Eroica run (+C run?) 27/8/17
Posted: 16 Aug 2017 14:26
A few of us are planning to ride the Eroica in Italy at the start of October. (If you don't know what that is, and would like to, see: http://www.eroicagaiole.com/#home.) A few other club members own or take an interest in vintage bikes. As a road test for the Italy-bound and as a bit of fun for others, on Sunday 27 August I'll lead a club run for vintage bikes and people who just like looking at vintage bikes.
The run will start and finish at the Black Horse in the usual way, at the usual time. However, you don't necessarily need to do the full ride to join in the fun. See below for details.
There will be no Eroica-style participation criteria. Come on any bike you fancy riding. You are welcome even if you're on a brand new bike and you're just curious to see the old bikes in action. However, the more people there are on vintage bikes, the better.
THE DESTINATION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SPETCHLEY - SEE DISCUSSION BELOW
Some of the club members who have old bikes are themselves of a certain vintage. With them in mind, we'll pause briefly at Wychold Church at approx 10:15 (after 23km; 23km left to the café) and again at the end of School Road, Hanbury, at approx 10:35 (after 30km; 13km left to the café), so that anyone wanting to rendezvous at those points may join us for a short ride. We'll ride at the pace of the slowest participant. I'm guessing that that is likely to be about C run pace, i.e. 21-23kph (13-14mph).
With that in mind, and noting that there is currently something of a shortage of C run leaders, I'm happy to make this a combined Eroica + C run, unless someone steps forward to lead a separate C run.
The run will start and finish at the Black Horse in the usual way, at the usual time. However, you don't necessarily need to do the full ride to join in the fun. See below for details.
There will be no Eroica-style participation criteria. Come on any bike you fancy riding. You are welcome even if you're on a brand new bike and you're just curious to see the old bikes in action. However, the more people there are on vintage bikes, the better.
THE DESTINATION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SPETCHLEY - SEE DISCUSSION BELOW
Some of the club members who have old bikes are themselves of a certain vintage. With them in mind, we'll pause briefly at Wychold Church at approx 10:15 (after 23km; 23km left to the café) and again at the end of School Road, Hanbury, at approx 10:35 (after 30km; 13km left to the café), so that anyone wanting to rendezvous at those points may join us for a short ride. We'll ride at the pace of the slowest participant. I'm guessing that that is likely to be about C run pace, i.e. 21-23kph (13-14mph).
With that in mind, and noting that there is currently something of a shortage of C run leaders, I'm happy to make this a combined Eroica + C run, unless someone steps forward to lead a separate C run.