(posted on behalf of Zoe)
What better way to welcome warmer days, drier roads(?!) and blue skies(?!?!) - we can hope - than enjoying the great British summertime with GF rides.
GF rides return on 06/04/24, starting as usual at 0830 at Pitville Pump Rooms. This year will see the return of some classic GF routes, along with some new spicy leg turners to keep you on your toes/pedals.
To ensure the GFs are accessible to as many people as possible, we are trialing a new way of running the rides this year. There is now a Whatsapp group for the GF rides. This is ONLY for ride planning/safety issues/keeping in contact during rides and not a general chit chat group please (we probably have enough of these)!
There will be two groups for the GF rides, Group A and Group B.
Group A: 18-20
Group B: 16-18
The above are rough estimates of speeds, of course depending on people who turn up.
Each week on the Whatsapp group there will be a poll where you can say if you are considering riding the GF group and which group you are planning on joining. It would be very useful if you could vote on the poll, in order we can inform cafes in advance of our numbers!
Please be mindful these rides are SOCIAL NO DROP rides! Look out for others in your group and pace accordingly.
Please spread the word about GF rides! If anyone is not on FB/Whatsapp and would like to be included, let me know and we can organise a different way to get information across to them.
HAPPY RIDING EVERYONE!
WHATSAPP GROUP DETAILS:
A group dedicated for all things GF.
- This group chat is for GF business only, i.e. mechanicals on route, informing other riders of whereabouts, and ride planning. Please keep general chit chat to a minimum.
- Saturday mornings, leaving from the Pump Rooms at 0830.
- Two groups: Group A 18s-20s. Group B 16s-18s. (Roughly speaking!)
- These are NO DROP SOCIAL rides. Please be considerate to other riders and pace yourselves to the level of the group.
- Cafe stop included!
- During the week, a poll will be created for those who are considering riding the GF route at the weekend and which group they are planning to ride with. Please indicate if you are thinking of riding so we can inform the cafes of numbers.
Happy riding!
Really looking forward to the GFs starting up. Thanks for organising them Zoe. How do I get access to the WhatsApp group? Link just takes me to the app.