Rides

Two rides on offer this week. Our early ride will take on the proposed route for The Cog Team Time trial due to be held next weekend. While this will allow the members who are entering the Time Trial a chance to recce the course, non-entrants are most welcome to join us for what looks to be an interesting route.

9am start, 45 (ish) miles, meet at R&C then navigate over to The Cog cafe in Tring, then ride  this route.

10am start, 31 miles, meet at the R&C, The Route

Facebook

We now have a Facebook group where members have a place to be able to discuss ad-hoc rides and plans for get-togethers. We will continue to use the website and Facebook page as the way to post rides so it won’t be mandatory to monitor this group but it has already had some lively conversations so if you are a Facebook user, pop on over and say hello. It is called The Ivinghoe Velos Rear Hub. Many thanks to Andy Beezer for organising it.

Meet at 10am at the Rose and Crown for more tea, cake and adventures. Elke and I are off for some time trial practice so won’t be with you, but hope to be back at the pub in time to see you all for the final cup of tea (or beer).

Road Rides

We have three road rides on offer this Sunday – the early one kindly supplied by Dave “The Hill” Howe and includes some new roads for us. Dave has also wrangled a special “Mention the Velos and get £5 off 1st treatment” discount for a local Osteopath Louise Barrett that he is recommending. You can find our more over at Louise’s Facebook page.

Here are the road ride routes and start times for this week –

9am start, 44 miles, The Route

10am start, 33 miles, The Route

10am start, 20 miles, The Route

All three  start from the Rose and Crown, Ivinghoe and we always recommend bringing a copy of the route that you plan to ride.

Off Road / Hybrid Ride

Dave “Jogle” Bembridge has organised another one of his popular canal rides, this time from Pitstone cycling along the tow path all the way to Euston. There will be a stop at The Bree Louise pub for lunch and maybe a pint or two before catching the train back. His group are starting from Pitstone Roundabout tomorrow (Sunday 12th) at 8am.

8am Start, 51 miles, The Route

… but the Tea Ride will go on regardless!

There’s no such thing as the wrong weather – just the wrong clothing – and the forecast is reasonable until ermmm about the time we should all be back in the pub!

So… wrap up a little bit warmer than in previous weeks, drag your steed out of the shed, dust off the cobwebs (be that you or your bike!), rustle up a few pennies for a cup of tea/coffee and join us at the Rose and Crown, Ivinghoe, for a 10am departure.

Sunday Rides

This week we are revisiting some popular routes from earlier in the year. There are a variety of distances including a longer ride starting earlier than the normal 10am.

9am start, 53 miles to Cranfield

10am start, 35 miles via Markyate

10am start, 25 mile local loop

As always, we meet at the Rose and Crown Ivinghoe and recommend bringing a copy of the route.

 2015 Trip to the Peaks

Andy Beezer has put together some plans for a fantastic trip to the Peak District for May 2015. Below are the details of his open invitation –

Who would like to come on a Peak District cycling adventure next May and cycle some of the most beautiful countryside in the UK?

When: Friday 1st to Monday 4th May 2015
Where: Hartington Youth Hostel (http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/hartington-hall)
What: 3 days of riding (Sat/Sun/Mon) in the Peaks with 2 route options each day, one challenging and another less so, with both routes meeting at a common point for lunch (which means riders can switch groups at lunch time if they wish). One of the challenging rides will go up the famous Winnatts Pass and over Mam Tor.

Team Time Trial

The lovely people at The Cog Cafe in Tring are organising a Team Time Trial event on the 26th October with space for 20 teams consisting of 4 cyclists each. A few velos have already  spotted the announcement on The Cog’s Facebook Page and entered themselves. If you and 3 pals fancy it please visit their page Facebook Page and get your entry in.

 A Trip to Italy

A few of the Velos went on a cycling trip to Italy last month and have put their photos online to share with us. Click on this link to have a peek at what was a highly successful trip enjoyed by all who went.

An autumnal feel to tomorrow’s ride- waterproofs recommended. Meet at the Rose and Crown at 10 am for another tea and cake cycling adventure.

Apologies for the late posting this week.

9am start, 45 mile route via Winslow

10am start, 30 mile route via Cholesbury

As always, please bring a copy of the route.

If any members would like to propose some new routes, please feel free to send them in via the contact us form on the website. We are always looking to mix things up a bit.

Meet at the Rose and Crown at 10 am for a sociable cycle ride out for tea and cake, and back to the pub for more tea (or beer). Pace set by the slowest rider.

There are three routes to choose from this week for your Sunday velos ride.

9am Start, 55 mile route from Mr Bembridge

10am Start, 42 mile route from Mr Howe (includes a short stop at Emily’s Tea Shop)

10am start, 28 mile route via Redbourn from Mr Howe 

We will split into groups of like-minded riders so that people are comfortable with the pace they are cycling at. The start point is the Rose and Crown in Ivinghoe.

It looks like rain and it’s been comin’ on for hours
It looks like rain I hear the rumble of thunder showers
Pretty soon the rain will play its sweet refrain
While we listen from inside
And until it stops, we’ll hear the drips and drops
From beside the fireside

So let it rain (pitter patter, pitter patter of the rain) (goin’ drip
Drop drip drop)
Yeah and we’ll be happy when it stops (pitter patter, pitter patter of
The rain) (goin’ drip drop drip drop)
‘Cause when it rains (pitter patter, pitter patter of the rain) (goin’
Drip drop drip drop)
The ways of love rise in my heart (pitter patter, pitter patter of the
Rain) (goin’ drip drop drip drop)
We won’t be sad when there is a storm (ooooo)
And we can be glad (ooooo)
‘Cause we can keep warm, yeah, yeah

Listen to the rain
Pitter patter, pitter patter of the rain (goin’ drip drop drip drop)
Pitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter (goin’ drip drop drip drop)
Pitter patter oooo

Except this is The Tea Ride…. it’s called the wrong clothing, not the wrong weather!

Whatever the weather, all year round, 10am, the Rose and Crown, Ivinghoe.

As for The Beach Boys, we’ll just leave them at home by the fireside whilst we go out and play in the puddles…..