Club Ride Diary
Where we are going there are no roads
The glorious recent and forecast weather tempted three to explore off road alternatives to the Club’s road ride to Lydney. Two opted for an early (eight o’clock) start; the Social Secretary followed later. Had he been too social the previous evening? After a brief...
Spectacular scenery everywhere
Despite the excellent weather, there were only six takers for the tempo ride to Lydney Harbour. However, it was an excellent group size, and the group stayed together well. Although the A40 may look on the map to be a busy main road, it is probably the safest and...
Tempo ride to ‘The Nest’
With the inaugural "intermediate" ride ready to roll the tempo posse was reduced as some defected (holiday legs and all that) to the new format. So, five set off and somehow we ended up behind the intermediate ride on the Gloucester Road from Highleadon (see other...
First 08:30 start
Seven riders opted for the first 08:30 start of the summer calendar, although it certainly didn’t feel much of a summer’s day, with riders checking their Garmin to see that it was 9 degrees. A far cry from what we had become used to over the last week. We left the...
Colder than expected Novice Ride to Newent
Following a blistering week of very warm sunshine, obviously Sunday would be the day the weather decided to make a change. So, on a not so sunny Sunday, there were three riders who decided to take up the challenge of the Novice ride to Newent. In reality there was...
Inaugural Intermediate ride
The inaugural "intermediate" ride attracted an ideal group size of six riders. An early rebellion from the timekeeper who wanted to experience the suffering of those she waved off on the U7B meant that we took the main road out of Maisemore, and thus were temporarily...
Bluebell ride
On a sunny but chilly morning nine riders left the Square via the Cathedral to cycle along Sandhurst Lane. One scantily clad rider admitted feeling cold but a good climb ahead would soon warm her up. The riders all elected to tackle the rough track up Sandhurst Hill...
Summer Rides list now available
The new rides list covering May to August 2025 is now available. Download it here. Following requests for a ride with a pace between the Steady (B) ride and the Tempo ride we are exerimenting with such a ride this summer. Look out for the purple Intermediate rides on...
Pre-Easter ride to Stroud
Given the excellent spring weather over the last few days, and the inevitable downturn in its prospects starting from today, it was pleasing to see six riders for what I had expected to be a lonely B ride to Stroud, given that the majority of likely takers were...
Fine spring scenery in the Cotswolds
Although good by any normal standards, today's weather was disappointing compared with that of recent weeks. This, combined with the racing season meant that the fast and tempo rides combined into one group of ten. In honour of Paris Roubaix, we started with a little...