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About twenty innocent souls met in Ware not knowing what lay in front of them. Had they known, they’d have probably gone back to bed.  Everything started brightly with (for the mediums) a fairly quick, brisk journey northwards to Royston.  Lost two to a puncture, … more ->

Looking at the facebook page about people racing, doing sportives etc yesterday showed a common link – the cold.  And so it was with the clubriders.  Not a good day for riding enjoyment.  The medium riders had a conflab and decided that Hinxworth was too … more ->

Probably due to the Redbridge visit there were not as many riders out today.  However we still managed over twenty.  A dozen took part in Mike’s easy, whilst Barry decided to lead out eight others on a tortuous and circuitous tour of the home counties … more ->

Lots of bods at Hertford, splitting roughly equally between the medium & easy with a couple vacillating between the fast or watching the Hardriders.  The easy took its usual way to Whitwell, whilst Valdis took eleven to Redbourn.  Unfortunately he only promised to get us … more ->

Well we’ve finally cracked 30!!!  With fifteen out on the easy, twelve on the medium and five on the fast – you do the maths.  All found various parts of their course very icy, with the meds having to dismount in order to walk up … more ->

It’s hard sometimes to wax lyrical about the club runs when the weather is so foul.  Yet sixteen still got out in the rain and made an effort.  Eight took part in the easy, yet I expect that one or two had wished they were … more ->

I got very upset on the medium ride today when I was told that on the return we would be facing the wind.  I thought that we’d been struggling against it on the outward bound.  Apart from the strong wind, and the cold, it wasn’t … more ->

The majority of today’s cyclists opted for the easy ride led by Cap’n Bobster.  With some of the lanes still coated with a layer of ice and many with vast lakes on them, it was never going to get above a crawl – which suited … more ->

Weather 1 – 0 Clubrun

With temperatures ranging from about 0-2 degrees it was never expected to be a day for mass participation.  Yet 25 were out.  Seems that not long ago 6 would have been a good turnout!  The Easies only suffered one puncture between them, which was caused … more ->