Club Ride Diary
Meandering to Newent
Fourteen riders (yes, fourteen) appeared on a post storm Amy windy morning. The weather forecast being fine, but with a strong westerly, I thought it would be “a Billy no mates ride” but not so. The Captain offered to manage a respectable break in the group, and with...
Amy’s tail
Four braved Amy's tail. Teeth were gritted and headed into a stiff cross head wind courtesy of the tail of storm Amy. With some good team work we made coffee by 11.15 where one of the team wanted his breakfast but wasn't up for a 30 minute wait, so it was coffee and...
The fast and furious
Labelled as the ‘faster’ training ride, we set off from the square with five riders. We started off at a steady pace on a simple route up the A38 towards Tewkesbury. The route out to the Malverns was very pretty flatish and we averaged around 19mph for the first hour,...
Two-up intermediate ride
Feeling like "Billy No Mates" in the square, I had resigned myself to trying to cling onto the fast ride, when one rider asked "Are you running the loop ride". What a relief! So it was that two of us set off for Cleeve Hill, and as it was just two, it was easy to find...
50,000 acorns
With steady stalwarts away on the Autumn tour only five riders, including one junior, set off from King's Square along the tiresome A40 to Birdwood and the well travelled Chapel Lane. The day was cool but better than expected and the Flaxley valley and Abenhall Road...
Changing seasons
It took some digging in my kit drawer to find kit warm enough for today, as it has been buried all summer. Arriving in King's Square, I found that some were less well prepared than me as they moaned about the cold. Ten of us set off, with half intending to go for...
Novice ride attracting experienced riders
Seventeen riders started the novice ride to Slimbridge. The ride leader would like to think it was because of his animal magnetism, however the truth was that they probably wanted to go on a ride and get home early before the forecasted storm blew in. There were a few...
Inaugural intermediate loop ride
Innovation can be good. Take indexed gears for example, few would argue that they haven't improved the cycling experience, although I imagine there was resistance when they first appeared. The jury is currently out on more recent innovations such as tubeless tyres. An...
Summer edition of Spokespiece is now available
The September edition of the Club's newsletter is now available for your entertainment. It features a Tour of Normandy, a review of some of the Club's historic records (particularly the Three Cities), many of which have been broken this year, and several other...
Dramatic Skies and Minor Soakings
Eight riders gathered in the square on a somewhat overcast morning. Although it must be noted that the ride leader, at least, had observed a wonderful golden sunrise not two hours ago - we mustn't complain too much about the weather! We followed a familiar route...