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Still lots of loose chippings in Essex, so we're heading out to Hertfordshire tomorrow. The route is about 60 miles (to/from the Town Hall). On the way up we'll be going left at the lights at Wood St and heading up through Chingford, down Daws Hill, up Mott Street, brief stop at High Beach (green tea hut) to possibly pick up anyone who wants to join us there (circa 9:45), then out via Epping and eventually to Broxbourne to begin our loop. Return leg goes down to Waltham Abbey, but then detours to the left so we can climb Claypit Hill (you know you want to) before returning to High Beach and then down the Epping New Road to home. Download the route from here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/15297754

Route for the fast / medium-fast group(s) tomorrow (hopefully avoiding all the loose chippings that Essex County Council have just chucked down): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/15133268

Unofficially, it looks like this is the current top ten for riders who have completed at least six qualifying rides:
T Modell 27.05 mph
M Fink 26.22 mph
B Geoghegan Hart 25.73 mph
E Crallan 25.12 mph
M Noble 25.03 mph
M Rolfe 25.00 mph
P Roberts 24.78 mph
T Holmes 24.69 mph
P Skinner & A Trott 24.39 mph

The fastest female rider at the moment seems to be:
K Morris 22.39 mph

Just tomorrow night's race left to change the standings. Next week (19th July) we finish the series with a two-up event.

...and the results from last week:
1 T.MODELL SB 22.15
2 G.RUDD S 22.25
3 M.FINK V 22.37
4 I.BOARDMAN V 23.07
5 E.CRALLAN S 23.14
6 M.EMERY S 23.18
7 T.BEASLEY S 23.24
8 M.NOBLE S 23.25
9 M.ROLFE V 23.45
10 P.ROBERTS V 23.47
11 J.SELLARS V 23.47
12 A.ELFERINK V 24.07
13 T.HOLMES S 24.10
14 P.SKINNER V 24.17
15 R.LLEWELLYN S 24.17
16 J.BOULTER V 24.19
17 B.SMITH V 24.22
18 D.TAIT S 24.29
19 R.BLAIR V 24.30
20 MI.MOONEY N 24.38
21 C.GREGORY S 24.42
22 J.LYCKE V 24.44
23 A.TROTT V 24.44
24 N.MITCHELL S 24.58
25 G.PATMORE S 24.59
26 P.HAYES V 25.04
27 CO.DASH SB 25.07
28 D.SMITH S 25.18
29 N.WADDELL S 25.19
30 J.CRUST V 25.40
31 B.DULY V 25.43
32 S.LOWE V 25.46
33 I.DEUCHARS V 25.51
34 M.TURNPENNY S 26.01
35 G.BOYD V 26.23
36 M.FOOTE S 26.24
37 C.WEST V 26.25
38 H.MOORE V 26.26
39 S.DEVILLE V 26.27
40 C.HAYES SG 26.36
41 E.MCNICOL SB 26.49
42 S.TAYLOR V 26.53
43 S.BROOKES N 26.54
44 D.HARDING S 26.58
45 B.KURTZ S 27.05
46 E.FAHY S 27.24
47 C.LUTSCH LS 27.28
48 D.DRAPER S 27.36
49 M.FREEMAN V 27.48
50 S.IBBOTT S 27.49
51 N.TROTT V 27.52
52 S.BURNS LV 28.00
53 K.HOLLAND S 28.03
54 C.RIGBY LV 28.05
55 T.CROWTHER V 28.08
56 S.POLLARD V 28.09
57 N.STANILAND LS 28.16
58 J.DASH V 28.27
59 A.BARDILL V 28.30
60 C.DASH SG 28.39
61 D.MCCARTHY V 28.42
62 J.FAHY LS 29.02
63 I.HASKINS V 29.06
64 H.BOATENG S 29.09
65 M.BEN SHAUL LV 29.30
66 M.MOONEY SB 29.40
67 A.ROBINS V 29.45
68 N.BIRCH LV 29.52
69 E.FERGUSON LV 29.52
70 J.ELLIOT SG 30.03
71 B.PLUMLEY V 30.18
72 T.BARDILL SB 30.24
73 C.DEALL SB 30.42
74 S.REDDY LV 30.48
75 R.PIMLOTT V 30.58
76 R.WHITEHEAD V 31.28
77 A.MINALE SG 31.50
78 P.TAYLOR V 31.55
79 B.PUECH LV 32.13
80 A.HERSCH V 32.39
81 N.BOURNE LV 32.45
82 M.COOPER LV 33.00
83 S.BOYD SB 35.37

