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Sunday ride to Benson and Chalgrove
Sunday, 15 December 2019 - 9:30am
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Please book lunch before 6pm Friday
Heading south east with some modest hills (Garsington) on the way to coffee at Benson, a big hill up then down to earn your lunch in Chalgrove. Some morning sized hills to get you home.
Ride report
Ride leader’s report
It must have been our lucky day. The weather forecast was for strong gusty wind, boarderline on cancelling the ride. Sunday morning dawned with barely a quiver on the branches in the garden. After punctures in the last 2 Sundays, and the puncture fairy apparently working overtime on the midweek ride, the fairy had a day off and we were puncture free.
After picking up a few people on the way out of town, we split into 2 groups as we left Oxford. With the weather better (warmer, less windy, dry) than everyone expected, we made a hilly route (via Garsington) to coffee in Benson who copped with tthe numbers easily.
With varying amounts of surface water from the previous week’s rain, we went up into the Chilterns, followed by a pay back descent into Ewelme, soon after which we saw the local tandem group (for the second time) cycling the other way.
GPX files
Ride leaders
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Full ride leader |
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Leader back from coffee |
(No leader)
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Ride venues and times
| Venue | Time | Notes | ||
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Start |
Broad Street, Oxford | 9:30am |
Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time (especially if you are new, so that we can say hello and sign you up). | |
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Coffee |
Waterfront cafe, Benson | 10:40am |
For about half an hour. | |
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Lunch |
The Red Lion, Chalgrove | 12:45pm |
For about an hour. | |
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Finish |
Oxford area | 4:00pm |
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| All of the times (apart from the start time) are approximate only, as weather or punctures may affect them. | ||||
Ride options and attendance
| Ride option | Distance | Pace | Attendees | |
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Full ride |
71km |
20kph |
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Half day ride Ride to coffee and back again. |
44km |
20kph |
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Please note: you need to log in to see the list of people who attended the ride. |
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| The pace listed above is the average pace we do, so in general when cycling along the flat we will go a bit faster than the average pace. Please be aware of this if you are wondering whether you will be able to keep up on the ride. | ||||