“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
Wednesday Pretzel & Full Member Induction Ride
Wed, 11 Sept
|Kingston Gate, Richmond Park
Kingston Gate Pretzel loop of the park. For those who are not familiar with the pretzel, it's 18.5 miles long and covers all roads in the park twice.
Time & Location
11 Sept 2024, 18:30 – 20:00
Kingston Gate, Richmond Park, Kingston upon Thames KT2 5JN, UK
Guests
About the event
When:- Wednesday 11th September 2024, meet at 18:30 and will be departing promptly after this.
Where:- We meet just inside Kingston Gate. For those that use the What3Words app, the meeting point is ///boring.help.figure
Route:- Orange - Pretzel (from Kingston Gate). You can download the .gpx from the ‘Files’ page or use the following links:-
Ride with GPS link.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44881579
Strava link.
https://www.strava.com/routes/3162346159483989720
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/3162346159483989720
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.
Anyone interested in Full Membership of HWCC is required to attend a Full Member Induction Ride of Richmond Park. You will then be welcome to join the Hampton Wick Cycling Club as a full member, for only £30 annual subscription. Details of joining the club will be provided once you have attended a Full Member Induction Ride.
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 ALL HWCC CLUB MEMBERS AND IS A FULL MEMBER INDUCTION RIDE FOR ANY NEW POTENTIAL MEMBERS.
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.
Hampton Wick Cycling Club is a non-profit organisation run by volunteers. We are an affiliated club with British Cycling and try to cater for all levels of cyclists. For the payment of your annual subscription you get access to great weekly rides of varying levels, club discounts, holidays, and social meetups.
Hope to see you there!
Ride safe,
Team HWCC.