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Ride the Olympic Velodrome - 20th December
I have managed to secure us another session at the Velodrome on Saturday 20th December from 12 till 3pm
This session is open to all CCA members 12 and over, no previous track experience is necessary and it's not just for the racers, it would be great to see more of the Club run riders there too.
Cost should be around £24 per head which includes coaching. Bike hire is an additional £10 and shoes £6 for the session.
If you would like to ride please sign up HERE, we have space for 30 riders and it's first come first served.
Please note we will have to pay the full hire charge in advance, so if you sign up you are committing to pay your share (approx £24).
Please let us know if you have to drop out so that we can let someone else take your place at these very popular sessions.
And given the time of year maybe you could combine your riding with a bit of last minute Christmas shopping at Westfield - fun for all the family..
This session is open to all CCA members 12 and over, no previous track experience is necessary and it's not just for the racers, it would be great to see more of the Club run riders there too.
Cost should be around £24 per head which includes coaching. Bike hire is an additional £10 and shoes £6 for the session.
If you would like to ride please sign up HERE, we have space for 30 riders and it's first come first served.
Please note we will have to pay the full hire charge in advance, so if you sign up you are committing to pay your share (approx £24).
Please let us know if you have to drop out so that we can let someone else take your place at these very popular sessions.
And given the time of year maybe you could combine your riding with a bit of last minute Christmas shopping at Westfield - fun for all the family..
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Signed up.
Not sure if 3 velodrome rides counts as experienced.
Happy with either group
Adam
Let me know when the next one is
Luke - I have applied for a couple of dates for the first 3 months of 2015 but no idea whether we will be successful as there are over 80 clubs competing for only 72 slots.
Fingers crossed..
Im in, and all the other CXers please note that there is no Eastern league that weekend so what better than to cycle for a couple of hours in the warm with not a hint of mud.
James joined his local mtn bike club earlier this year, finally, and won the invitation open day, everything. I have been badgering his father to get James into a club, as said father is a previous neighbour; since 2010 when I joined CCA and better understood what a club could do for a rider.
James (15) immediately went on to represent his local SE mtn club, better still, he was a top 10 at The Gorrick each week therefter (for those unfamiliar, this is a VVDifficult set of course around Camberley).
His first club road ride was last w/end. He loved it.
He lives in Watford, so would not ride with the club. However, he would be massively fuelled by the experience and (any) invitation, were it extended, it would be taken up. His local cycling club are not nearly pro-active nor as dynamic as CCA, so an opportunity such as this would likely never come his way otherwise. You never know.
I would not venture this post were I not confident of his both ability and enthusiasm.
If he needs club membership, I will sort it.
A Wild-card entry perhaps?
I am only suggesting, were numbers not filled, he be given an opportunity. I will chaperone him gladly, though I can not keep his rear wheel in sight once he "goes"!
PS - working on the CCA Clan meet at Le Grand Depart as I type, inc' Chez Goeff.
Pics are on several SD cards, this is only one thus far.
Back to the thread...
edit can no longer make it, have removed my name
I also hear its great fun!
Thanks Andrew for arranging
Jamie
Still a few spaces left, CX riders, there is nothing on that weekend. Give it a go. you will not be disapointed.
cost £24 for the session plus if you are hiring a bike £10, shoes £6. - see separate post on hiring stuff
Cycle Club Ashwell, sort code 20-41-12, acct no 20382167 - please put reference VELO and your surname.
Andrew Robertson
Holly Robertson
Stef
jonathan sunderland
Jane Wilson
Tim D
Jenny Andrews
Dave Wells
Adam Roe
Richard Titley
Mark Constable
Tim Fisher
Steven Jennings
James Creavin
Thomas Charlesworth
Stephen Collinson
Vicky Byford
Martin Hillier
Tania Wicklow
Jamie Quiggin
Stuart Ridgeon
Tim Allen
Alan Triggs
geoffg
and a great way of getting some riding done without winter weather / traffic etc
post here if interested
09:52 train from Baldock gets in at 11:08 or via KK at 11:25.
15 min walk from the station.
Means you don't need to drive.
Just a thought.
PS - My Olympic & Paralympic book / coverage of the Games.
Going to have to drop out.
When I saw the original post I just assumed same timings as the last 2 sessions, starting at 9am.
Thanks Jane, who today pointed out it starts at 12.00.
I would have been there at 9 wondering what is going on.
Got a Xmas do in Ipswich that evening and would not get there on time.
Sorry. Have a great time everyone.
And if you have not tried it, I highly recommend it.
Adam
Stef - interested!
Alex
Just a quick question you can maybe help with. My wife kindly bought me an intro session for the velodrome for my birthday and I still have the voucher. Do you reckon they will accept this as payment for me?
Cheers
Stef
I've paid the annual CCA fee for him already.
I've mentioned it to his dad, but it's their work's do that Friday night...
See you on Saturday.
Thanks again Jane for pointing this out to me this morning.