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WorcsPhil

Weekly Update: Yes, next Sunday is Star Wars Day, and who better than to chew(bacca) the cud with than your fellow Beacon member on a club run, so get your name down to lead next week. You see, I always namecheck the leaders here. Ride leaders and volunteers are the lifeblood of any cycling club, an...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: SO where do we start this week? Rory McIlroy, Matthieu van der Poel, Villa winning again? Let's start nearer to home and what Beacon riders were doing at the weekend. Starting with the track event at Halesowen on Sunday...A good turn out, loads of kids and a few adults racing as well....

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Great to see well over 30 riders out on the Big Club Rendezvous #1 at sunny Whitlenge on Sunday...thanks to George for organising this and we'll do it again in high summer, as it's good to say hello to a few new or familiar faces and talk cycling over some food and coffee. Big thanks ...

WorcsPhil

I’ll join you somewhere before or after Droitwich

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Bit late this week, but the bike won't ride itself! A great spell of weather we're in at the moment, so riders have been riding without a care in the world. Some fabulous audaxing on Saturday with a sizeable Beacon contingent on the Cotswolds Goat 200k Audax from Warwick. With deferen...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: A bit of rain in the forecast did little to dampen club runs this week, and with around 22 riders out on the 3 club runs, the proof that we're a hard bunch is there for all to see. Big thanks tot he leaders as always, namely Ade Ravenscroft, Pete Norman, and Dave Cox, stout Yeoman of ...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: It's the start of official Spring this week, and here's a reminder that there is a Beacon ride every Thursday leaving from Tardebigge at 10am. There is a Whatsapp group to arrange venues etc, so if you want to come along occasionally, then let us know and you can be added to the group...

WorcsPhil

I’ll join this ride, Stu - and will meet you all at the Timberhonger Lane / Berry Lane junction at 09:58 (or thereabouts)

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: The sun came out, the daffodils were out, the warmth was there, so Beacon riders came out in their droves...anybody would think it was preferable to cycle in warm weather rather than heavy winds and sleet! Great to see 30 riders out on FOUR club runs on Sunday, and thanks to all the l...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: I'm happy to call Saturday's Sunrise and Snowdrop Audax a success. Fabulous weather meant that the drop out rate was much lower than normal and all the riders returned safely...although a group of 5 arrived back so late, the gates at Whitlenge were locked shut, so they retreated to a ...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: So we have 28 Beacon riders booked onto the Sunrise / Snowdrop Audax this coming Saturday...If there are any more of you wavering, I will be closing it for entries on Wednesday, so that I can get rider lists all printed off by the weekend. So get your entries in, the weather looks pos...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Fifty shades of grey...and all of them miserable. Yes, that's the interminable weather spell we're having at the moment, not some saucy film you can now find in the bargain bins of B&M. ...but despite this incessant greyness, we had over 20 people out on club runs at the weekend, so t...

WorcsPhil

Thanks both... Ade, be good if you could be here to help out on the desk for a few mins and to ride the Snowdrop. Can you enter via the Audax UK website? Dave, I've got you on the A442 turn for the Sunrise so we can keep two people on car park duties, so you should have some time to get warm again b...

WorcsPhil

Excellent early offers of help for the Sunrise / Snowdrop have made it a much easier recruitment drive for this year's Sunrise/Snowdrop Audax on Saturday 22nd February, but please shout out if you can help with the vacant posts below, and DON'T FORGET, this will give you volunteer points towards fre...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Great to see over 30 riders out on club runs on Sunday, all buoyed by a fine winter's day, three interesting rides and ride leaders so wonderful, we should all give them £10 each! Big thanks to Ade Ravenscroft for putting on a non-stop quickie...these are heartily recommended as short...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: So on a ride with the Pied Piper of Iverley last Wednesday, we saw the first lambs of spring gambolling merrily in a Staffordshire field in the sunshine, and on a short walk this morning, I saw my first snowdrops, so it's official...Spring is coming, it won't be long, give your month'...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: So we've been having some discussions about whether we adopt a formal 'Club rides are cancelled' dictat when the temperature forecast is below 3c, and as usual with everything that is discussed, there are pros and cons, and people for and against. Take yesterday for example, the weath...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Right that's it...we've all had enough of the cold weather, and luckily, that's it for frost till next December...so get you outdoor bikes out, we're going for a ride. Thanks to Alan for arranging a few Beacon Zwift rides when the weather has been too icy to ride, and they may be back...

