Itchen MTB Riders Details

Our aim is to have fun, enjoy the countryside, avoid road traffic and get some exercise. The duration of regular rides is usually about 1 ½-2 ½ hours with longer rides when people feel like more of a challenge and have the time.

Families get involved and ages range from ten years to early fifties. If having fun off-road (and getting dirty and wet) on a Sunday morning appeals to you, come and join us. All are welcome, feel free to just turn up on a Sunday morning. We meet on Cheriton (Hampshire) village green at 08:30 most Sundays all year round and usually have 2-3 people as a minimum riding. Call Rob on 07970 984923 if you want to confirm or check someone will be around beforehand.  

Guys ... just wondering whether anybody is interested in a team Jersey for ready for the SDW ride ?

We can alter the details (design, names, colours etc) and sponsors need to be consulted (see below) !!! A typical cost seems to be around £35 per Jersey (short sleeve) but there may be a design fee to share.

Here's a starter for 10 to give you some idea ...

Let me know what you think and if anyone has a flare for design let me know ... as I'm not precious about the mock up above.  

Planned South Downs Way Ride - July 2011

Here are the details of the planned traversing of the South Downs Way in July 2011:

Date: planned for 16/17th July 2011, although some people may still have a problem with this date so I'm checking if 8/9th July is a better date. I'll confirm here when people have responded on the final and preferred date.

Riders confirmed: 
Rob Pearce
Paul Berryman
Tom Sweeney
Alan Humphreys
Peter Hughes

Possibles (tbc):
Andrew Probert
Jules Anderson

Route details:  

http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdowns/text.asp?PageId=74

The plan is to ride the SDW from Winchester to Eastbourne (106 miles) over two days, with a stop over on the Saturday night at a B&B or Hotel at around 60 miles (leaving 56 miles for the second day).  I'll add more details here as they get worked out.

Other useful info:

http://www.bikedowns.co.uk/index.html
http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/RoutesLinks/492?OpenDocument
http://www.southdownscycling.com/
http://www.southdownsdouble.net/
http://www.visitsouthdowns.com/

Logistics:

Current plan (to be confirmed) is to have a minibus with MTB trailer pick all riders up from Eastbourne on the Sunday evening and bring everyone back to Cheriton/Bramdean/Winchester.

Pre ride prep: 

Start getting the training miles in now !
Think about getting your bike serviced in good time.
I'll add a list of tools/kit to carry and share between us closer to the time.
If anyone has doubts about their bike and would like to loan/borrow one I may have a source of reasonable spec MTB's we can get hold of for the ride - let me know if you think this could help you.

Other details and keeping current: 

If you have any suggestions/questions/comments, add them as a comment to this post or email me and I'll update the main post here so everyone has the same info.

Photo's from previous rides

I've posted a few photo's on Picasa from some past rides. I'll add more when I get a chance. Let me know if you have any problem accessing them.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/erobpearce/CheritonMTBPics#

Rob

We've come a long way

In the beginning  ... 



And with some training ... 

Pictures from Spring 2007 rides

View from Cheesefoot Head looking SW. Riders Paul, Andrew, Matt and Rob (L to R).

Matt crossing the bridge at Meon Fisheries coming down from Old Winchester Hill.

Laughing at others misfortunes

A level of bike control we can all strive towards ...
for more eye watering stunts ... follow the OOOCH link on the main page (right hand side).