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Sunday ride to Waterperry and Bledlow
Sunday, 29 April 2018 - 9:30am
Ride or Event Navigation
Isis (Rides for Women) will lead us to coffee via the climb to Elsfield. The Phoenix Trail takes us to a favourite pub in the Chilterns – the Lions of Bledlow. After a few hills and a very fast descent into Chinnor (15%+), we roll home to Oxford for the final 40k.
Ride report
Today – 7 degrees, feeling like 3 with a few spots of rain. Last Sunday – temperatures into the mid twenties under a flawless blue sky. No wonder we talk so much about the weather! The Phoenix Trail (Sustrans National Cycle Network 57) takes us quickly and conveniently into the Chilterns – it was actually one of our ex-members who helped open up this trail to cyclists and walkers in 2002 after the rail line closed in the 1990s.
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Ride leaders
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Full ride leader |
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Leader back from coffee |
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Leader back from coffee |
Ride venues and times
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Start |
Broad Street, Oxford | 9:30am |
Please arrive 5 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 |
Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry | 10:35am |
For about half an hour. | |
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Lunch |
Lions of Bledlow, Princes Risborough | 12:30pm |
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 |
90km |
20kph |
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Half day ride Ride to coffee and back again. |
42km |
20kph |
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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. | ||||