Summertime, And The Living Is Easy
Another glorious day for cycling - just a shame about the drought conditions. At least today wasn’t muggy, with a decent bit of freshness in the air. A good sized group was at the Square which by the time we’d traversed the Over causeway had swelled to fourteen. A...
Race victory and a new 50 record for Club riders
Nathan Monk won the road bike category in the Royal Dean Forest Club's open 25 today on R25/7 with a time of 1h 5m 43s and in the ECAA Championship event held on the E2/50D2 at Newmarket Tim Radley set a new Club 50 mile record of 1h 42m 25s, beating the previous...
Who needs hills?
There seems to be an opinion that for a ride to be hard, or difficult, there has to be a sufficient amount of hill climbing involved. With this in mind a mixture of the Tempo and Intermediate rides set out on route to Clive's Fruit Farm at Cropthorne. The ride leader...
Speed can hurt your legs
With nine riders in the square on a near-perfect morning for a ride, we decided to set off as a single group and see how it developed. We thought the unusually flat parcours was unlikely to split the group, but some took the absence of elevation as a cue to go harder...