We had a good night last night. Aside from drinking beer and some general chit chat we talked a bit about...........
Training RidesStill 9.00 from Exhibition Sq. on Saturday mornings... rebooted again on 24th Oct.
We will introduce one or two different hillier routes alongside the four established routes. Routes will be posted in advance on Discussion Board. It’s basically a “does exactly what it says on the tin” three hour steady ride (at least for the first 2-3 months anyway) with everyone getting the opportunity to take turns on at the front. For those who can’t bear the prospect of going out on their bike without stopping off for a toasted teacake/beans on toast/full English... just need to say that there is
no café stop on these rides
. But ...as posted above(Thanks Rob
) ...if you like a decent refuel opportunity mid ride there is Clifton’s famous Club Run every Sunday and many of the club’s successful racers have got some steady miles in on these rides.
If we get large numbers in the square we will split the groups arbitrarily rather than a “fast” and a “less fast” (see how I skilfully avoided the use of the “S” word
).
I’ll put a post up next week about the first ride, format, pace, etc. I’ll try to refrain from using the word “steady” and the phrase “keep it together” too often!
RacesClifton CC hosted no less than five open races on the road this season: Two under the LVRC and three under BC. Thanks to Phil (who did the two Vets races) and Martin, Rich, Nigel who sorted the BC races.
Likely that there will be another North Yorkshire Road Racing League (perhaps rebranded as a Series) and we agreed that we would offer to host one rather than two next season. There is a possibility that another new club is coming forward to put a race on...which is great!
As in previous years we would propose to have the ever popular Clifton Road Race Day on 26th June 2016 (provisional date...I’ll check there are no potential clashes) with the LVRC race in the morning and the BC Race ( (for 2/3/4/Juniors/Women) in the afternoon. We will probably have this at Sheriif Hutton again if we can.
Therefore...
we need three Road Race organisers next season . If you haven’t done one before now is your chance. It’s an opportunity for the experienced RR Organisers to pass down the “Lore of RR Organising” to others. There is plenty of help on hand/advice from people who have organised races before so why not give it a go?
We will firm up the date for the BC race in the evening race series once I have had word with the other hosting clubs.