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Keeps legs dry but downsides but hard work if it's windy and hides bar mounted lights and map / garmin. Personally I'd rather have wet legs.

Is this month's intro ride cancelled or postponed to 14th?

Northfield is inside the route which involves road closures in our neck of the woods 08:15-18:00. Given it's 80 miles into the route it's hard to imagine it would be difficult to cross the road as a pedestrian for the start of the club run but club run leaders might like to give it some thought espe...

Welcome back Neil!

Don't forget to renew subs before the season kicks off folks.

http://beaconrcc.org.uk/resources/2019_ ... _table.xls

Renewal Options in case anyone missed this

The unpaced records are a little more impressive...

M 144.17 km/h (89.58 mph)
F 121.81 km/h (75.69 mph)

Worcestershire Push Bike's guide to Local Cycling Events 2019

Yes - been out with them tonight, round the lickeys on untreated roads. Absolutely brilliant, no problem riding across sheet ice, just need to be careful to avoid stopping and putting a foot down. I've done nearly 500 miles on them and haven't changed the studs yet but might change some next year. 8...

Brett - to clarify if you want any existing stock you can have it now, only need to wait for next order if what you need is not in stock.

Please forgive my direct approach; I wanted to introduce Archies Attic to you as a potential stop-off or jump off point for the clubs rides. We are a coffee shop located in Enville on the A458 Stourbridge to Bridgnorth road. We are cyclist friendly (counting a keen cyclist amongst our business partn...

The discussion is indeed pretty confusing but I think it's about potential future venues and this one is to Midland & Zaalsha (being Drayton side of city centre after all). Either way, personally, I hope to make it but still not sure I can.

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Congratulations Anne - what an amazing year!

The club has received details of this ride but there are a number of others on the web site:

https://www.globaladventurechallenges.c ... -bike-ride

Welcome back again John, whichever jersey you happen to be wearing!

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That's the spirit Oscar, congratulations, keep on pedaling.

Bit here (with an unfortunate ending) of Eddie Sumner's 2011 attempt viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4199

I believe there is a small stock of jerseys too, intended particularly for new members. This order is mainly intended for specific requirements or where we don't have the size required. It would probably be helpful for folks to state size of jersey required so Stu can at least advise whether he migh...

What a nightmare, so many different settings which can override each other. Not sure whether I've fixed it, could you try again please.

It would be great if attachments could be made here, but unfortunately I seem to be blocked from doing this by admim. Could that be fixed as I sent out documents to everyone using the BC system but would have liked to put it here as well. You take things too personally Pete. I think I can see what ...

Yosser wrote: ↑
15 Jul 2018 19:56
I will enjoy it for what it is, an amazing cycling spectacle.

Hi Les. Yes, mainly just watching highlights or catching the last 20km live. Particularly enjoyed the end of today's stage.

Dear Club Secretaries and Contacts, In my endeavours to keep the discipline of time trialling healthy in the Midland District I took on organisation of the only remaining open 50 mile time trial last year. This year I am promoting it on behalf of the Midland District Committee on the 15th of July. T...

Photo of one of the teams courtesy of Geoff Bell, Amersham RCC https://scontent.flhr2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35654398_10214567378330494_8184424176711368704_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=AeG39ov37MG88eW5RdlDpufvwTploqb3RPGAOcB93pfY9ciDMdXQ-WbKxRogla3h_85LyamlJD-Y1tj1cFxoUGazn8Q8CRu2CyP4Ofm50hocdA&_nc_pt...

The links to the routes I was considering on the Club Runs Database are no longer working... I've uploaded club run route gpx files to the new web site so most should be working again now. I spotted some ridewithgps links that no longer work and have deleted some but haven't checked all yet (some s...

Good point thanks George - I've now redirected that address.

I don't think much has been sold recently George but Stuart White is the best person to contact for all club kit matters.

