How do you know I have Minnie Mouse ears?!
Quote from: Oscar's dad on 11 April, 2016, 06:09:56 pmWitham Peloton ... I doubt I will have time to do a route. Would someone else like to volunteer or should we just follow our noses?We could try to do the correct version of the route we did 2 months ago to The Rodney when OD was hibernating on one wheeled cycles that don't go anywhere.
Witham Peloton ... I doubt I will have time to do a route. Would someone else like to volunteer or should we just follow our noses?
* Oaky eyes the section @ 9 miles (between Church Lane and Old Shaws Farm) suspiciously
I expect that to change tonight Oaky!
Quote from: tippers_kiwi on 13 April, 2016, 02:21:27 pmI expect that to change tonight Oaky!You are in 24th place on it.
Interestingly, there is a Strava segment there... The probably aptly named "Tyah Shredah".KOM is none other than chief.
Quote from: Oaky on 13 April, 2016, 02:19:49 pmInterestingly, there is a Strava segment there... The probably aptly named "Tyah Shredah".KOM is none other than chief.Assuming I've got the geography right I remember being taken down there by chief many moons ago. I think it's a private road.
Quote from: Oaky on 13 April, 2016, 02:23:03 pmQuote from: tippers_kiwi on 13 April, 2016, 02:21:27 pmI expect that to change tonight Oaky!You are in 24th place on it. Good Lord! That was the night you were at the Compasses Pub Quiz which means I went up there on Tubeless....
Copy of event on the Witham Cycling Facebook page:As a club we have secured a 2 hour Track Taster Session at the Lee Valley Velodrome on the evening of Wednesday 4th May between 18:00 and 20:00. If you would like to experience a taste of the track this is your opportunity. More details available at the link.https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/en/content/cms/london2012/velo-park/#trackThe Velodrome charges have increased a little since our last visit in January; depending upon numbers cost of the evening will be between £27 and £35 for the 2 hour track session, this figure includes £12 for bike hire but shoe hire is an additional £7 if desired. I will initially close the book at 15 confirmed places and put additional interest on a wait list until I get more than 20 to make hiring a second instructor economical. A second instructor will allow a further 15 places and the closer we get to a total of 30 participants the more economical it becomes.Before the event you will need to have valid CTC or BC 3rd party insurance by way of membership of one of those organisations and be a signed up member of Witham Cycling which can be completed on the day if necessary. As a club we are affiliated with CTC and members of Witham Cycling can take up discounted individual associate membership here https://www.ctc.org.uk/join-membership/setup/AFMI using our club number 90063203 which provides 12 months of 3rd party insurance.You will be responsible for getting yourself to the VeloPark. I will probably be travelling by train to Stratford and walking from there. At least 30 minutes needs to be allowed for walking from Stratford train station to the Velodrome. You should plan to arrive soon after 17:00 to allow for checking in, changing and getting set up on a bike.To secure your place please send your £25 per person deposit to me. An easy way of doing this is to use PayPal at this link:https://www.paypal.me/GrantHuggins/25I will also take traditional cash in person, please PM to let me know you are interested.In January we had 27 people enjoy the same experience, many of whom I expect will want to repeat it. For a little taste of the evening you can see a video here: https://youtu.be/zL79IrmblTg
Rayne crossroads works for me as a meeting place, if the Witham Peloton is heading north...otherwise the other side of Braintree, somewhere like Stisted, if not Braintree itself.Riders can always peel off for home or be left & collected later at a pub en-route, if we go pretty much out and back.How about playing it by ear this time, rather than a designated venue and see how far we get by 21:30?
Can you arrange for us to be harrassed by a bunch of teenagers in a hot hatch again ?