Walden Velo ‘Uphill Virtual Sausage roll ride’ 18 October 2020

  • The Annual HC will be managed as a normal club  group ride on October 18th, to keep within BC guidelines for Covid-19 and event liability insurance on club rides
  • The ride is only open to members, that take part in the group ride
  • There will be no, on-course timekeeping, or Marshalling, timings will be as per Strava for the Walden Velo club group
  • Specific ride routes that incorporate the ‘Cup’s Grove Climb’ Strava segment, will be communicated
  • All speed group routes cover the same route to the start of the climb
  • 19/18s Group leaders to stagger groups to leave at 3 minute intervals from 7:30 am
  • 16/17 rides to leave at 7:40, Group leaders to stagger groups to leave at 3 minute intervals
  • Please remember to bring your ‘race face’ to any photo opportunities
  • Alas there will be no campervan doling out sausage rolls this year
  • We aim to host a virtual club ‘sausage roll van’ communications event – lookout for the invite

Pre-event guidance:

  • Anyone who wishes their time to be visible, please ensure that you have a Strava account and that you’ve joined the Club Strava group https://www.strava.com/clubs/walden-velo
  • Anyone without a Garmin or other device can use Strava on their phone to capture their ride, a  free version is available from the app stores
  • Please familiarise yourselves with the course and make yourself aware where the hill climb is!
  • If you have a premium account you can ‘favourite’ the segment on Strava, so you'll get live segment updates on your device
  • Normal Ride guidelines and Covid-19 safety guidelines still apply
  • Be prepared for the extra responsibilities of starting rides at intervals and riding the HC at intervals, should you be asked to lead a group of six
DistanceRide With GPSGarmin Connect
45km
60km
68km

Membership Renewal

It's that time of year when club membership renews, giving you a whole 12 further months of glorious membership for just £10 (reduced from the usual rate in light of the current situation).

Most members have set up direct debits to take the hassle out of renewal but understandably some have not and prefer to pay direct each year. This is absolutely fine but for those who have not remembered to make the renewal payment, our mailing system (RiderHQ) automatically removes you from the mailing list at the end of September (i.e. yesterday) until your renewal is marked as paid. This means that future rides emails may not reach you until you can make the necessary arrangements.

Please can you log into your account and check the payment status of your membership so that you can continue to receive the club emails uninterrupted. If you experience any problems please contact the club committee at membership@waldenvelo.com or secretary@waldenvelo.com and we will do our best to help you out.