Maybe carry one of those back-up phone batteries in case you have a long day or can't charge every night. Given a good one will charge a phone a few times I should imagine a Garmin would be no more hungry.

Well done Si. I've amended the old site page so it's up to date when it's added to the new site.

http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/old_site/re ... erans.html

It's really not clear on the Bodhi web site and, being confused myself and thinking that the golden eye wasn't the most relaxed fit of the range (red eye is described as "QUALITY AND COMFORT" whereas golden eye as "PERFECT FIT FOR EVERY BODY") I queried why the most relaxed fit was not being offered...

Here's an approximate list of existing stock. This doesn't include the stock that was at the AGM (but not sold that evening) so there will be some additional items / sizes on top of these. I'm also not absolutely sure about the Bodhi / Giordana mix, some that I've put Giordana might actually be Bodh...

The chap from Bodhi recommended just offering the least expensive shorts which given they had the same pad as the more expensive ones seemed to make sense. If any order is split across different types of shorts it'll just make them all more expensive. Anyway, I guess if folks have a preference for s...

It's as close as we get to the flatlands Hutch.

Here's a link to the stock list from a few months ago, a few items have been sold since then so it's not entirely up to date...

http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/resources/b ... 171031.pdf

I have a fairly up to date stock list including sizes from Andy's stocktake at the end of October. I'll publish that during the next few days subject to the understanding that a few items have been sold during the last couple of months. There's no secrecy about this subject but we're waiting for the...

Hello, it’s Heather from The Cafe at Clives Fruit Farm In Upton upon Severn at the foot of the Malvern Hills! I’m writing to remind you that we’re open all year round and to tell you that I have some super offers for tired cyclists in need of refreshment and replenishment We seem to be on many cycle...

I'm very sorry to read of the loss of your father. We still have the images previously displayed in the photo archive on our web site and propose to add these back to our recently redesigned site in due course. In the meantime, if you wish to download a copy of the images including your father and m...

The new design has no gone live.

Thanks to a great deal of hard work by Robin Kirkham, a redesigned club web site will be launched soon. In addition to continuing to portray the club as lively, friendly and broad-based the main objectives have been to adopt a modern design which is mobile device friendly and which can be updated di...

Here's a photo that John's daughter found in his collection

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John's daughter has been in touch to extend a welcome to any members who wish to attend his funeral on Monday 20th November at 11am at Robin Hood Crematorium and afterwards at Hall Green Home Guard Club, 21a Doveridge Road, Birmingham B28 0LS. Julie said that her father enjoyed looking at the Archiv...

Bad luck Anne, spooky we were only talking about the possibility of falling while running only last week, good job you had your running helmet on. I think you deserve a well earned rest until after Christmas but hope you mend soon.

Impressive stuff, congratulations Dave.

I've added another link to Helen's message which seems to have worked ok but I've left the original to see if I can work out what went wrong.

That was everything I hoped it would be and nothing that I feared it could be. Very respectful and touching, almost without exception motorists seemed to know what was going on and pulled over and waited respectfully even when there wasn't a police motorcyclist in their face. Kudos to WM Police for ...

Hels147 wrote: ↑
12 Oct 2017 20:21
I'm going. For me, it's not as much about the protest element, its more the rememberance of cyclists who've lost their life on the roads.

Me too, which is why I hope the protest doesn't take over and overshadow the remembrance.

I'm planning on attending if I can make it. I've always been a bit uneasy about CM style rides but I'm minded to make an exception in this case, I can always peel off if I'm uncomfortable with the way it's developing. I possibly haven't kept fully abreast of the facts but I feel some disquiet about ...

Embrace the good times while they last, they'll be over before you know it leaving plenty of time for cycling when you have nothing better to do.

Tim wrote: ↑
26 Sep 2017 23:47
Can I nominate Claire Dignon for touring champion? 2500 unsupported miles so far on her tour across America and Mexico.

I'd second that. I don't know what tours may have been completed by others but Claire's Facebook updates are inspirational reading.

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