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Beds Road CC Reliability Rides - Sundays 6th and 20th Feb 2022

Martin LMartin L
edited December 2021 in General
For your diaries… the Beds Road reliability rides are 6th and 20th Feb. I will try and do both.

The toughest bit is working out when the fast group is setting off. It’s all a bit unspoken and random. Be ready well before the official start I’d say.

They are brilliantly brutal. I managed to stick with the front group in 2020 by my fingernails. We were mostly being led by Ethan Vernon on the front who has just signed for dekeunick-quickstep! He finished and then did another 4hrs solo at pace while I had chicken noodle soup in the hut.

It would be good to ride with the Ashwell chaingangers and anyone else.

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  • HJBHJB
    Ok for non-chain gang folk to join? Might just have to hold on for dear life…happy to be in a different group etc.
  • Martin LMartin L
    See ya there Harry. These rides are all-inclusive. Go at any pace you like, in the various groups setting off. Chaingang experience not essential.

    I can't see any details on the BRCC site yet but the usual thing is to get to the HQ nice and early and set off in groups. I will aim for the fast group and try and hold on. There will be a sort of official start time for the different groups - but it's very organic and groups just go on a whim. Be ready.

    Hopefully we'll get some decent-ish weather. It's nice to cover off lanes we don't normally get to. It's nice to regroup at the HQ afterwards and catch-up with a soup and roll. It's about £5 to enter I recall.
  • TaffTaff
    I'll be up for this. Not sure how 'reliable' I'll be tho....
    Did I hear MC mention that the Sun club ride would be doing this??
  • mattssmattss
    I seem to remember being firmly told to sit at the back last time I rode this in 2020 as had no mudguards. Oops. Hope to join you.
  • Martin LMartin L
    I like the sound of a CCA club-run train doing the rides. That way, if/when I fall out of the back of the fast group, I can try and jump on board as you come by.
  • wilburtrumpwilburtrump
    Hello all, if I’ve remembered how to ride a bike I might join in the slow group for these. Really good rides, from what I remember.

    Anyway, apparently cycling is fairly easy to get back into. It’s just like riding a bike.
  • HJBHJB
    @Martin L - might try and sit on the fast group for as long as poss - might only be ten mins…-and then join the CCA Sun group - will see how the legs are feeling after ridiculous work month…see you there 👍
  • Martin LMartin L
    From the BRCC website…

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    Reliability rides - 1st event 6th Feb 2022

    Welcome back to our first reliability ride for some time!

    We have another Reliability ride coming on 20th Feb with longer routes.

    Not a race, but a great opportunity to get yourself prepared for the coming year's events.

    Free coffee, tea, hot soup and rolls served in the garden when you get back.

    The clubhouse opens around 7:00 am, slower riders off around 8:00am, faster riders a little later, to try and get all back at roughly the same time.

    Provisional routes - please let us know if you know of any closures, diversions, hazards etc before the event.

    56 Mile Route for 6th Feb - https://www.strava.com/routes/11794454
    Ride with GPS - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26787705

    21 Mile Route for 6th Feb - https://www.strava.com/routes/7572796
    Ride with GPS - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26795154

    Entry £5 for BRCC members, £10 for non
  • Geoff_EGeoff_E
    This sounds good - I'd better get some mudguards
  • mattssmattss
    Or not.. Good excuse to sit on the back
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