Category: Club Rides

2023: GETTING BACK IN THE SADDLE

We know that some of you may have been out of the saddle for a while and may feel that, at the moment, a two hour ride is out of your reach. To give you something to look forward to we will be hosting shorter rides, specifically for those returning to (or new to) group riding.

These will be around one hour, depending on the group, and will be no drop, meeting in the Market Square at 9:30 on a Sunday - that should mean you can join the group at Bicicletta after the ride!

The first of these rides will be on 15th Jan and  29th Jan  - I'll send a reminder and a route with next weekend's ride.

VIRTUAL RIDES:

We'll be continuing to host virtual club rides in Zwift for the foreseeable future, for those of you who are unable to join us on the road for any reason. If you'd like to suggest a specific route, please suggest it on the club page in the companion app.

Club Link: https://www.zwift.com/uk/clubs/dbb388c7-d184-4e8c-8fdd-f868777fd4ac/join 

Sunday morning at 9:00 lasting up to two hours, and Wednesday Evening at 19:30, lasting up to 90mins.

If you want to have a voice chat during the ride, please join the Discord channel - You'll find the link in the zwift club.

SUNDAY MORNING:

Sunday morning's rides will follow WR8 (https://www.waldenvelo.com/wr8/). The two two hour routes head west, into the Essex/Hertfordshire hills. The three hour steady ride heads west initially, before heading east of Saffron Walden. Finally, the three hour tempo ride heads towards Stevenage.

The current forecast for Sunday is looking typical for the East of England - a bit breezy!

WEDNESDAY MORNING:

Wednesday (9:30):  Midweek 2: https://www.waldenvelo.com/mid-week-rides/ 

FRIDAY MORNING:

Friday (9:30):  Midweek 3 (https://www.waldenvelo.com/mid-week-rides/)

We look forward to seeing you out on the road!

Unfortunately it looks like the ice on the roads is unlikely to thaw before Sunday's ride. As a result we will not have a road ride on Sunday morning. We thank you for your understanding and patience. As it's looking like next week should be significantly warmer (the lowest we've seen this week is -15C in Wendens Ambo, if you've seen lower temperatures then let us know!) we've got our fingers crossed that we can get back out on the road before long.

VIRTUAL RIDES:

We know that many won't feel comfortable riding when it's particularly cold out, you may also feel that you can't quite manage two hours on a Sunday at the moment. To try and keep you rolling, and allow some virtual socialisation, we have set up the Walden Velo Virtual club on zwift. Please follow the link below to join the club.

Club Link: https://www.zwift.com/uk/clubs/dbb388c7-d184-4e8c-8fdd-f868777fd4ac/join 

To keep you moving, we will organise two rides per week on Zwift. Sunday morning at 9:00 lasting up to two hours, and Wednesday Evening at 19:30, lasting up to 90mins.

If you want to have a voice chat during the ride, please join the Discord channel - You'll find the link in the zwift club.

MINCE PIE RIDE:

As many of you know, in the run up to Christmas we host a Mince Pie ride. We enjoy a sociable ride, a bit of friendly chatter, and finish at ride with some mince pies and festive cheer. Steve has kindly offered to host again.

We'll send more details out in next week's email, but it will be on Saturday 24th December - Christmas Eve!

WEDNESDAY MORNING:

Wednesday (9:30):  SR3: https://www.waldenvelo.com/sr3 

Given that no official rides happened this week, we'll re-try last week's route!

FRIDAY MORNING:

Friday (9:30):  Midweek 9 (https://www.waldenvelo.com/mid-week-rides/)

We look forward to seeing you out on the road!