July Meeting Minutes.
A healthy, unbroken, wrist (luckily like mine).
Current members: 53.
Jason, Janet and Pete are all carrying spare banana guards/dry bags if anyone’s not picked up their free gift yet.
Cash – we have £775 which is nice…
Rides were sorted out/added and jotted down, thanks Jason. Away days to Cannock and possibly one other?
Action: Request for volunteers to show us their favourite areas to ride please. We’re always looking for suggestions on new places to go so don’t be shy in coming forwards. Don’t worry about the pressure of leading a ride as we can always help out with that while we check an area out. Thanks!
14th August will be the BBQ day – we’ve already got an idea of the site we’d like to use in the forest which has BBQ pits for public use.
Action: peeps to check out the forest BBQ site on this weekends ride and report back. Janet to investigate the ‘Shopper Challenge’ bike and course/obstacles (Shaun might have some woodwork etc?). Food and general BBQ details should be easy to sort closer to the day.
Jerseys. Ian (PJ)’s now on the case with the Endura order. Confirmed that the club contribution will be £5 for each jersey (not per order). Steve @ NextDayTyres will be contributing £5 per jersey up to a max of £150 at which point the discount will be divided amongst however many jerseys are in the final order.
Action: Ian to mail members to see if we can get any more orders in. Deadline set of Friday 16th for getting £20 deposit per jersey so we can then get order together. Endura to send us a set of samples when we’ve got the order in. Gillet requested by Jason and Janet if possible, Ian to check minimum order on garments.
Stickers, design now sorted out, total order cost will be £72 (possibly excluding VAT).
Action: Andrew to get Gil to go ahead with order, confirm cost and get Pete to send him out a cheque.
AOB – the thin Alpine air must have got to Janet ‘cos she actually gave away a pair of riding specs! Pete was the happy beneficiary.
for once i was in the pub but couldnt come to the meeting! Can someone keep a drybag aside for me please? I cant make saturdays intro ride as on hols.
Cannock Chase would would be good
Sorry I missed the meeting – putting the kids to bed and had to read them a particularly exciting Noggin the Nog story from start to finish.
Wales awayday suggestions from the Tom Hutton guidebook, should all be doable as day trips (no further than Rhyader), guess you will have done many before:
- Llanbedr Hill – east of Builth Wells 37km
- Rhossili and the Gower 35km (by the sea!)
- The Long Mynd – Shropshire 32km
- Mynydd Llangorse – Black Mountains 31km
- Doethie Valley – Llandovery 23km
- Irfon Forest – Llanwrtyd Wells 23km
- Sarn Helen & Fforest Fawr – Ystradfellte 21km
- Radnor Forest bit short only 17km
- Claerwen Valley – Elan Valley bit short only 12km
Some ideas here http://www.roughrides.co.uk/ complete with Tracklogs
Various Cleeve circuits (bits of HONC) and numerous variations from Terry?
North Nibley following linked from . No idea if it’s any good, about 22km.
Sorry I couldn’t make the meeting. Good ride last night though, very glad it stayed dry.
I have an Mbr route from 2006 (North of stroud, Cotswold hills) – 33.2km (750m climbing) Bisley, Daneway, Duntisbourne, Lypiatt. I have ridden it once it the wet, should be much better in the dry.
I also have some nice laminated copies of these routes in and around the Brecons. Not ventured out there on my bike yet.
http://www.mtbbreconbeacons.co.uk/hubs