Well we have finally managed to ride in short sleeve jersey's and bib shorts. Say it quietly, but could Summer be on its way? It all feels promising so far. We have now restarted our Wednesday evening Pretzel rides in Richmond Park. Our virtual Zwift rides have now moved to Tuesday nights and we will continue to host these rides for anyone that can't make it to the park on a Wednesday evening. However, with the price increase revealed by Zwift this week, it will be interesting to see how many members continue to use this indoor virtual platform. Last month we rode a new route to Mytchett and visited a new café on the River Wey and we will definitely be trying this route again in the Summer.
Last weekend a few of us cycled in the London-Wales-London 400Km Audax and proudly flew the HWCC colours once again. Many congratulations to Stephen, for whom this was his longest ever ride. Well done Stephen!
So what is coming up in the next few weeks?
We have another new destination to visit this weekend as we again head west to California, alas not in the U.S.A. but California Country Park near Wokingham. This is a Green Intermediate ride and at 63 miles, will be our longest remaining ride before RideLondon in 2 weeks time. Before we head into the closed roads of Essex though, we will be heading down to the historic Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit to ride on the track as part of their cycling open day. In early June we have a shorter ride to Sutton Green and a visit to another favourite Café at Elm Farm, before once again heading to the south coast for our first visit of the year to Brighton. This is followed with the challenge of Chase the Sun looming large at the end of June and our 4 day ride to Paris just a few weeks later at the start of July. For any of you taking part in these events, it really is time to ramp up our training miles in preparation for these big rides.
Despite all these events taking place we will continue to vary the lengths of our club rides so that shorter rides will be available, in addition to the Social Laps of Richmond Park and our Beginner Sessions on alternate Saturdays.
If any of these events interest you or you would like more information about our upcoming rides, visit our Meetup and request to join us.
We look forward to meeting you soon. In the meantime you can use some of the links at the top of the page to view our social media channels.
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