WorcsPhil

E-bikes are welcome on 100kms audaxes, Dave...just not 200's!...but the current rules are that they are welcome to be ridden, but will not receive official validation (yet!)

See you there

Phil

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Welcome back, and generic new year message to you all. It's 2025, a quarter of the way through this century and are you happy with what you've done in the last 25 years? That's a rhetorical question, by the way...but things are looking good for an exciting year. At December's AGM, we ...

WorcsPhil

Hi all, here are all the things we discussed and agreed at December's AGM, all distilled into 20 lines. Happy to hear any comments you might have. AGM Actions on one line 1. Beacon finances have been audited and agreed 2. Our financial reserves are healthy, ideas please! 3. A new Beacon community gr...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: No weekly update next week, so this is the last one of 2024, and I had lines prepared that were so funny, your family would be picking you up off the floor, helpless with laughter, but I will save them all for next year. Just to wish all Beacon members a very merry Christmas and excel...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Now that Paul J has posted that Christmas video, Christmas is officially here! Superb to see so many Beaconites out at the Swan on Sunday (and at the various cafes beforehand). By my reckoning, there were around 40 Beacon people at the pub, with more than half riding there on club run...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Another weekend, another named storm, and this one you had to admit was a tad windy. Not only did it put paid to any club runs for the nth week on the trot, but is also caused us to cancel the Beacon cross event at Walsall Arboretum. This was a real pity given all the hard work people...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Another meh sort of weekend only saw two rides out, with Stuart Jones' MTB ride on Saturday and Dave Cox's D-Ride on Sunday only attracting a handful of riders...so what treats are in store now you have opened your first couple of advent calendar doors? Four things to bring to your at...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Storm Bert threw everything at us, but true to form, Si Woodward led a club run in spite of heavy rain and high winds...he's not the Beacon Club Person of the Year for nothing...you'll see him when it rains, but not in the sun! More madness though was that Dave Cox and Phil Gameson jo...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: A huge congratulations to all the winners at the Beacon Awards Dinner on Saturday evening...I don't know about you, but a more deserving bunch of winners would be difficult to find again... truly fabulous, and wasn't is great that we embraced the Academy winners and achievements along...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: I've shouted long and hard for people to suggest new ideas for club runs, especially in the late Autumn when everyone's mojo has flown off for two months in the Caribbean...so Kudos of the week goes to Mick Stanford, who researched, planned and suggested an offroad jaunt to a canal tu...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Why is it whenever you see a character on a TV drama or film riding a bicycle, you just know that they are going to get to get knocked off and killed/injured by a fast moving car at some point later on, it's becoming such a plot cliche (see Showtrial, One Day etc). It's lazy stereotyp...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY REPORT: The sun was out, three rides were posted early and the riders came out, over 35 on the 3 rides...great stuff and thanks to Nick Shenton, Simon Woodward and Pete Norman, three sturdy, tweed wearing gentlemen of the Midlands intelligentsia. Excellent hokum on the A-Ride, me and Vince mi...

WorcsPhil

Perfect… I’ll join you, Nick. Probably meet you by the crossroads at Broad Acres at 09:44

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Storm Ashley came, and although it wasn't catastrophic, it certainly put paid to any cycling activities on Sunday...I saw you all, scurrying into your garage/loft/spare bedroom/conservatory to dust off your turbo trainer, seeing if your Zwift account still works, and riding indoors......

