September News

Coming up in September:

Autumn Fit Camp - Saturday's 1.00pm, Eltham Park South, Glenesk Road, SE9. Starting Saturday 1st and continuing on Saturday 15th)

Have you been inspired by the Olympics? See yourself as a bit of a Bradley Wiggins or Victoria Pendleton? Or perhaps you just want to find a fun way to get fit?

Come along and join us for Autumn Fit Camp. No experience or lycra required, just a bike, a helmet and some enthusiasm. Fit Camp is aimed at new and returning cyclists of all levels, and is designed to give you the skills and confidence to ride your bike.

If you do not own a bike, then check out the NHS Greenwich cycle loan scheme:

http://greenwichhealthyliving.nhs.uk/active-travel/get-cycling/nhs-greenwich-cycle-loan-scheme/

NHS Greenwich are currently piloting a scheme for local residents to hire a bike for only £10 a month (which includes London Cycling Campaign insurance).  For more information, contact NHS Greenwich on 0800 587 5833

National Standards Level 2 Training - New for September, a 4 week course aimed at teaching basic skills on the road. Road positioning, communication, hazard perception, stay safe, whatever the reason for riding. This course will be certificated and I am asking for donations of £2 per week from members and £3 per week from non members to put towards the Wheels for All Appeal. Dates will be 1st, 15th, 22nd, 29th September from on Saturday's from 11.00am - 1.00pm.

Places are limited, so please book in advance: chairperson@limitededitioncycling.co.uk or 07984 200566

Sportives, Charity, and MTB Rides - watch this space for details of the up and coming September rides.

Gaffer

News

Hi All,

Here is a round up of our latest news and activities:

Barbecue: Sunday 26th August, 2.00pm. Friends and family welcome. Email for more details: chairperson@limitededitioncycling.co.uk

Saturday 1st September, 9.30am. Kids Club @ LEC will be held at Eltham Park South, Glenesk Road, Eltham, SE9. Cycle activities for 7 - 16 year olds (under 7's welcome to stay with parents).

Saturday 1st September, 1.00pm - Autumn Fit Camp begins. Inspired by the Olympics? Come and join Fit Camp, no experience or lycra required! Just a bike and some enthusiasm.

Sunday 9th September, The Wiggle Steeplechase Sportive (see calendar for more details, or email).

Sunday 16th September:

• London to Canterbury (starts at Danson Park)
• Surrey Super Cycle (Top Gear Test Track - Dunsfold Park, the Tour of Britain comes through Dunsfold Village on the same day, so we can make a full day of it!)

Both are good causes!

KOM - check the calendar for KOM dates - thank you to MG for leading this.

Going into the winter season, the Ride Captains will be implementing some rules on the club rides. LEC prides itself on it's open, welcoming, friendly format and we love to see people being able to express themselves through their cycling, but, as the club grows, we must ensure the safety of all riders, especially going into the winter months. We will be introducing some basic disciplines into the rides and intend to have fun practising them. Please respect what the Ride Captain is asking you to do as they will be taking into account the ability and bike handling skills of the whole group, not just yours!

Strava - after some deliberation, the Strava activity feed has been removed from view on the club website. Strava is a great personal training tool, but we feel it has no place on club rides among a group of riders and has been encouraging some dangerous riding behaviours and poor etiquette. The Leader Board is still in action and rides can still be posted and compared on the Strava website. Please use it responsibly!

Gaffer

Kids Club @ LEC

Due to development of the tennis courts at Samuel Montagu Youth Centre, Kids Club @ LEC will now be meeting at Eltham Park South until further notice.

This coming Saturday 11th August, we will meet at:

Eltham Park South Cafe, Glenesk Road, Eltham, SE9 at the usual time of 9.30am

We will be continuing with our cyclo-cross racing curriculum.

Next few rides......from MG - back in the mix !!

Forthcoming rides with MG

A brief note and overview to let you know of the planned weekend rides coming up with yours truly:-

Saturday 11th August: - (some confidence and experience riding in traffic necessary)
Central London “Belgian House”& “Look mum no hands” (depending on time)

This ride sets off at 10am and rides into Central London to “Belgian House” and possibly “Look Mum No Hands” (cycling cafe in Old Street- Cycle Show is filmed here) will be a 26-30mile round trip. We will be in Central London traffic so some experience is necessary. This is a bit hard to look after a group so it’s more a question of following me and taking things a bit easy if you have never cycled in Central London before. It is a decent route, lots of bus lanes and big roads once you get through Lewisham. Set off at the park, from 10am should be back 1:30 latest depending on experience of riders and if we go to LMNH also.

Sunday 12th August  (50miles-climbs include, Toys and Fackendon as well as Otford-plus a few fast descents and Knatts Valley which is sure to be quick)

KOM rnd 6. Map is on the calendar. The hill is Toys. Its coffee at Westerham, then hill, then home. This is a lumpy route and will be paced a little different to normal. Yes we will re- group at the top of hills but we will not stop, only ease the pace which will be lead by myself. The plan is to increase people’s fitness and endurance. The forthcoming rides will follow the same pattern although as this is an introduction to pacing yourself it will not be at race pace!!!!
If anyone goes off the front the pace will not increase to bring them back as this is a paced ride dependant on those coming along so if you shoot off you are on your own ( apart from Toys Hill of course)

Sunday 26th AugustKOM rnd 7
Coffee at Shoreham and the hill is Exedown. This is lumpy too and a fast 7mile descent home (Gadgets favourite). A slight change, this has a bit more climbing and you all know I love Exedown, but also have some fast paced flats/descents.

Any questions please let me know.....

MG