**NEW** CLUB RUN 16TH AUGUST
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- Philip Whiteman
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**NEW** CLUB RUN 16TH AUGUST
The Club Road Race has been cancelled. So club runs should be able to go ahead, I guess.
A/B: Upton - Philip Whiteman
C: Warwick -DaveCox
Can combine A&B if necessary. Flattish ride with no secret hills. Bring along a cafe lock if you own one.
(Apologies Andy, if I have announced a club run - guessing that most people will probably want one now)
A/B: Upton - Philip Whiteman
C: Warwick -DaveCox
Can combine A&B if necessary. Flattish ride with no secret hills. Bring along a cafe lock if you own one.
(Apologies Andy, if I have announced a club run - guessing that most people will probably want one now)
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- Andy Terry
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Possibly meet you there and come a bit of the way back, unless we meet along the way. We have a rather more circuitous route from SolihullDave Cox wrote:C Route probably Earlswood, Lowsonford, Hatton, Norton Curlieu Lane, Warwick
Illshaw Heath, Tanworth, Ullenhall, Danzy, Hole House Lane and Yew Tree Lane (great roads), Lowsonford, Pinley, Hampton Magna, Warwick.
Emergency C Run to Warwick Iconoclassic MTB Show sun and nostalgia.
Everything from 1980s newspaper delivery MTBs to exotic and colourful race machines. Technical evolution fascinating
Dave Cox (leading)
Pete Marshall
Andy Terry on classic Trek that should have been on show!
Si Walker
Colin Hall
Dave Little (sweeper)
Kim Shapiro
John Deeley
Simon Turner
Good to meet Colin and Kim on their first Beacon club run
Everything from 1980s newspaper delivery MTBs to exotic and colourful race machines. Technical evolution fascinating
Dave Cox (leading)
Pete Marshall
Andy Terry on classic Trek that should have been on show!
Si Walker
Colin Hall
Dave Little (sweeper)
Kim Shapiro
John Deeley
Simon Turner
Good to meet Colin and Kim on their first Beacon club run
- ballintrane
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A run
Thanks for a great route today Phil thought the Krypton factor assault course was a nice touch!!
- Philip Whiteman
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UPTON A/B RUN
This was a 'scratch' club run configured at the last minute following news of the cancellation of our road race.
Well that confirmed my suspicions that differences no longer exist between A & B runs. The 'A' did not compromise on speed nor were the 'B' pushing any harder than usual. Either way, it was nice group that held a good line.
The Secret Mess at Upton was used for the second time by a club run. They appeared to cope very well with the on-surge of riders all giving different orders. Reasonably priced and descent quality, so I was pleased. It was a vastly better experience and total polar opposite contrast to the Tenbury Wells Riverside Cafe incident of a few weeks ago.
As promised there were no hidden horrors planned into the route. What we could not cater for, were unplanned horrors. The returning group encountered a road closed sign, which really meant "road closed". Squeezing around construction site barriers, clambering through mud, ducking and diving around culvert, we just made it.
Paul Watkins suffered a tad of disappointment after discovering that Upton is not located in the midst of a industrial estate on the outskirts of Alcester. Nick Shenton suffered a dodgy pedal which appeared to resolve itself. We also passed over the staffed Oddingley Level Crossing which may be the last time before automation.
Philip Whiteman (L)
Keith Adcock
Nick Shenton
Paul 'are nearly there yet' Watkins
Paul Johnson
Stu White
Ben Wallis
Matt Hale
Paul Knox
Chris Thompson
Phil Richards
We also happened to bump into Tony Webb who rode with us for a short while. Tony was returning from Croome Park.
This was a 'scratch' club run configured at the last minute following news of the cancellation of our road race.
Well that confirmed my suspicions that differences no longer exist between A & B runs. The 'A' did not compromise on speed nor were the 'B' pushing any harder than usual. Either way, it was nice group that held a good line.
The Secret Mess at Upton was used for the second time by a club run. They appeared to cope very well with the on-surge of riders all giving different orders. Reasonably priced and descent quality, so I was pleased. It was a vastly better experience and total polar opposite contrast to the Tenbury Wells Riverside Cafe incident of a few weeks ago.
As promised there were no hidden horrors planned into the route. What we could not cater for, were unplanned horrors. The returning group encountered a road closed sign, which really meant "road closed". Squeezing around construction site barriers, clambering through mud, ducking and diving around culvert, we just made it.
Paul Watkins suffered a tad of disappointment after discovering that Upton is not located in the midst of a industrial estate on the outskirts of Alcester. Nick Shenton suffered a dodgy pedal which appeared to resolve itself. We also passed over the staffed Oddingley Level Crossing which may be the last time before automation.
Philip Whiteman (L)
Keith Adcock
Nick Shenton
Paul 'are nearly there yet' Watkins
Paul Johnson
Stu White
Ben Wallis
Matt Hale
Paul Knox
Chris Thompson
Phil Richards
We also happened to bump into Tony Webb who rode with us for a short while. Tony was returning from Croome Park.
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Are Keith and Matt stuck in the concrete?Philip Whiteman wrote:The returning group encountered a road closed sign, which really meant "road closed".
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Good excuse to reacquaint myself with an old friend, the Trek. Enjoyed it so much that when I left the group (after stopping to chat to an old work colleague) I rode all the way up the Stratford canal from Edstone to Lifford Junction, and then back home down the Worcester Canal. My flattest ride ever, I think.Dave Cox wrote:Andy Terry on classic Trek that should have been on show!
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Cheers Phil, good ride today - I think you might have tipped off the cafe about the consequences of slow service and any potential repeat business...much quicker than the riverside cafe!
Laurence... there's absolutely no way of climbing over a brick arch culvert in cleats and looking good at the same time
Laurence... there's absolutely no way of climbing over a brick arch culvert in cleats and looking good at the same time