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- 12 Feb 2017 20:36
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Beacon's Brecons 300 - CLUB RUN 28th May
- Replies: 44
- Views: 39997
- 12 Jan 2017 20:31
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Proposed Club TT calender for 2017
- Replies: 38
- Views: 19661
- 05 Jan 2017 22:28
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Proposed Club TT calender for 2017
- Replies: 38
- Views: 19661
- 08 Nov 2016 19:53
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: 'Cycling Weekly' Club run
- Replies: 61
- Views: 154202
- 08 Nov 2016 19:35
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: 'Cycling Weekly' Club run
- Replies: 61
- Views: 154202
- 08 Jun 2016 14:54
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: 2016 Aviva Women's Tour
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11353
This is the schedule for next Thursday's stage; http://www.womenstour.co.uk/files/documents/Stage2_Atherstone_StratforduponAvon_ETA.pdf I am planning to ride to Meriden and then to Stratford for the finish. If people have different plans or variation of pace then we could meet up on Bridge St as nea...
- 30 May 2016 11:34
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Beacon's Brecons 300km Club Run. 29th May
- Replies: 71
- Views: 78106
Chapeau to everybody who shared our adventure yesterday. Particular thanks to Phil W for devising the mad idea, planning the route and your leadership and to Paul for leading that other unruly mob. Thanks also to Phil R for your enthusiastic stewardship of club runs and for lifting morale on the roa...
- 16 May 2016 12:47
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: 2016 Aviva Women's Tour
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11353
- 04 May 2016 10:56
- Forum: Pro Racing
- Topic: Fantasy Giro D'Italia 2016
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5265
- 26 Mar 2016 18:46
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results: K37/6G(x2) Saturday 26th March 2016
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3241
- 21 Mar 2016 09:06
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Handicap 2016
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11819
- 20 Mar 2016 22:27
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Handicap 2016
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11819
- 20 Mar 2016 22:07
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Handicap 2016
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11819
- 20 Mar 2016 20:14
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Handicap 2016
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11819
Hi Simon - I rode the course with a time of 18 minutes last year. So I'm just interested to find out whether my result here is restricted to the base time like riders who've not rode the course before or whether, by coincidence, my result matches a ride that results a calculated time that equals the...
- 19 Mar 2016 16:22
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results: K37/6G Saturday 19th March 2016
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2973
- 04 Feb 2016 17:32
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: 2016 Aviva Women's Tour
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11353
2016 Aviva Women's Tour
The race starts on Wednesday 15th June. Lizzie Armitstead should be racing, so this will be a chance to cheer on the current World Road Racing Champion. On Thursday 16th, stage two passes through Beacon Club run territory with a stage from Atherstone to Stratford Upon Avon. If there is sufficient in...
- 27 Jan 2016 09:25
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Beacon's Brecons 300km Club Run. 29th May
- Replies: 71
- Views: 78106
- 05 Dec 2015 16:32
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: WEDNESDAY NIGHT RUNS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10389
It would be good to attract new riders to Weds night runs. It starts on my doorstep so I try to turn out as often as possible all year round. Newbies used to turn up regularly but that appears to have abated of late. Perhaps the route is off putting at this time of year? There are three particularly...
- 25 Oct 2015 15:22
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Runs 25th October
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9431
- 23 Aug 2015 14:44
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Run 23 August
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9210
- 30 Jul 2015 23:15
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club runs: 2nd August
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15772
Hey Matthew. I don't mean to be presumptuous about your riding just from your breif description. A runs are generally over 16 mph even when we do the occasional longer route, like James's on Sunday. I tried to graduate from solo riding straight into an A run when I joined the Beacon and I regretted ...
- 26 Jul 2015 21:27
- Forum: Pro Racing
- Topic: Velogames fantasy TdF
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7377
- 25 Jul 2015 21:22
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: THE AUDACIOUS AUDAX ENTRY LIST - KK and FC2H audaxes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11149
- 15 Jun 2015 10:11
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results for Club 50 Championship
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10707
Thanks all. As I said earlier, I didn't want this to sound like sour grapes and definitely did not want to offer anything other than congratulations to Simon and Martin for those excellent times. And add appreciation to Patch et al for their efforts over the season. But last night, after a long day ...
