Category: Rides

Ask not what your cycle club can do for you – ask what you can do for your cycle club! (Apologies to JFK). New year coming up and we need ride leaders for TUAGs and 3^rdSunday rides. We have some ideas, and some vague offers to help, but we need to pin people and dates down.  Following on from our discussion on rides last year, we are planning have a follow-up at an upcoming evening meeting which we hope will help expand our rota of ride leaders. We have a core group of ride leaders who do such a great job but we need more people to come forward.

In the meantime, we need people to offer to lead rides on Sunday 16^thFebruary and Sunday 15^thMarch. If you can help please contact Alison at alison.ewington@ntlworld.com   or phone 01707 376282

A chance to get into the quiet lanes of northern Herts. With Malcolm leading, the group will head to Vanstones Garden Centre for lunch. Then head north through St Paul’s Walden on to a track for a bit of ‘rough-stuff’. Tea at Emily’s Tea Shop in Whitwell then back to WGC.

Meet: 11am outside the station (Howardsgate Shopping Centre – by MacDonalds) in Welwyn Garden City. Be ready to leave at 11am – come early if you want a coffee.

Trains:                        New Southgate          10:22

Oakleigh Park            10:26

New Barnet                10:28

Arrive WGC                10:49

Ride leader:  Malcolm Nightingale  07538 402147

 For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tubein case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

A chance to get into the quiet lanes of northern Herts. With Malcolm leading, the group will head to Vanstones Garden Centre for lunch. Then head north through St Paul’s Walden on to a track for a bit of ‘rough-stuff’. Tea at Emily’s Tea Shop in Whitwell then back to WGC.

Meet: 11am outside the station (Howardsgate Shopping Centre – by MacDonalds) in Welwyn Garden City. Be ready to leave at 11am – come early if you want a coffee.

Trains:

New Southgate          10:22

Oakleigh Park            10:26

New Barnet                10:28

Arrive WGC                10:49

Ride leader:  Malcolm Nightingale  07538 402147

For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tube in case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

This is the evening ride that was postponed from August due to bad weather. And note that it is a SATURDAY not a Sunday.  A half day ride with fish and chips for lunch at the end. So, if you can’t make the Sunday rides, why not try this. A local ride staying within Barnet borough.

Lunch at D&Q Fish & Chips, 688 High Road, North Finchley N12 (opposite the Tally Ho pub on the east side of the High Road).

Meet: 11am Tally Ho, North Finchley N12

Ride Leader: Ian Ollier 0208 440 5943

For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tube  case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

 

This is the ride that was postponed from August due to bad weather. And note that it is a SATURDAY not a Sunday.  A half-day ride with fish and chips for lunch at the end of the ride. So, if you can’t make the Sunday rides, why not try this. A local ride staying within Barnet borough.

Lunch at D&Q Fish & Chips, 688 High Road, North Finchley N12 (opposite the Tally Ho pub on the east side of the High Road).

Meet: 11am Tally Ho, North Finchley N12

Ride Leader: Ian Ollier 0208 440 5943

 

For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tubein case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

The  plan this month is to amble north to St Albans to visit the Abbey and see its new Welcome Centre https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-48621049. This will be a relaxed pace ride – but not necessarily a short ride (about 30 miles all in). After leaving The Spires we will ride the 10 miles to St Albans without a coffee stop. This will allow for an early lunch at one of the many eating places in the centre of St Albans. The group will then go on to visit the new Abbey centre.  Riding back, there will be a stop for afternoon tea along the way.

Meet: 10.00am Tally Ho, North Finchley N12 or 10.30am outside Waitrose, The Spires, Barnet – Stapylton Road entrance, by the bandstand

Ride Leader: Ian Ollier 0208 440 5943

NB No indoor meeting in August. The next meeting is Thursday 26^thSeptember.

 For all rides:

Please remember to bring a spare inner tubein case you have a puncture and some basic tools that fit your bike.

Any questions about rides please contact Alison Ewington 01707 376282 alison.ewington@ntlworld.com

Hello

to clarify, the decision to cancel the ride is due to the weather forecast for Friday evening – high winds and rain. The committee feel it could be unsafe and we do not want to encourage members to take unnecessary risks.

If we can reschedule it this season we will post details on this website.

Safe cycling!

 

Don’t forget the FreeCycle events this weekend (see Rides Blog of 28 June for more details).

Our marshals Peter, Graham and John are stepping up to muster and coax a group of cyclists to and from central London to participate in the Saturday 3 Aug event. Remember you can join them as participants or find your own way into London and there is no need to register if you don’t want to and it is all FREE!!

The start point for the organised ride in is from Tally Ho Pub, North Finchley N12 0BP at 10am with the led start back to North Finchley from London at 3pm

You can download a map of the FreeCycle area in London at the following: https://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/events/freecycle/route/

Also Barnet Cycling Campaign want to wish all the best to the Barnet team participating in the Surrey 100 on Sunday 4^th August.  GOOD LUCK – Helen, Penny and Ray!!

FreeCycle is a major closed-road event where everyone can cycle round an 8 mile car-free circuit past major London landmarks. The LCC is promoting the event which is part of a festival of cycling sponsored by Prudential. NB it is necessary to register in advance.

Participants may find their own way into London or join an LCC organised group from Tally Ho Pub, North Finchley N12 0BP at 10am.The group will ride (approx. 10 miles) from North Finchley to the Museum of London, London Wall/St Martins le Grand (EC2Y 5HN) in Central London. The group will be led back to North Finchley at 3pm
from the Museum. Please note the ride from North Finchley and return is considered a long distance ride into and out of London on roads with traffic and hills – suitable for experienced riders.

Volunteers will participate as marshals and other volunteers are invited from Barnet
Cycling Campaign as marshals for the North Finchley-led Group. We have two members volunteering as marshals but more are needed.

Please see the link  https://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/  for more information and to register for the ride. Please speak/email Alison Ewington or Charles Jennings (see Contacts) if interested in being a volunteer marshal to help lead the North Finchley Group into London.

Monthly Meeting: The ‘M25 Ride’ continued…….

There is quite a lot happening on the campaigning front in Barnet at the moment and we will catch up with this in the first part of the meeting. Then after the coffee break we will continue round the M25 in the company of Doug Nevell. This is a continuation from the April meeting, and we are keen to hear about the rest of the route round the south and east of London mirroring the M25. All welcome.

Meet: 8pm Carey Hall, Trinity Church Centre, Nether Street, North Finchley N12