In this edition
- Taster Ride Arrangements
- Ride Leaders
- Dates for your diary
- Gravel Rides
- Captain’s Charity
Taster Ride Arrangements
The Taster Ride, where we invite potential new members to join us for a short ride to help them decide whether to join the club, takes place at 9.00am on Sunday 28th April, leaving from Springfield. It would be great to have club members, in club kit (if it is warm enough!) to support the Taster Ride simply by joining in and being your usual friendly selves.
Routes to Spindles and The Flying Monk will be finalised and published on the website. There will be no other routes published for that day. Small groups of current members and potential members will ride to one of the cafes. We’ll sort out groups according to the experience of the potential new members to enable more experienced riders to ride at Orange or Blue pace and less experienced or new riders at Green pace. Please encourage new riders to ask questions and help them understand how we operate.
Ride Leaders
Experienced, new and potential Ride Leaders are invited to a short meeting on Monday 13th May at 8pm at The Great Western. This is an informal gathering to discuss the role of the Ride Leader in order to support those who have stepped up to the role or might be interested in doing so.
Gravel Rides
On Sunday 5th May and Sunday 9th June, we have two gravel rides included in the programme. Check the Route Schedule for details of the routes. Many thanks to Chris Jeffries for sharing these routes with us.
Dates for your diary
We’ve a busy summer ahead. As well as the usual programme of club rides we have the following rides and events:
- Sunday 28th April: Taster Ride (no other club rides that day)
- Monday 13th May, 8pm: Ride Leaders Meeting at The Great Western
- Sunday 23rd June, 10am -12pm; Group riding skills at Odd Down – more details in the next update
- Saturday and Sunday 15th/16th June: 200 mile Challenge Ride, overnighting at Malvern
- Saturday and Sunday 6th/7th July: Green + Away Weekend based in Wells
- Saturday and Sunday 13th/14th July: Bike-packing in the New Forest
- Sunday 21st July; Century Challenge – ride either 100k or 100 miles
- August, date tbc: Flat 200k/120k – a long ride for Green+ riders!
Captain’s Charity
The recent quiz evening made small surplus enabling a donation of £20 to go to Dorothy House
Corsham Cycling Club 