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Friday 11th August 2017
 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
 

BICYCLIST OF THE WEEK

John E on last Sunday's Ride who was the font on an apparently unending stream of historical facts, figures and anecdotes. Test him with something like "Who was the last rider to win the Tour de France on a  531 frame, Compag gear and yellow bar tape?" Awesome.

Be careful when shaking hands or you may be caught in his Danish finger lock. And don't remind him that Lincolnshire is the grumpy end of Yorkshire ;-)

 

BICYCLE OF THE WEEK

Well last week really. Spotted and pictured by Pete S (thanks) this cyclists on RideLondon's Freecycle day has dumped his Mavics for some sporty new Adidas 6 spoke training wheels. You can watch them in action here: https://anerleybc.org/adidas-wheels/

CYCLING IS THE NEW GOLF

Those Adidas trainer wheels might not be a joke. Adidas - and Nike - are abandoning their golf club businesses. Why? Well in the US , the number of golf players has declined from 30 million in 2005 to roughly 24 million in 2015 and that has provided a problem  as the nation accounts for half of all players and courses in the world.

"At best, the US golf market is static, while at the same time we have seen traditional golf markets across North America and Europe being hit by the rise of cycling," says Prof Chadwick, professor of sports enterprise at the University of Salford.

Oh, dear - this could also hit the number of golf clubs in Surrey and Kent we can stop for tea and cake ...

Oooops! - wrong picture ;-(

 

RECENT RIDE REPORTS

Sunday Ride 6th August: Tom takes us West to Weybridge & Pyrford, didn't take a steam boat but took two Anchors: https://anerleybc.org/sunday-ride-6th-august-2017/

Tuesday Ride 8th August: A double washout!
Thursday Ride 8th August: I've posted Frank's Report here: 
https://anerleybc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=234

UPCOMING RIDES

Saturday Ride 12th August: Meet at Shurguard at the earlier time of 9.00 am. Out via Chipstead Valley, up Ranmore Common  from Westhumble to Teastop  at Peaslake village shop. Back via Beare Green, Reigate and up Shepherd's Hill. Pub stop the Wattenden Arms. 53 Miles 

Sunday Ride 13th August: 09:00 Shurguard/501 Brighton Road: Tom V leads to Tea at Knole House in Kent followed by The Plough at Effingham <<<< that must be wrong or it will be a very, very long ride!

Tuesday Ride 15th August:
'A' Ride [12mph] 09:30 Shurguard/501 Brighton Road: Tom V leads to Lingfield, Costa Cafe
'B' Ride [10mph] 10:00 Shurguard/501 Brighton Road: TomTom leads to Lingfield, Costa Cafe

Thursday Ride: 17th August: 10:00 Shurguard/501 Brighton Road: Mark H leads somewhere. Probably wast.

FINALLY - TEA, CAKE & MORE ALE

Tom V has compiled a list of all our favourite Cafes and Pubs into a great interactive map. You can also download all the destinations to your Garmin! Instructions and stuff here: https://anerleybc.org/ride-destinations/

Also of use to leaders and others planning rides are downloadable GPX files from most of our Sunday Rides over the past year and a few Tuesday Rides. Just go to the ride page of your choice on the website, scroll down to the map at the bottom. Under the elevation graph on the left is a yellow 'Download' button.


Happy Cycling!