Blue - Oxford

When:- Sunday 29th September 2024, meet at 07.45am for a 08.00am depart. We will be departing promptly at 08.00am. This is a long ride and we will be leaving earlier than normal to get out of Greater London before the roads become busy.

Where:- We meet at Colicci Café, near Roehampton Gate in Richmond Park, SW15 5JP. For those that use the What3Words app, the meeting point is ///seats.tunes.hoping.

How:– An advanced ride over a distance of 65+ miles/104+ km. This is a 'no-drop' ride and the group will cycle at a comfortable pace for all riders. There is also an option to ride to Oxford and return on the train, which is an intermediate ride over a distance of 50-65 miles/80-104 km. The route posted is an Oxford Return return of approx. 127 miles in total. I usually have a break of 1 hour in Oxford to get some food, then set off on the return leg. Those that wish to join the return are more than welcome.

 Those that do not wish to cycle home must make their own arrangements to return to London. From Oxford you can get a train to London Paddington for approx. £12 or to London Marylebone for approx. £25. You do not usually need to make a special booking for your bike.

Route:- Blue - Oxford. You can download the .gpx from the ‘Files’ page or use the following links:-

Ride with GPS link. 

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36147224

Strava link. 

https://www.strava.com/routes/3163248437360580710

Download the route to your navigation device or smart phone, to use with a navigation app. If you are unable to download the route, please just let me know and I will email the .gpx file to you.

Veloviewer link. 

https://veloviewer.com/routes/3163248437360580710

You can't download the .gpx from here, but you can dive into the route and examine any segments or climbs in a bit more detail.

Please bring two water bottles, snacks, cash/cards for coffee, lights, a pump, Allen keys/multi-tool and at least one spare inner tube.

The aim will be to ride together, waiting at junctions and at tops of hills, if required, to keep the group together.

THIS IS A RIDE FOR FULL HWCC CLUB MEMBERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED A SATURDAY FULL MEMBER INDUCTION RIDE.

ALL RIDERS MUST WEAR A HELMET - THIS IS REQUIREMENT OF OUR BRITISH CYCLING INSURANCE, AND WE CANNOT ALLOW ANYONE WITHOUT A HELMET TO JOIN OUR RIDES.

MEMBERS ARE REMINDED THAT PARTICIPATION OF ANY HWCC EVENT IS AT THE MEMBER’S SOLE RISK.

If the event is full, please add yourself to the waiting list and we will try to add another group(s).

Hope to see you there!

Ride safe,

Team HWCC.