Foggy or sunny? Best bring lights and bright clothing if its foggy. Another adventure with tea and cake starts at 10 am outside the Rose and Crown. New riders always welcome, pace set by the slowest rider.
Sally
Velos Ride for Sunday 10th February 2013
The weather forecast isn’t ideal but we will be out and about tomorrow regardless. As always, we meet at the Rose & Crown from 9:50am.
Mudguards- be kind to your bicycle and your fellow riders.
Take a look at most cycling club guidelines, and you will find that not riding with mudguards is considered quite antisocial. Indeed, many clubs will not let you ride in winter without them. The mudguards below are fairly cheap and designed for road bikes. They can be fitted in about 30 minutes, and are easy to remove. There is a very good video on how to fit them too. No excuses.
http://road.cc/content/review/33843-crud-roadracer-mk2-mudguards
Saturday 10 am Tea Ride
A misty morning, so lights and bright clothing would be good- meet at the Rose and Crown 10 am, back by 12 for further refreshment. All welcome.
See you there
Sally
Velos Ride for Sunday 3rd February 2013
Jayne and Stuart are organising a cycle trip to Wallingford on the 2nd March. We have full details on the Wallingford trip page including a form that you can fill in if you want to get in contact with Jayne about joining them.
We now have a page on the website listing any Sportives that people have expressed an interest in. Worth a look if you are thinking about entering one. Please do let us know if you have signed up then we can let others know that they won’t be alone in their quest for big miles !
Another new page is all about the Normandy trip planned for later this year. We will be updating this page soon with more details but, in the mean time, you can use the form on the page to register your interest.
And so, on to tomorrow’s ride. Hopefully the standing water should have drained away a bit so we don’t have a repeat of last week where our route was blocked by a flood at Marsh !
(S)no more snow…?
Whether the weather be fine,
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We’ll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not!
So, Saturday, 10am outside the Rose & Crown please. The hunt for cake must go on!!
Velos Ride for Sunday 27th January 2013
The forecast is a bit wet in the early morning but, most importantly, warm enough to melt the last remnants of the snow and ice – so we should be good for a road ride on Sunday.
Our route this week comes courtesy of Dave “The Hill” Howe … and unusually for him it is actually relatively flat(ish). We always enjoy rides designed by members so please do send them in.
As always, we meet at the Rose & Crown from 9:50am. As yet, we don’t have a lead rider for the ‘normal speed’ group so we will be looking for a volunteer in the morning.
There’s Snow Ride Like the Tea Ride
With more arctic fall forecast for the wee small hours, we suggest you stock up on the neeps & haggis tonight ready for tomorrow’s ride.
If the predicted snowfall does happen, then you will need your knobblies. If Mother Nature is kinder to us then the route will suit those of you with skinnies too.
Whatever the weather, the tea ride goes forth! Saturday, 10am, Rose & Crown.
See you there!
Velos Ride for Sunday 20th January 2013
The snow and ice are making it difficult to plan for a normal road ride this week so we are going to suggest an off road outing to be on the safe side. As you can see from the picture above, Elke, Sarah & Dave had a fantastic time on today’s Tea Ride which proves that the wintery conditions don’t prevent us Velos from having fun. We would like to draw your attention to Dave’s footwear – this season’s must-have overshoe – wellies.
The route will start as always from the Rose and Crown from 9:50am. We haven’t planned exactly where to go but a venture in to Ashridge is on the cards. Knobbly tyres are a must as much of the ride will be on bridle paths.
Of course, given the unpredictability of our weather, it is possible everything could have thawed by the morning and the predicted snow might not turn up. If members do decide to chance it on a road bike with slick tyres then we can gather a group together in the morning and plan an ad-hoc route – but at this time we are not recommending a road ride on skinny tyres due to safety concerns.
Saturday 10am Tea Ride
Are there any intrepid riders out there? I think tomorrow will be one for mountain bikes so I may not be out myself, but will keep an eye out to see who turns up! There is always good tea and cake at the Rose and Crown for those who get that far, and decide its far enough!
Sally