The next quarter’s rides have now been added to the calendar and can be downloaded from the downloads page. If you have installed them on your smartphone they should automatically update.
The Midweek Wayfarers have two new start points, one near Aldershot and one near Shalford which will open up new areas to explore.
(1) Further to recent posts re The Bicycle Icycle, this year is not the only one where ice or snow has been a feature.
(2) Here is a photograph taken during the Surrey Saunter (the old name for The Bicycle Icycle) which took place on 5th March 2006:
***** Now, here’s the thing …. *****
There’s a FREE PINT for the first person to explain why the two statements above, taken together, are not totally true.
Further to Mark’s post re the Bicycle Icicle, views from Wales:
From a spring day with frolicking lambs on Friday:
To snow stopped cycling on Sunday
and the poor farmers are desperately trying to save the lambs
Owing to deep snow and too many icycles, this event is cancelled. Many apologies.
Mark
In case you’d somehow overlooked the fact, it’s our First Event of the Year tomorrow and the weather isn’t looking promising from a cycling point of view. I don’t want to cancel it yet because all the forecasts say something different and there might be someone out there unafraid of the zero temperatures. If the snow doesn’t hit us over night, there’s still a possibility that the roads will be dry, but it’s important to bear in mind the effects of cold on the accumulated choss which covers copious sections of the route. It really was very dirty out there yesterday when I rode the full route in fine conditions.
My reluctant recommendation would be not to ride the Icycle tomorrow. If anyone chooses to ride and s/he comes to grief, then they must accept the fact that they chose to ride against my recommendation; I will not be held responsible!
I’ll be posting an update at around 8.30am tomorrow morning, at which point I will decide whether or not to officially cancel the event. So if you’ve still not decided to call the whole thing off, please check out this page tomorrow after 8.30am.
Here’s hoping for a heatwave over Easter!
Mark
