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A bit of context from the email I received yesterday....

Around 36 people from Mouvaux are coming including
12 cyclists (not fast ones, mainly over 60, I know one can be fast at that age!) , their schedule is quite full and the only time to organise a ride would be on Saturday morning. I know that you normally have rides on Sundays.
I have been to see Paul at Solstice cycles and he said he could be at the shop at 9 and we could organise the ride to start from there. Rides of around 50 km no more, easy to plan on Strava or garmin. I will need to have a look at the list again and might have to organise two rides according to ability but it would be great to have some Swan wheelers with us.

I also had the idea for some of the cyclists to be dropped before their arrival in Buckingham (around Aylesbury ) and for them to cycle the last few miles ( to make it to 50 km) but that seems to be a step too far, not easy to organise something on Friday afternoon.

For the keen cyclists, Mouvaux is about 5 km from Roubaix and next to some very well-known cobble section of the Paris Roubaix, also not far for Belgium and Flanders…worth forging some links with the club.
This might be a step too far but if you know of anybody who could offer bed and breakfast for two nights that would be fantastic, seems that everybody is away on holiday!

I'm away this weekend but perhaps its something that could be mulled over a pint in the Woolpack tonight?

Hi Adam

I was contacted through the web site this week by a BMCC member who suggested a ride with the visiting French cyclists. However, I haven't had any chance to do any further with that, so curious as to how you've become aware of this?

The issue is that they can only ride on Saturday so if people were interested then we'd need to discuss what happens with the club rides that weekend.

I'm with you in that I wouldn't actually be able to make the Saturday.

Thanks for flagging this Simon. We (ie the Club) probably should look to plan for these events a bit better when they come near us and try an incorporate them into a club ride/event.

BMCC run time trials every Tuesday over at the RAF airbase at Weston On The Green. It's a closed road TT around the perimeter road of the air field and is also open to non BMCC members.

They rotate the structure so some weeks it is just solo, others it's pairs, youth, etc. Typically it's 10 miles but they occasionally do 25 milers.

On Tuesday 12 July they're running one of their 10 mile 4Up evenings (teams of 4). As several members have talked about going in for a team TT, I wondered if we could put a team or every two or more teams in for it. You don't have to have done a TT before or be the fastest riders in the club, obviously we'd need to group similar speed riders together, but remember... a TT is race against the clock, not other teams.

If you're interested, please let me know so we can see if we can put one or more teams together for the night. Entry is a fiver each and is payable on the night.

Cheers,

Matt

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Minutes attached

At the rearranged committee meeting, it was agreed that minutes should be made available to members should they wish to read through them. Therefore, please find attached the minutes from the last committee meeting.

Please let me know if you have any queries about the minutes or any of their contents.

Matt

The idea of going to Brill to recreate the classic Swan Wheelers photograph was floated at the AGM and received a positive response. Therefore, at the last committee meeting (minutes will be posted shortly) we discussed plans for “All rides lead to Brill – Swans Summer special” (working title and suggestions are welcome!)

11th September was agreed on to avoid the school summer holidays and allow sufficient time for preparation. Instead of the usual café stop, the leisure, medium and fast rides will all meet at Brill windmill (rides will leave separately as usual and maintain their normal speeds taking different routes to Brill). We're looking into refreshments, possibly via the pub next to the windmill.

More details will follow in due course, but for now, please save the date and hope to see you there.

It's a bit of a gamble with the weather at the moment - glad you stayed dry!

For those that have ordered club jerseys or bib shorts, please be advised the payment and order have now been submitted to Velotec. I'll keep you posted.

Look at you being super organised!

It's the new fast ride (average 17mph or above). We're heading to Upper Stowe and the Diary Craft tea rooms.

Here's the route...

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14188511

And here's the route I was supposed to post! 😊

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14042546

Here's the route for Sunday morning. A 35 miler, undulating with a stop at Limes Farm in Farthinghoe for tea and cake.

Looks like it's going to be a cracker weather wise tomorrow morning. Hope to see you at the Swan at 08:45.

Just to confirm this week's medium ride is definitely running. I'll post the route here on Saturday.

Fantastic - cheers Alastair.

The committee didn't get to meet this week. We're rescheduling for the first or second week of June. Do let me know if you have anything you want raising.

Additional info from @AdamPool on the ride:

Nice route through to the ARTea cafe. However, it is private so worth ringing to check. 01327 811218.

They were perfectly ok today but they have a lot of deer so there are times the won't let you through.

A committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 24 May.

Do you have anything you want to raise? A query, a grumble, a suggestion for a change or something new for example?

If so either:

1. Reply to this thread
   
2. Send me a message via the forum
   
3. Email the committee via swanwheelerscc@gmail.com
   
4. Speak to a member of the committee on this weekend's rides
   
   

Please let us know anything you want raising before 6pm on Tuesday.

The survey will close on Sunday 22 May. If you haven't cast your vote, please do. As you can see it's pretty close between the two most popular choices...

The medium ride is heading down to Waddesdon via Westcott this Sunday on 38 miler loop (thanks @Woods for the route!)

The stop will be 94 Coffee Shop - don't forget your loyalty cards!

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13830558

Hope to see you on Sunday morning.

Cheers

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Also has a nice, sunny outdoor eating area and a good selection of cakes including cream teas.

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Thanks for confirming Paul. I'll ask the question when I speak to them about the revised design. Cheers

Hi both

It's the same design for both genders for jerseys. I believe it separates out for leg wear. @lucyS has a club jersey so may be able to recommend how they size up for ladies.

Cheers

Matt

Hi Paul

Do you mean on the jerseys we already own?

Cheers

Matt