CLUB RUN LIST - WEEK SAT 3rd SEPT

[Jon C C on a Bianchi]

Dear Agreeables

Wow!! Have you been watching la Vuelta? Can Wiggo be the first Brit to win a grand tour? Exciting times!

Anyway, after two weeks of doing something different it's back to the usual CR this week.


The rides for [size=150]SATURDAY 3rd SEPT[/size] are as follows...

the Regular Club Run to Charlwood...15,16,17,18,19 and 20 mph groups + TGA and TGB


Return Routes:
Regular (Horley/Lonesome Lane/Earlswood/Redhill)
Boxhill:
Reverse clubrun:
Regular then via Rocky Lane, Fanny's Farm, Chipstead, Nonnas:

Alternative routes/destinations: Leaders Andy and Jeff - to Abinger and Surrey Hills




[size=150]SUNDAY 4th SEPT[/size]
Leader: Del - to Henfold Lakes 40 miles meet 9.30 CSS

[size=150]WEDNESDAY 7th SEPT[/size]

Leader: Marco - steady ride around the lanes - meet 10.00 @ East Croydon Stn

[Alan Thruston]

HI Just a reminder , There is also The Addiscombe Ten Mile TIME TRIAL at Holmwood this Saturday, starting at 2pm HQ at Beare Green Village Hall, offers of help requested on Johns 12th August News Mail, Have you asked to see if help is still needed ?

[Tim Coales]

Joyce & I will be driving down to the PINE CAFE prior to the Open 10 mile TT with TICKETS for the CLUB'S ANNAUL DINNER on 14th JAN.
(£34 per head for an excellent evening at the Selsdon Park Hotel & Golf Club)

[Sylv]

A good ride with the TG, hard into the wind till we reached the dual carriageway where we could cruise at 50km/h. After café a few of us rode back the long way, a good blast up Box Hill then nice long sit in the sun where we met other groups, then SteveB and I turned back towards North Holmwood for the TT, Steve was due to push off and I did that too as the original helper had desisted , got to give Sean Yates a push, think Steve pushed Christian. On the way I was starting to bonk badly having not eaten much, so we raided the canteen and then went off to the shops to get more before they ran out of cakes.

After that we went with George for a bit of TTT practise around the Henfold course, good think George had just ridden a good hard tt as both of us were cooked! I had planned to take George's offer of a lift back, but didn't want to miss out on the tailwind and thought I'd just have an easy ride back. Started with John and Ghaleb (on his mtb) both having ridden the TT, then turned off up Pebble Hill. After that the tailwind was fantastic, found my legs again and blasted all the way till I met Peter in Purley, and we had another little blast to Croydon. 135km @ 21mph : )

Wore a Cervelo top today - never seen so many of them out today!!!

[Andrew G]

...and white shorts Sylv ! Sounds like a good day out on the bike, must have been hard doing a TTT try out with you guys on road bikes having to hang on to George on his P4 .

[Phil H]

Since I am under doctor's orders to "take it easy", took Tom with the 15s - his first "proper" CR. I figured that if I was with him, he could always drop off and we'd take a shortcut. Got booted up to Lucy's "fast 15s" by John Cz. Some interesting driving and differences of opinions in Reigate. It's a shame there isn't a route the whole club could do to avoid it. Tom seems OK in the bunch although he confessed it was hard when he hit the front, especially with young George.

No Partridge Lane shortcut for us so we went straight on there. More interesting motoring in Rusper when a tricked-out Golf decided to squeeze past, shout that we were "Arrogant Rotters*" and then immediately turn right. Hmm.

I was supposed to lead out Tom for the sprint but it didn't quite work out that way. Next time. He didn't bring anyone down but he might have talked people to death. He really enjoyed it though.

Bacon Sarnies at the cafe then over the Beare Green for the TT. Hopefully Jon got my phoning through of the results over the traffic noise. I've worked out how to make phonecalls on the new whizzy phone. Back home via Box with about 52 miles on the clock only to remember that my car was still in Croydon...

*Or something like that

[quote="Phil the Pie"]Back home via Box with about 52 miles on the clock only to remember that my car was still in Croydon...

*Or something like that

[JulianG]

First alternative for me too, hilly was def a good description, there was some confusion when Mark started shuting yellow and black Fxxxers, however it was quickly realised he meant the wasp that just gave him botox lips,

Leah Hill, Ramsmoor 16% max, a couple of others and back Via Box, few more peole from my job there too.

Conner Marcus Andy and the rest of the gang made it a fantastic ride, i will be back in a couple of weeks

please see my post in general re Lodger. TA ALL.

[Dombo]

Two weeks lying by the pool at a Club Med in Turkey watching the lither French yummy mummies doing aqua aerobics was never going to be the best preparation for my first foray with the B training group.
Nor the 20s or, so it proved, either of the 19s, as I struggled to stay with the fast 19s and later was caught and dropped by both halves of the standard 19s. Got to the cafe at a feeble average 18.4 and, after a refreshing bacon sarny and cuppa and chat with Del and Andy about their etape exploits, headed off on my tod towards Reigate. This proved to be my finest hour as not only did nobody catch and pass me but I also caught Alan M's earlier group on the Merstham drag as they fixed a flat. Rolled home after 40 miles feeling reasonably ok but in need of some serious work in the coming months - Marmotte or QBH beckon for 2012.