Bump!
Members OTP I have on the expressed interest and those that have parted with £20 of virtual or real beer tokens (indicated in an obvious way) list are:
huggy
, Tomsk
, Oscar's Dad
, Oaky
, tippers_kiwi
, Andy C33, bobb
, Carlosfandango, tedshred
, Beer Fuelled Commuter, Beer Fuelled Commuter +1, Doggers Lane, jiberjaber
, trainmanbri
, Danbury Dogger
Virtual tokens can be sent by PayPal to
grant at huggys dot co dot ukI currently have at least
8 6 4 more places up to be grabbed for any others that are interested; @
tippers any interest from Tiptree Velo you know of yet?
If everyone from this list comes we will have 20+ participants therefore I have
requested a second instructor for the evening, so there will be two groups maybe split on an experience of track/fixed wheel riding and novices of both skills.
ETA: A second instructor has been confirmed. I have paid the initial £320 hire & one instructor fee to the VeloPark from your deposits, £100 outstanding to pay for the 2nd instructor plus your bike & shoe hire fees. The closer we can get to filling the 30 available spaces the more economical it will become for everyone.
UPDATE: Total of 30 places,
24 26 places reserved, 17 deposits paid plus three confirmed promises.
Posting this here as the semi serious riding thread...
Okay, the time has come to finalise numbers and pay deposits for the venue hire for the Witham Cycling track taster event at the Lee Valley VeloPark on Wednesday 13th January at 20:00. Please note that original stated cost was me working under the incorrect assumption of us having a hour on the track, we in fact have two hours of fun so the track & coach hire is slightly higher but with good numbers we should be able to keep it to around £30 including equipment hire charges.
Out of the upper limit of 30 cycling participant places available so far I have positive interest expressed by 22. I am now open to receiving commitment emails and £20 deposits for the venue hire and two coaches (that's training coaches not vehicles!).
To state commitment to taking up a place please email me at
grant at huggys dot co dot uk
Also, if not seeing me in person in the next couple of weeks I'll be happy to take PayPal payments of £20 as deposit towards the venue & coach hires, to the same email address - grant at huggys dot co dot uk
If you need to send payment another way such as cheque or bank transfer I can let you know details on request.
The deposit will cover the fixed cost for the booking and depending upon numbers will go some way to covering bike/helmet and shoe hire. Bikes & shoe requirements can be determined closer to the time either payable to me when invoiced or arranged individually with the VeloPark but must be done before the day.
Bike/helmet hire = £10
Shoe hire (Look Keo cleats) = £6
Mitts hire = £3
Travel to Lee Valley VeloPark at your own cost, please note that we need to be there by [EDIT] 19:00 for safety briefing, bike fitting etc before the start of the 2 hour session at 20:00.
Members OTP I have on the expressed interest list are:
huggy, Tomsk, Oscar's Dad, Oaky, tippers_kiwi, Andy C33, bobb, Carlosfandango, tedshred, Beer Fuelled Commuter, Doggers Lane, jiberjaber
plus 9 others from the WC Facebook group.
Anyone else reading this thread who would like to join us please contact me as above, first come first served up to the total number of 30 cycling participants. WAGS, other family and friends are welcome with no charge to watch from the seats.
