Weekend Club Rides.

I'm keeping an eye on the weather forecast at the moment.

There is a possibility of rain and/or thunderstorms from Thursday onwards.

So, I am reluctant to post a club ride at the moment with the prospect of thunder and lightning.

Any ride is likely to be posted at fairly short notice.

I will post an update the evening before at the latest, to the positive or negative.

Here is the route for this week's Wednesday evening club ride.

Meet up at 6pm outside Priory School. It could be a warm one.

Note: We will be observing social distancing rules and will form up in groups of up to six riders. Please download the route if you have the tech, in case you are in a reduced group. The more people that have the route the better.

https://www.strava.com/routes/2710216107750032764

We are tentatively beginning our club rides again, after both Cycling UK and British Cycling updates.

To start us off, in case anyone is rusty, is an old favourite down to Mark.

Meet up as usual at 8:30am, outside Priory School.

N.B. We are currently required to keep to groups of six, with social distancing. Please let the club Secretary know if you are intending to take part in this group ride. This will help us to organise multiple groups if a large number want to partake. Facebook messenger, Strava RSVP or email.

email : secretary.weston.wheelers@gmail.com

https://www.strava.com/routes/21073429

Whilst the club is unable to organise group rides, we will be trying to encourage some sort of cycling amongst the membership.

We will be publishing a weekly challenge route, that can be ridden at any time during the week, with flexible start and finish points. Generally, as long as there appears to be a genuine attempt at the route, with the feature climb, etc, having been completed (this week Wrington Hil) and 90% of the designated route distance achieved, the ride will count towards the Points Competition.

More details on the Facebook groups and from the Secretary or Competition Manager on request.

Completion of the route will attract ten points towards the Points Competition and another five awarded for the most liked photograph on the Facebook post.

This week, we are having a trial run before the competition season starts proper next Monday. Just tag your Strava record with #WWCOMP. If you are a Strava user but not a Facebook user, forward your photograph to either the Competition Manager or the Secretary for posting on the Facebook group.

https://www.strava.com/routes/24553094

Group Rides - Coronavirus / COVID-19

After receiving advice from various cycling organisations, the club committee has made the decision to temporarily suspend our club group rides.

It is hoped that we can still, as individuals, continue cycling and maintain our fitness, but riding in groups is being discouraged. It may shortly not be possible to include café stops with groups of people anyway.

The club competition season is scheduled to start on the 30th of March, and as this is predominantly an individual effort it is hoped we can still run our competitions. There is a complication with the Points Competition but we are looking at ways to include this.

We will update the club with any developments as soon as we can.

I'm not sure if there is going to be any takers for this Sunday's ride. There are a few of the regular faces going to be absent.

But, here is a route suggestion for this week.

Café stop near Chew Valley.

Meet up at 9am, outside Priory School

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32118595

https://www.strava.com/routes/22732301

N.B. The route from RideWithGPS should give Wahoo units turn prompts.

The weather looks OK again this week, in between days of rain and wind.

Here is the proposed route for this week's Saturday club ride.

https://www.strava.com/routes/24306554

Finally.

Some half decent weather for a Saturday morning.

With the expected wind direction, a route to Mark seems like a good option.

Meet up at 8:30am, outside Priory School

https://www.strava.com/routes/21372999

I've been monitoring the weather all week and it fairly likely we would be having strong winds and probably rain this Saturday morning.

So, frustratingly, no club ride will be organised for this week.

With adverse weather conditions forecast again - every time I check they seem to get worse - there are no club rides currently planned.

If this changes it will be announced in the usual way; website, Facebook, Strava.