Club Ride Diary
Trumpet sports ride
Ten set off on a sunny morning, albeit with a cool wind. Over the Old Road then across the A417 to meet and pass another group of GCCC riders at Highleadon and then disaster struck. A cry of "puncture" rang out but for once the diagnosis was incorrect - instead a...
A ride to Trumpet
Eight riders set of from Kings square, having allowed the sports ride to precede them, and headed down the Westgate route out of the city to the Over roundabout where route planners don't allow you to go. We took the main road through Maisemore so as to turn for...
A ride report
A less cold but dry and grey morning welcomed sixteen riders for the A ride to Berkeley. The Riders split into two groups with a sensible gap Marshaled by Toby whilst Alastair lead the ride along the canal towpath past lots of fishermen with tons of equipment and...
Ladies’ ride report
Four ladies left the square, feeling perhaps this was the last 'ladies' ride'. Though later decided we would run it again in a different capacity. Both riders who had the course on their Garmins, discovered the route was going to take us on every single cycle path to...
Spring cycling
Stroud Road provides a fast, and traffic-light free route out of Gloucester, and is reasonably quiet on a Sunday morning, which allowed the group to form up, and find a tempo to work at. This lasted until Frocester Hill, where the group split, with our Welsh mountain...
Tewkesbury on a bright, cold day
Eight left the square for the 26 miles to Tewkesbury. A short delay at the first bridge for a collector of bike bits to rescue some treasure – turned out to be genuine rubbish. The route was clockwise route, in the lanes, heading north west to Redmarley via Hartpury....
With a fistful of dollars
Clear skies and bright sunshine generated an exceptional turnout this Sunday, with over forty riders showing up at the Square. As usual, we divided into a number of manageable groups, chosen roughly on the basis of riding speed. Many enjoyed a good ride north, despite...
A foggy day, but not in London town
After a false start without water bottle requiring a double back, the novice ride leader arrived at the Oxbode just in time to lead a group of 11 along Barton St and up Painswick road. A right turn at Matson and then via the lanes with their little ups and downs to...
Bad luck comes in threes
The pre-ride advertising of "fair and frost-free" may have applied in the Severn Valley, but up at Foston's Ash, we were in a cloud that was so thick, it was hard to see the front rider from the back of an 8 rider peloton. It proved too much for the club president,...
Club rides cancelled due to ice
The forecast indicates it could be icy through the morning, so club rides and training have been cancelled for 22-Jan. Should you chose to ride on your own, please take care, and leave plenty of space between riders, so that you can see and react to any icy patches.