for more cycling, tea and cake.

Sunday Rides

The weather is nice and warm so no excuses not to join us this Sunday for a fabulous ride in our lovely local countryside. Three rides on offer, so something to suit all abilities.

9am start, 50 mile Dave “No real hills” Howe route.

10am start, 29 mile route to Stewkley.

10am start, 23 mile “Easy Sunday Morning 14 mph max pace” route from Dave “VW” Bembridge

As always, please bring a copy of your chosen route. We depart from the Rose and Crown in Ivinghoe.

Tuesday Evening Rides

These continue to be popular but not everyone is aware that there usually are at least a couple of groups riding at different paces. We depart from the roundabout in Pitstone (the one near the cricket green) at 6:30pm.

Thursday Evening Ride (off road)

There is a regular off-road ride that departs each Thursday at 7:30pm. We usually head up in to Ashridge or Tring park for some fun on the trails. We welcome new people so please do come along if you fancy something different from the normal road bike stuff.

… over the next couple of weeks, we thought we’d try something a little different!

Saturday Tea Ride

However, we are becoming a bigger group and, as we need to split into 2 groups in the interests of road safety, we thought we would try a slightly different approach.  “Officially-like”….

So, starting tomorrow (assuming there are a number of people out!), there will be 2 groups, a “Regular” group (averaging 10mph, sticking together) and a “Longer Stronger” group.  This second group will follow the same Tea Ride stick together approach, will average 11-13mph, depending on the group members, and follow a slightly different, probably longer route.

The idea is that both groups will meet at the same Tea Stop, around the same time  and reconvene at the pub afterwards, with the option of changing groups at the Tea Stop should you wish.

Each group will have a nominated leader, who should not be overtaken.

“As fast as the slowest rider” forever will stand.  Departing the Rose & Crown, Saturdays, at 10am.

The Tea Ride Goes Off Piste (Monday Evenings)

Starting Monday 6th July, Elke will be leading out a Roads & Tracks / Off-Road for Beginners ride.  The idea being an intro to paths and tracks, doing something a bit different, building a bit of confidence and seeing the countryside from different tracks.

Hybrids, Mountain bikes, tourers, BMXs, etc all welcome – road bikes not recommended!

Meet at Pitstone roundabout for a 7pm departure.

Another extra ride this Sunday following part of the Women’s Tour of Britain with an option to find somewhere to stop and watch it, or get back to the pub and peg it on over to Tom’s Hill to see them suffer. Many thanks to Dave “Big Ring Is Best” Howe for planning this route.

9am start, 44 miles Tour Route

10am start, 29 miles Markyate via Toms

10am start, 19mile flat

Please bring a copy of the route with you.

Meet at the Rose and Crown with raincoats for tea and cake and cycling.

New Kit

Time is running out if you want to secure a piece of the newly designed club kit for the summer. The current order closes early on Tuesday so please do place your order by Monday evening at the latest. The details of how to order are in our post from last Tuesday.

L’Etape London

There has been some discussion on the Facebook Velos Rear Hub about riding the L’Etape London which takes place at the end of September.  If you do enter and would like to start at the same time as other Velos, please answer the registration question Which Club do you represent at this event (if any)? with “Ivinghoe Velos” as we think this will ensure allocation to the same wave.

Sunday Rides

Three on offer again this week including a brand new long early start route that takes us to Oxford !

9am start, 75 miles to Oxford and back

10am start, 28 miles of lumps

10am start, 18 miles of flat

Please bring a copy of the route with you.

As I came over Windy Gap
They threw a halfpenny into my cap.
For I am running to paradise;
And all that I need do is to wish
And somebody puts his hand in the dish
To throw me a bit of salted fish:
And there the king is but as the beggar.

Tomorrow would have been (or is?) WB Yeats 150th birthday.  So, in true Tea Ride style, we shall be on a birthday excursion.  Any preference as to where?  Where’s the Tea Ride’s idea of paradise then?

With our wits about us, listening ears switched on and keeping an eye out over our shoulder for “things” coming up behind us….. we leave the  Rose and Crown at 10am and we are PEDALLING TO PARADISE.

Which basically means “Tea & Cake”.