Tri-Vets ride 15 June: Rider briefing

We are looking forward to welcoming you on June 15th.  This post should give you the information you need for an enjoyable and safe ride.   The ride is now closed to new entries.

The Base: Brockham Cricket Pavilion, RH3 7JT

The pavilion is the base for signing on, where you will receive an audax-style brevet card which will be stamped as proof of passage. It is a 3 mile ride from Dorking station. Limited parking is available at the pavilion, otherwise please park considerately on the side streets, leaving Middle Street clear. The pavilion is ¼ mile south of Brockham village centre, opposite 29 Middle Street, Brockham. You can find it here on Google Maps.

The pavilion will be open from 7.30am serving tea and coffee until 11am; sandwich lunches will be available from 11-3pm, and cake and finisher's certificates will be served until 8pm. If necessary the base will then re-locate to The Grumpy Mole in Brockham.

The Ride

You will have been advised of your group and start time – please arrive 20 mins early to allow time to sign in and for a cup of tea. Many of you will be experienced at riding in groups, but please take a minute or two to read our Group Ride Guidelines, which cover not just the safety of those in the group, but what to bring on the ride.

You are welcome to do a self-guided ride, but please inform the leader or back-marker if you don’t plan to ride with the group, or decide to leave the group. If you are worried about keeping up with the group, then we suggest you bring the ride card and a map, in case the group has to press on and you need to complete the ride independently. Leaders will try to avoid this but need to bear in mind the time limit for the 100 mile ride.

And please do check in at the base when you finish, or inform control if you decide to abandon the ride.

Links to route cards and gpx files are below.

Refreshments

Your entry fee covers tea/coffee at the start, a sandwich lunch, and more tea/coffee with cake at the finish. The 100 mile and 100k group rides will stop at a café half-way round each loop where you can purchase extra refreshments.

Tri-Vets Badges

Badges are available to ‘veterans’ (over 50) who complete the 100 mile course in 12 hours, evidenced by a brevet card which will be provided on the day. These cost £4 for the badge, or £2 for a ‘year bar’ if you already have a badge.  You can order badges at the finish.

The Routes, and group start times

100 miles: route book and gpx
100k: route book and gpx
50k: route book and gpx

For maps and some additional information, see the original announcement here.
Rider lists with start times are here.

And Finally...

If you enjoyed the day, why not join us for more rides: details on our website here.

Fancy a job ?

Terry has brought our attention to this job advertisement:

From: Alex Jones [mailto:alex.jones@kingston.gov.uk]
Sent: 29 April 2016 14:25
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Become a casual supply cycle instructor at Kingston Council

The Sustainable Transport Team is seeking to recruit new Cyclist Training Instructors to deliver training to children and adults. The main area of operation will be Kingston although opportunities exist in Sutton, a new shared service area. As one one of our professional trained instructors you could expect to earn up £188.96 to deliver our standard 10-hour Bikeability course.

If interested, find out more information and apply here:

https://jobs.kingston.gov.uk/jobdetails.asp?jobid=14481

Alexander Jones

Sustainable Transport Officer

Highways & Transport

Kingston & Sutton Shared Environment Service 

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

Author: Tim C

Hilly 50 2016

And once again thanks to the fantastic support from  V C Londres.

Author: mike morley

Hilly 50 even more finishers

Author: mike morley

1 Comment:

CGC 09 March 2016 at 22:32 GMT

Thanks Mike! It was certainly a cold ride but despite a puncture and missing the left turn into Raikes and riding an extra 6km down Horsham Rd and back, I wouldn't have missed it for the world. And thanks to to the young rider from the VCL who waited with me whilst I changed my tube.

Chris 'De Laune' GC

More finishers in the Hilly 50

Author: mike morley

Hilly 50 Thanks to all!

I will try and publish all the photo's at start and finish with accreditation later. Thank you all again for turning up and making the event a continuation of a well established event. If all the non starters feel that a contribution is worthwhile to St. Raphael Hospice please let me know! There is no obligation whatsoever and I fully understand that the weather forecast would put you off! I am sure I would have felt the same. Even more reason to congratulate those who braved that, rode and I gather enjoyed it!

Author: mike morley

Hilly 50km Sat 5 March w2016

Just a short note to say that despite the weather which out to be literally a snow storm half way through 33 riders signed on and started. An amazing achievement under the circumstances and thanks to so many that turned up at the start to help with signing on.
I arrived 8.45am at Ryka's followed shortly thereafter by Geoffrey Shields a real stalwart who also helped with the sign on last year and he did a good job with the signing on! Carolyn & John Beer were the next to arrive with their dog and made a great contribution, Carolyn collecting all the money and managing the till very efficiently. Dave Vine was also early to arrive along with Ken Day and I started to feel comfortable that I was not on my own, in fact I took little part in the actual signing on. Terry L was also there in support which was a moral boost.
My main concern was should we allow the event to proceed as when I came over Box Hill the temperature was zero but the roads were dry and free from ice! At this time the snow had not started. In the end we only had 33 starters on the line with very few of the pre- registered turning up!
At around 10.20am I decamped to summit Box Hill and it was bitterly cold. Joined by son Tim & little Florence on her bike age 3 I felt well supported but a little concerned about the snow storm that now developed. I stayed at the finish untill 1.30pm when I was pretty certain that all the riders had finished, notably one 13 year old form V.C. Londres who were as always in recent years our most ardent supporters. More about that later with photo's but for now I will retire to bed.
Dave Vine & Ken Day were one of the last to arrive and it was amazing that such mature gentlemen managed to stay the course. Dave commented that conditions were grim but not dangerous and remarked that even Logmore Lane which I had reccied on Friday was safe by previous years problems. Whereas last year we had a few riders finish in under 2hrs, the best time this year was around 2hr. 27mins by last years first finisher from Kingston Wheelers.
Pictures and more analysis to follow. Riders and donations this year will be about half 2015 so a little disappointing but I think an achievement in view of the conditions and a remarkable result to all that rode!
Thank you all on the committee that helped me so much to keep this event alive!

Author: mike morley