Club Run Reports

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  • Category 6 ride led by Claire Gopoulos

    Welcome and well done to new member, Ryan, on his 2nd ride out with the club.  Also welcome to Daniel who joined us on this ride as he is building up to ride to Mersea with Kevin in June – good luck with that chaps.

  • Category 6 ride led by Mike East

  • Category 6 ride led by Tony Dos Santos 

    It was a cold morning, the temperature was 7°C and we needed to wrap up well. Luckily the forecast was no rain. However many fords (not the motor car) were flooded due to precipitation (big word, eh) in the last few days. Alex Powell told me about the flooding the day before, so did a last minute change to the route. Riding down from Enfield the roads all looked OK.

  • Category 4 ride led by Pete Kelleway

  • Category 6 ride led by Tony Dos Santos

    Ready, set, go! That was my thought on getting to the Bakewell before mayhem descended on Mill End as it was Mother’s Day. Everyone was going to be there, the PM, Lord Lucan, Screaming Lord Such. You get the gist of it. 

  • Club participation in Ware’s Cambridge by Tony Dos Santos

    We knew this was going to be a tough one as the weather forecast showed 18-20 mph winds. With the category 6 not being able to field a ride leader, it was decided that we should receive club run points. Ok, that’s a total lie. No points :-).

    We said hello to Lee Cutler at the start, who then shot off into the distance with the faster riders. Carolyn was there wearing her fancy new glasses - she’s now a true fessional (Rebecca’s words)! Twelve Wheelers left Allenburys at 8.45. 

  • Category 6 ride led by Tony Dos Santos

    This ride was only going to be a short one. The club lunch was looming today. So I decided to lead the Wednesday evening twenty five miler. 

    The temperature was 4° C when we turned up. Nine hardy riders, foolhardy to brave the north westerly wind as well. We set up off at 9 on the dot, as Claire and Chris weren’t there. They had made an excuse about shopping in M&S or something. Probably to get Chris to stop wearing Claire’s clothes! 

  • Category 6 ride led by Tony Dos Santos

    A couple of days ago, Lisa threw the gauntlet down - she wanted a rematch with me down Brickendon Lane. Last time, I beat her and now she wanted revenge. More to follow in the report. 

    Race Day (lol): The weather forecast was for the temperature was going to be 3° early in the morning. I didn’t expect mega loads of people, but once again I was surprised. Nine riders were raring to go by 9. Obviously, Claire and Chris turned up with 2 minutes to spare. We waited for them and left 4 minutes late. 

  • Category 4 ride led by Ian Bembridge

    Five category riders set off for Shenley Park from Hertford in winds that couldn’t quite work out in which direction they were supposed to blow.

  • Category 4 ride led by Pete Kelleway

  • Category 6 ride led by Tony Dos Santos

    Today was going to be a sunny day, so I expected a few to turn up. Mike (Hill-Der) Spicer advised he was coming, so I met up with him in Cheshunt. I didn’t tell Mike it was a hilly route. 

    We turned up at Allenburys at 8.30. More and more started coming in. It was going to be a busy ride. Before ride off, I counted thirteen. We were going to meet our fourteenth, Mike East, in Nazeing. As Chris was here, we obviously set off late; he was faffing around as normal! 

  • Category 6 ride led by Tony Dos Santos

    Today wasn’t a cold day - it was around eight degrees. As I was riding down, and got to Lower Road, I was confronted with some mad bloke waving his hands at me on a bike. I got closer and closer and realised it was Pete “Darth Vader” Kelleway. We both slowed, but it was too late to have a chat as he was like 1,000 metres (might be a small exaggeration) away from me. A quick wave and we parted, Pete was riding down to Hoddesden to go out with the Cat 4.

  • Category 4 ride led by Alex Powell

  • Category 6 ride led by Pete Kelleway

    The Judge forecasted "Light cloud and a moderate breeze. No hailstorm, nor punctures.”

    Full of optimism we all made our way to the start. But where was the Judge? Did he foresee a calamitous event about to take place which we were unaware of? Like Spurs beating Arsenal? All doubts vanished when ‘Miss’ announced she was on her new bike.

  • Category 4 ride led by Lisa Ridoutt

    The first run out of 2023 saw seven Wheelers starting out from Ware for a run up to Royston. Little did we know that problematic Garmins, the number 13 and torrential rain would be the dominant forces of the day.

    The lead rider’s Garmin was being difficult and kept going to sleep. In order to test out the concentration levels of the rest of the group she purposely sailed past the first major left turn; they all passed the test with flying colours, politely shouting out her assumed mistake. 

  • Category 4/6 ride led by Lisa Ridoutt

    It was day 2 of the ‘unofficial rides’ and twelve Wheelers turned up for this one, six of us having also ridden the previous day.

    I kicked off proceedings by arriving with a puncture, which I quickly repaired (Enzo may have helped a little) and we tested out at least four of the group’s pumps for good measure.

  • Category 4/6 ride led by Tony Dos Santos

  • Boxing Day ride led by Chris Boulton, ride report by Tony Dos Santos

    This ride was advertised as a “leg loosener” after the Christmas frivolities and indulgence. 

  • Category 6 ride led by Pete Kelleway

  • Category 3 ride led by Graham Knight

    Three for cat 3 for the third time in a row. Not always the same three, so there is potential for four riders one day!