Rose and Crown, Ivinghoe.
Charity Cycle Ride
Sunday 11th August 2013.
Raising funds for Cancer UK

This will be the main Velos ride this Sunday, so it would be great to see a good turn out to support this worthy cause. PLEASE NOTE START TIMES FOR THE RIDE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. The format is simple- you pay £15 to enter, no sponsorship money to collect, and the Rose and Crown provide a BBQ afterwards. We need people to sign up if they are interested so that the Rose and Crown know how many to cater for. There are three different routes offered- 10 miles, 25 miles both 1:30 start times, and 56 miles 11 am start. At the moment there are about 25-30 riders signed up, so get your places booked.

Register here and put the distance you wish to cycle in the comments box:
link to registration page

Routes and more information can be found on the pub website here:
http://www.roseandcrownivinghoe.com/News-and-Events.html

Thank you for supporting this event.

..but I’m doing my best to string mine out for a whole week.

So this week, the Tea Ride will be the Birthday Tea Ride.  We will be riding over to The Monument at Ashridge (the nice way, not up the Beacon!),  where the lovely Mr Hegs will meet us with a car full of cake.

If you know that you are able to join us, just to give me an idea of numbers, please could you either reply to the email, comment on the Facebook post (Facebook.com/vinghoevelos), tweet us @vinghoevelos or drop us a line using the contact form on the website.  If you don’t know yet, absolutely fine – I’m sure we can find you a slice!

As ever, we leave at 10am on Saturday from The Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe.

What an amazing weekend for the Vinghoe Velos with many taking on their own personal challenges demonstrating the breadth and true ethos of the Vinghoe Velos.  These challenges included:

• Daphne taking on and completing her longest ever ride on the Saturday Tea ride (yes Daphne you did cycle to Leighton Buzzard and back!), thanks Elke for leading 🙂
• Several people again riding out to Silverstone and back – well done Sarah on her longest ever ride
• 8 Velos taking on and completing the RideLondon Surrey 100, “Go Hegs Go!”. Thanks JB for proudly wearing the jersey so good to see it as we climbed Box Hill – great job.
• Mark ‘Bono’ Wilson taking on Chris Boardman’s favourite hills in the Lake District

That all said we were then reminded that we must stay safe when we learnt that ‘Leighton Buzzard’ Dave Dean was airlifted to hospital after an accident – although delighted to report he is out of hospital and on the mend, we are sure everyone wishes him a speedy recovery.

TUESDAY NIGHT RIDE

For those looking for a spin out tonight meeting at Pitstone Roundabout to leave at 7pm for 22 miles (options to shorten on route).  Route here

ROSE AND CROWN SUNDAY RIDE

Those wishing to take part in the Rose and Crown Charity Ride on Sunday can find details and are asked to register early here.  There will also be the usual 10am ride leaving the Rose and Crown for those wishing to do that, details will follow later in the week

Sorry our reminder has been coming up with Ride London (live on BBC1 tomorrow!) and we nearly forgot the local rides….but without further ado and by popular request

8am Start from Rose and Crown for another trip to Silverstone – c.65 miles and considered to be excellent training for the Normandy Trip, Martin Sisley has kindly offered to lead this one

SILVERSTONE ROUTE

 10 am Start from the Rose and Crown a Mr Bembridge flat 24(.99!)

Daves Flat 24

Have fun!

Meet outside the Rose and Crown at 10 am for cycling, tea and cake. Pace set by the slowest rider, no one gets left behind.

Whilst the current weather suggests we may not have many out tonight the forecast I have looked at suggests it may well dry up, that being the case…….

Meeting at Pitstone Roundabout for a start at 1900 a 25 mile ride (which can be shortened!).

Having checked the weather forecast it seems safe to publish rides for tomorrow, for your amusement we have 2 rides planned

The Beezer Blast

Leaving the Rose and Crown at 0800 to take in nearly 71 miles of pretty flat West Bucks Countryside.  This route is likely to see an average speed of between 15-16mph and is being kindly led by Mr Beezer (veteran) himself Beezer’s Blast

The Bembridge Bump

Meeting, as usual, at 0950 outside the Rose and Crown, Dave has kindly offered to lead out one of his favourite, not too hilly routes 31 mile routes.  This route is aimed at being an average of 13 mph and is sure to return to the pub for some rehydration! Bembridge Bump.  We look forward to welcoming new friends from Essex!!

August 4th

Whilst several of us, including Mr & Mrs Hegs, Kate, John, Jose & Andrew will be heading to London to ride 104 miles into the Surrey Hills, raising monies for our various charities, we will as usual have local rides out for everyone else to enjoy.

August 11th

The Inaugural Rose and Crown Charity Cycle Ride raising monies for Cancer Research UK

In closing remember when leaving the Rose and Crown please try and stay on your bikes 🙂

Meet tomorrow at 10 am outside the Rose & Crown for a gentle bike ride for tea and cake followed by a gentle bike ride back tot the pub for further refreshment. We should be back by 12:30.

Also advance news about Elke’s Birthday Tea Ride on the 10th of August. We will cycle up to Ashridge where we will be met by a support vehicle full of cake and soft drinks for a picnic. Put the date in your diaries, and let me (Sally) or Elke know if you can come to make sure that there will be enough cake for all.

Dear All,

I have found 2 minor errors with the mapping for tomorrows ride. I
have corrected the route (as of 9:15pm) and as inthe previous email
from John it can be downloaded from:

http://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_3357621.html

For your information:

The first is in Tingrith at about 21 miles and is a very minor change.
Don’t turn left into the drive of the house – follow your nose and you
will rejoin the route.

The second is at 28 miles after crossing the A6. Don’t turn right over
a field – keep straight and follow signs to Lilley.

Regards

Andy

Lots of options this week for your Sunday ride.

Early start Canal Ride to Euston

Mr Bembridge and Mr Hollands have arranged a reverse of the very popular canal ride between Euston and Ivinghoe. So this time the idea is to ride the canal to Euston, refuel and get the train back home.
Start 8am sharp (to be early is on-time to be on-time is late!) at the car park on the Cheddington side of Pitstone Wharf (where the boats go from). Postcode LU7 9AD . If you are interested, please view our page here with full details.

Early start road ride by Mr Beezer

This lovely route involves a full circumnavigation of both Luton and Leighton Buzzard. It is around 100k in length so we start early – 8am from the Rose and Crown. Mr Beezer will lead out the speedy lot. Elke is doing this ride in preparation for the Ride London 100 so if you would rather a 14-15 mph ride, she is happy for people to join her.

The Mr Beezer route – 8 am start 

Normal 10am road ride

If an early start isn’t for you, we have our normal 10am ride, starting at the Rose and Crown from 10am. We don’t have a nominated lead organised yet so please do bring your maps / GPS device with the route on.

10am start from the Rose and Crown

Blatant Self Promotion

Whilst I am very aware that there is a real chance of charity fatigue , I am going out on a limb and ask anyhow. Me and the wife (e.g. Hegs & Elke) are both riding the Ride London 100 bike event on the 4th August for Macmillan Cancer Support and The British Heart Foundation. If you feel so inclined, please have a look at our fund raising pages to see why – if only to see a picture of me as a fat little baby !

http://www.justgiving.com/johnhegs

http://www.justgiving.com/elkehegs