Following the cancellation of the planned off road ride due to the weather, myself and Ivan decided to organise an impromptu early bird road ride. Joining us were dave earle, paul k and Chris watson. We kept things simple by doing the reverse beachy route which is only 40 miles. Doing beachy in reverse meant that we had a nice tail wind blowing us all the way up and we achieved a good average of 16.9 mph.
If anyone else wants to be on the early bird list, you should email me at
cyclecurt3@hotmail.co.uk
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Sunday 19 June 2011
Saturday 11 June 2011
Great start to off road season
A very good turnout for the first Friday ride at Bewl water (2 laps of 13 miles)
Present were myself, Paul B, David earle, david HH, malcolm,Ivan, Duncan and Josef.
This was the first time out for Duncan on his nearly new specialized stumpjumper and he really enjoyed it. I was very surprised to see david earle there, he says he has now gone over to the 'dark side' and bought a KHS 29er.he thinks it rides great and Ivan is now very interested in getting one. Paul Baxter was sufferring badly with his back and struggled to get round,this doesnt bode well for the 100 mile south downs randonee which he is doing in a few weeks.
Present were myself, Paul B, David earle, david HH, malcolm,Ivan, Duncan and Josef.
This was the first time out for Duncan on his nearly new specialized stumpjumper and he really enjoyed it. I was very surprised to see david earle there, he says he has now gone over to the 'dark side' and bought a KHS 29er.he thinks it rides great and Ivan is now very interested in getting one. Paul Baxter was sufferring badly with his back and struggled to get round,this doesnt bode well for the 100 mile south downs randonee which he is doing in a few weeks.
Monday 6 June 2011
St Omer 2011 Trip
Thanks to all those who went on the French trip to St omer such an enjoyable weekend.The weather was very kind to us with some fantastic weather in france. We did have a few mishaps. richard fell off on the way to the ferry at Hythe and ended up having to have an x ray which confirned that he had broken his wrist so unfortunately he had to abandon the trip (we wish him well and hope the break heals ASAP). Paul had three punctures before we even got to the ferry, this turned out to be due to a mixture of poor rim tape and worn out rear tyre. Chris broke a spoke on the way back to the ferry. We had some good rides although the idea of basing the route on D roads (D for dream- my guide book said) turned out not to be such a good idea as some of the D roads were more like our A roads. Next time I will go back to basing the route on more minor roads even if it does make navigation more difficult. next year the plan is to go to dieppe if we can sort out the problem with the ferry booking. See photos on the slide show or go directly to
http://s932.photobucket.com/albums/ad162/cyclecurt3/St%20Omer%202011/
http://s932.photobucket.com/albums/ad162/cyclecurt3/St%20Omer%202011/
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