- Starts: Wednesday 13 April 2022 9:00 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser:
- Category: Faster rides, Wednesday rides
- Route grade: A - Demanding route
- A - Demanding route. Riders should already have experience of, and be prepared for distance, hills and, probably, both. E.g. Liss or Arundel via Houghton.
- B - Hilly route. Involves major hills. E.g. Sustainability Centre or Alresford.
- C - Moderate route. Not especially long or hilly (but will involve climbs and descents). E.g. Bishop's Waltham
- D - Flattish route. Might involve some hills, but not major ones. E.g. Chichester or West Wittering.
- E - Short, flat route. Easy route often designed for people new to group riding.
Our grading scheme
When grading routes we use the following scheme:
At: Fox and Hounds, The - Denmead
Address: School Lane, Denmead, Waterlooville, PO7 6NA
The Fox and Hounds web site is: foxandhounds-pub.co.uk
Contact us about this event
Sorry, you cannot email this ride's leader/event organiser directly. Instead you can use our general enquiry form.
Map
A second group to follow Mickey Cooper's ride to Brambridge and Leckford at a more moderate pace.
Meet at Fox and Hounds, Denmead for 9.00 am start.
Elevenses – Brambridge Garden Centre - 17 miles, via Bishops Waltham, Upham, Marwell.
Lunch - Leckford Farm Shop - 19 miles, via Hursley, Kings Somborne and Stockbridge.
Tea - Alresford 21 miles via Chilbolton, Barton Stacey, Micheldever.
Total round trip 76 miles.
Bookings for this ride/event
Booking is required for this ride. Please let the ride leader know if you want to join. Please do not turn up for the ride unless you've had your booking confirmed or your name appears below.
There are 8 spaces available for the leader and riders. Of these, 2 are left.
Bookings recorded for this ride (Log in to see rider names):
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
To ask to join this ride, please use the 'Contact us about this ride' link above to send an email to the ride leader.
About faster rides
Our other rides go at the pace of the slowest rider or we will split the ride to accommodate a slower rider. 'Faster rides' go faster than other rides and people joining are expected to keep up.
We're not talking about professional or even 'club' riding speeds, but trying to ride at any speed faster than you can manage is an unpleasant experience.
If you want to join a faster ride, but uncertain whether you can keep up:
- Consider trying one or two of our other rides classed as A (Demanding) or B (Hilly) first. If you're able to keep up without difficulty that's a good indication you're ready for a faster ride. The chances are you'll be riding with other members familiar with faster rides that can help you with your assessment.
- In any case, contact the ride leader and discuss your experience to date with them. Bear in mind, however, that subjective assessments of average speed and cruising speed are notoriously unreliable even for those that routinely use cycle computers.
Before you join a faster ride, please review the route and prepare to make your own way back if you're struggling to keep up - and we all have bad days. We will not, however, intentionally drop slower riders; nor will we leave riders without first checking they are confident with getting back.