There rides on offer this week.

9am start, 47 miles 

10am start, 34 miles

10am start, 24 gentle miles with Dave Bembridge

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

So…. in his new live show, MrMcIntyre tells us all about the week in Austria he was “forced” to endure at his wife’s insistence…. lose a stone in a week…. eat lentils and juice…. and look miserable….

The best words he says…? Eat cake and be happy.  So once again, the Tea Ride gets it right.

Tea/coffee … and endorphin raising cake.  Inane banter and information free of charge.

Bring some pennies …. Leaving the Rose & Crown at 10am. Back for lunchtime.

Wrap up warm and bring the the bike you are most proud of.  Or the one that you have.  We don’t judge and we don’t care.  We just want to see you there with a bit of enthusiasm and we promise to look after you. (Under 16’s must be accompanied by a responsible adult).

As we normally do on Remembrance Sunday, our rides will stop at a church, just before 11am, to pay our respects. This year there has been some discussion on the Rear Hub about our plans and it has been decided to stop at a the church in Ivinghoe rather than the one in St Leonards.

9am start

10am start

After stopping, the routes are the same so it would be great if we were able to ride as one group for the final 16 miles. Many thanks to Dave Howe for creating the routes for this week.

VELOS CHRISTMAS MEAL – FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER – 8PM

The votes are in and the location survey is now closed. Over 75% voted for a hot, fork buffet meal in the Rose & Crown and it is the location availability that has dictated the date.
However, we now need your input on choosing the menu for the night so… another little survey for you….
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/M28VHWZ

I run around town
Around around and round
The pedal to the metal
The pedal to whatever

Shooting round the streaky bends
I hear a conversation in my head
Thinking of a place to be
I sing a little melody instead
I won’t argue with myself
Today my legs are getting some help

Gonna ride my bike until I get home
Gonna ride my bike until I get home

I can understand it
But I can’t really stand em
Girls love cars
Cars cause harm to the planet
Don’t you want to
You take a joyride on my tandem
Hubby on a huffy
Don’t I look so handsome

Bikes suffice
They so nice like priceless
Working on my calves
Triceps and biceps
Bypass the gas
Stopped at traffic lights
I get around town
Without a drivers license
Hello, (Hi) you walking?
(No) Farewell, (oh) I’m off then
And I’m whipping through the city
With a 40 and a 50
Party popping on my wheely

Gonna ride my bike until I get home
Gonna ride my bike until I get home

It’s called “The Bike Song”…. and you can hear it here – if you’re that interested!!

Just some random bike things to warm you up for the Saturday Tea Ride 🙂  We will be leaving the Rose & Crown at 10am, every week, regardless of the weather.  Bring a bike and clothing to suit.  As fast as the slowest rider……

VELOS CHRISTMAS MEAL – FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER – 8PM

The votes are in and the location survey is now closed. Over 75% voted for a hot, fork buffet meal in the Rose & Crown and it is the location availability that has dictated the date.
However, we now need your input on choosing the menu for the night so… another little survey for you….
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/M28VHWZ

Apologies for the lateness of this post. Blame Mr Fawkes !

9am start, 49 miles

10am start, 31 miles

10am start, 20 miles

As usual, please gather at the Rose and Crown to depart at the time stated. Bring a copy of your chosen route with you either digitally or the traditional way, on paper.

I’ll be 44 on my next birthday… the same age that Francis Bacon was when Guy Fawkes did his homemade chemistry experiment in 1605.  Amongst other things, Frances Bacon is known as the father of modern science methods.  He also had a lot to say about a lot of things….

“Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.”     Bit like the Tea Ride then…..

“Silence is the virtue of fools.”  Just as well we are a chattery bunch then…

“Write down the thoughts of the moment.  Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.”  The average Tea Ride post then – definitely “of the moment”….

“No body can be healthful without exercise…”  Need I say more?!

“People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.”  And it’s our custom to be out on 2 or 3 wheels at 10am on a Saturday morning….

So, as per custom, see you at the Rose & Crown by 10am, ready for some pleasant exercise and, in the interests of variety, we shall be venturing out for BACON sandwiches.  (GLUTEN FREE type people, please bring a bread substitute as I can’t guarantee they will have that bit covered!!)

Our thanks go out to Mr Dave “Zwifty” Howe for planning this week’s routes.

9am start, 55 miles

10am start, 32 miles

10am start, 22 miles

The clocks go back an hour so there is a great opportunity for people to give the 9am route a go without upsetting their sleep patterns too much. As usual, we launch from the Rose and Crown at the times stated above (which will be GMT). Please bring a copy of your chosen route with you.

A  quick refer back to last week’s Tea Ride post… Greenwich Meridian….  Saturday night the clocks fall back by an hour (at 2am to be precise)… taking us back to Greenwich Mean Time.

And for those wishing to fall back into line, there will be a “as fast as the slowest rider, not faster than 10mph average, not staying on the Tarmac the whole time” ride plus (at least) a second group of road only riders who may clock up a slightly faster speed.

As always, heading out for tea & cake (and I have new venue in mind!) from the Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe at 10am.

As last week was a bit of a washout (apart from two hardy souls), we are going to have another go at riding last week’s routes.

9am start, 47 miles

10am start, 28 miles

10am start, 16 miles

As always, we start from the Rose and Crown in Ivinghoe at the times indicated above. Please do bring a copy of your chosen route with you.

Christmas is a-coming

We are rapidly approaching Christmas and so we need to organise ourselves in terms of the annual Velos get-together. There was talk last year of us moving the event from the Haldi to the Rose and Crown but no firm decision has been made, so we need some feedback. Can you please take a couple of minute to fill in our survey here with your preference. We will go with the most popular choice.

Other Important Stuff

In 1884, on 22nd October to be precise, the basis of geographical and navigational longitude was adopted as the meridian passing through Greenwich, London.  The meridian was actually established by George Airy in 1851 but, by 1884, two thirds of all shipping transport was using it as a reference point so the International Meridian Conference voted that it should become the officially recognised Prime Meridian.  Now, because of a whole bunch or re-triangulations over the years, your modern fandangled GPS thingies will actually show a discrepancy of about 103 metres between where the line of steel is on the ground and where the electronic doodah believes it to be.

103 metres may not sound like a lot. But, if you’re intent on joining the far more important display of steel (aluminium and carbon bikes also accepted) tomorrow morning, it’s about the difference between being outside the Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe and being at the junction by St Mary’s Church. i.e. the wrong place.

So, let’s all be in the right place, at the right time, please.  Ready to depart at 10am, Saturday 22 October, outside the Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe.

There will be an “any-body, any-bike, as-fast-as-the-slowest-rider” group, doing an approximate average of around 9.4mph.  Those wishing to go further or faster and head to the same place are welcome to come along and form additional groups.