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Hi all, well the weather is particularly 'meh' at the moment, eh...and doesn't encourage ear-to-ear smiles when you think of riding your bike, but fear not, the clocks go back soon, so everything will appear brighter and more summery... in the morning at least! But that's when we ride...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: ...and straight into the club run trophy 2025 lead go Dave Cox, Alistair Hey, Alex Hopcroft and Phil Gameson - surely no one will overtake them in the remaining 51 weeks, their love of leading was obvious to all, and they'll take some beating! Some great rides out at the weekend befor...

WorcsPhil

Hi Al, if it goes ahead, I’ll join you at the 18km mark (Timberhonger Lane) at 09:49

WorcsPhil

We present to you the final scores for the Club Run trophy this season. The season runs from the 1st October 2023 to the end of September 2024, and the table below shows everyone who has ridden at least one club run. Hats off to this years winner, Paul Balfe...fully deserved and led in many weeks, w...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: You will have see elsewhere the news of Roger Shayes passing away at the weekend at the grand old age of 92. The many words in tribute written by Dave Hughes and George Barker eloquently express the tremendous contribution of Roger to Beacon RCC and cycling more generally, and to say ...

WorcsPhil

Hi Matt, I’ll join you just north of Chaddersley at Woodrow Lane at approx 09:53

WorcsPhil

Hi, I'll lead the A-Ride round to Broad Acres Fisheries from the top of Winwood Heath Lane in Romsley...leaving after the the hill climb has wrapped up, so expect this to be a 10:30 start. It's a 40kms fast ride round to Broad Acres from there, so expect to be there around 11:53 - using this route: ...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: First of all, if you haven't heard, let's wish all the best to legend of this parish, Andy Wrightson, who unfortunately was hit by a car whilst out cycling last Thursday at Hopwood roundabout and suffered serious injuries including a compound fracture of the lower leg, and three broke...

WorcsPhil

Thank you to those above! Lock it in your diaries...

WorcsPhil

Brilliant write-up of a great, but exceptionally tough ride...congrats to the fab 4 who bought this ticket to ride. Top kudos, John!

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: I once asked Lulu what is that hole in the ground called that you get water out of? That's 10 minutes of my life I won't get back. Anyway - First off, let's raise our hats to Ed Moss, who in his great year of TT's rode the RTTC National 10mile TT at the weekend, and finished a credita...

WorcsPhil

Hi all, As well as encouraging as many of you to enter the wonderful 'Beyond the Dyke' 200kms Audax into Wales and back on Saturday 28th September, we could also do with some help at the HQ at the start and finish. Are you are able to spare some time to assist the event? All roles are at Belbroughto...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Only one place to start this week and that's John Williams' 1,040km ride, namely the Borders and Flatlands Audax. Despite the harmless sounding name, it climbed some huge roads including Yad Moss which tops out at over 600m and was ridden into the biting teeth and warming bosom of Sto...

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: It's got that end of the Summer feel about it at the moment, eh? But fear not, club runs never stop (except when they do), and it was great to see Vince Tennant leading at the weekend...he chose a route off the Club RidewithGPS database, posted it and led admirably to a cafe in Clee H...

WorcsPhil

Hi Vince, late notice but I'll join you at the 20kms (13miles) mark just as you turn right onto the A442 Droitwich Road from Curslow Lane at 09:59

WorcsPhil

WEEKLY UPDATE: Thought I'd give you a week off from my ramblings last week, did you miss me? Anyone? What do you mean, No? Too much excitement from the Olympics, I'd guess but where did all those golds go in the second week? If you're frustrated by that, you should get out on your bike more. It was ...

WorcsPhil

Louise...2-up time trial tonight at Earlswood at 7pm...why not have a blast on that if no else puts their name down.

Sign up from the time trial page on the main Beacon RCC website

WorcsPhil

Hi Noel, I'll join also if I may at Hackman's Gate crossroads at 09:31...or where Neil O is waiting

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