- Starts: Thursday 21 September 2023 9:15 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser: Terry Willis
- Category: Cancelled, Faster rides, Pop-up rides
- Route grade: B - Hilly 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
Send an email to ride leader/event organiser: Terry Willis.
Map
The weather this week is looking poor, wet and very windy especially on Wednesday. So, as Thursday is looking better (at least in the morning) I thought I’d give this a go, if anyone would like to come along let me know 😎.
So a faster ride out to Micheldever with a few escape routes in case the weather turns. First stop, New Alresford for coffee then depending on the weather we can either head out to Micheldever and loop down to Winchester for lunch at the Cathedral cafe.
If the weather looks poor we could take the shorter route direct to Winchester (Ovington, Avington, Easton) or drop back down (Milburys, Bishops Waltham).
Full route about 100km, GPX attached, currently 50% chance of rain Winchester/Bishops Waltham way in the afternoon. Hopefully showers. The forecast may change, just have to see on the day! Keep an eye out for updates.
UPDATE: Tue 2.00pm - Weather forecast for Thursday looking poor ☹️
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.
This ride is currently full but we encourage you to ask to join the wait list. That will let the ride leader:
- Find out the demand for that type of ride
- Nominate you as a replacement if someone drops out
- Arrange to split the ride if there is sufficient demand
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.