- 14 Jun 2015 23:21
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results for Club 50 Championship
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10707
- 14 Jun 2015 23:09
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results for Club 50 Championship
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10707
- 14 Jun 2015 21:58
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results for Club 50 Championship
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10707
- 14 Jun 2015 21:30
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results for Club 50 Championship
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10707
- 14 Jun 2015 20:59
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results for Club 50 Championship
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10707
That was the page i was referring to Laurence. But I've never scrolled down that far. I'm going to stop reading the club page on a smartphone and use a proper computer monitor next season so I don't miss out on handicap points from not reading something in the page footer. That's to say nothing abou...
- 14 Jun 2015 20:43
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Results for Club 50 Championship
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10707
- 14 Jun 2015 20:30
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Cotswold Audax
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9719
- 07 Jun 2015 19:59
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Runs: 7th June
- Replies: 40
- Views: 28096
- 05 Jun 2015 23:36
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Stupidly expensive
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4245
- 05 Jun 2015 15:51
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Stupidly expensive
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4245
Not sure which Campag group set you have George. I just did some half arsed research and while I can buy an entire Athena 11 Speed group set for less than a Chorus 11 speed group set, which fits with the price points for those product ranges, I cannot then buy an Athena 11 speed cassette on its own ...
- 05 Jun 2015 15:25
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Introductory Rides 2015
- Replies: 43
- Views: 28788
Hi Raj - if you can ride for an hour and a half at a steady pace, stop for a cup of tea and a piece of cake and then ride for another hour and a half, you'll be fine. Looks like its going to be a fine day for a bike ride, judging by the weather forecast, so even less to be nervous about! I hope you ...
- 31 May 2015 14:36
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Runs: 31st May
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7601
Three years ago, almost to the day, I turned up at the Black Horse for the first time on a Sunday morning and joined the A run to Arley Arboretum. I remember some of the other riders in attendance and some of the route. But most of the painful memories of that day have been erased by some kind of ps...
- 30 May 2015 12:05
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Handicaps for 2015
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19315
- 27 May 2015 13:18
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Runs: 31st May
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7601
The route for Sunday's A run; https://www.strava.com/routes/1616405 Out via St Kenelms and Sheepwalks. Feed station at Arley Arboretum, after which we'll cross the Severn on the footbridge, descend on Bewdley before looping round by Heightington and Dunley way, crossing the Severn again Stourport. F...
- 19 May 2015 11:55
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: mid week rides
- Replies: 231
- Views: 531747
- 12 May 2015 19:43
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: The Definite Article
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12050
It's partly a local dialect thing to - in Birmingham lots of things are prefixed with the definite article such as the Hagley Road, or the Pershore Road. The clubs where I grew up were never prefixed and were just referred to by name, and I still don't refer to this club as The Beacon. John - The e...
- 10 May 2015 21:16
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: The Definite Article
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12050
- 10 May 2015 20:26
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: The Definite Article
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12050
Hmmm... I am never particularly swayed by arguments around class. If we look at football, a resolutely working class game, clubs with "County" in their name are always "County" and never "The County", the latter I reckon is a more middle class way of expressing it. Also, Nottingham Forest is always ...
- 09 May 2015 15:16
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: The Definite Article
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12050
The Definite Article
I have always been aware of being a member of "The Beacon" and have heard other members referring to other cycling clubs such as "The Stourbridge". This way of expressing the name of ones club appears peculiar to cycling. Other sports clubs I played for did not refer to themselves in this manner. I ...
- 06 May 2015 09:57
- Forum: Pro Racing
- Topic: Fantasy Giro D'Italia 2015
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5209
Fantasy Giro D'Italia 2015
I created a mini league - code is 06095550
Let's see if all that cafe stop talk about pro racing and hours sat in front of Eurosport thus far this season correlates to decent predictions for the first Grand Tour of the year.
http://www.velogames.com
Let's see if all that cafe stop talk about pro racing and hours sat in front of Eurosport thus far this season correlates to decent predictions for the first Grand Tour of the year.
http://www.velogames.com
- 12 Apr 2015 11:28
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: 2015 Time Trial Calendar
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9775
- 12 Apr 2015 10:40
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: 2015 Time Trial Calendar
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9775
Just planning my next few events, noticed that the calendar page at http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/club_races/ ... index.html lists K34/10D on Wednesday 6th May but the link for the course takes you to a route for K8/10T.
- 28 Mar 2015 17:14
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: RESULT: TT K37/12G 28th March 2015
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3518
- 28 Mar 2015 16:50
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: RESULT: TT K37/12G 28th March 2015
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3518
- 20 Jan 2015 13:15
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Pinning numbers on
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11957
- 04 Jun 2014 17:26
- Forum: Pro Racing
- Topic: A fan's view on Mont Zoncolan
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10880