Results from two weeks ago:
1 E.CRALLAN S 23.22
2 M.EMERY S 23.58
3 P.ROBERTS V 24.18
4 M.NOBLE S 24.20
5 M.ROLFE V 24.22
6 T.HOLMES S 24.40
7 C.GREGORY S 24.42
8 P.SKINNER V 24.44
9 T.HEWINS V 25.24
10 CO.DASH SB 25.35
11 G.PATMORE S 25.50
12 P.HAYES V 26.13
13 K.MORRIS LS 26.30
14 C.HAYES SG 26.31
15 S.DEVILLE V 26.48
16 S.TAYLOR V 27.15
17 G.BOYD V 27.27
18 S.BURNS LV 27.44
19 S.IBBOTT S 27.53
20 A.STEER V 28.12
21 J.PERRIN V 28.23
22 M.FREEMAN V 28.25
23 C.LUTSCH LS 28.40
24 C.RIGBY LV 28.46
25 B.KURTZ S 28.51
26 H.STACEY LS 29.00
27 K.HOLLAND S 29.06
28 J.DASH V 29.11
29 L.JONES LS 29.32
30 C.DASH SG 29.58
31 A.ROBINS V 30.27
32 M.MOONEY SB 30.35
33 C.DEALL SB 31.32
34 B.PUECH LV 32.48
35 M.COOPER LV 33.45
36 H.BOATENG S 33.57
37 H.GREGORY SB 34.28
38 A.HERSCH V 34.39
39 R.STEER SB 35.14
40 S.POLLARD V 35.38
41 P.MURPHY SB 35.55
42 C.COUZINS SB 36.30
43 S.BOYD SB 39.40

John & Tony are planning a club run up to the club's reunion event this Sunday. Leaving, as usual, from the Town Hall at 9am, second pick up at the green hut at High Beach around 9.45, then heading up through Roydon, Stanstead Abbots, Much Hadham, the Pelhams, Stansted Mountfitchet and finally to the HQ in Burton End (near Stansted Airport). I think the idea is to get a train back. Details of the reunion here: https://leavalleycc.microcosm.app/conversations/287916/

Thanks to everyone who took part in this. Here's a full report of the results: http://leavalleycc.tumblr.com/post/146913040653/july-2016-survey-results

Results of the recent survey: http://leavalleycc.tumblr.com/post/146913040653/july-2016-survey-results

Rather than starting a new thread every week or so, it's probably best if we just post the route (and any associated discussion) on one thread each week. So here goes. This Sunday the fast and/or medium-fast groups will be using this route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13722640

I'll enter on the line, then. Don't think I have a cheque book any more.

Joe says "Another good night for racing there being a number of personal bests. I will be sending out an overall results sheet for the series in the next few days. This will cover the first 7 weeks of the series. Only 3 counting Tuesdays to go if you want to complete your 6 rides. The 11th week is two ups and solos and awards for the series (19th July). Two bottles left at the event last Tuesday which can be collected next Tuesday - one for Patrick Cycling and one Specialised.

1 M.FINK V 22.16
2 S.DENNISON RV 23.16
3 M.NOBLE S 23.24
4 M.ROLFE V 23.30
5 E.CRALLAN S 23.34
6 T.HOLMES S 23.41
7 A.GALLOWAY S 23.41
8 JK.WEBB S 23.42
9 P.ROBERTS V 23.44
10 I.STRAWHORNE S 23.51
11 C.GREGORY S 23.54
12 P.SKINNER V 23.54
13 B.GRAVENOR S 24.00
14 T.HEWINS V 24.02
15 J.SELLARS V 24.08
16 J.BOULTER V 24.10
17 D.TAIT S 24.11
18 W.WALLS V 24.17
19 B.SMITH V 24.24
20 J.LYCKE V 24.30
21 A.TROTT V 24.31
22 M.EVANS V 24.41
23 R.BLAIR V 24.43
24 B.WHITEHEAD S 24.50
25 S.LOWE V 25.03
26 N.WADDELL S 25.16
27 G.EDMONDS N 25.17
28 J.WATTHEY V 25.19
29 G.PATMORE S 25.23
30 N.DAVIES S 25.32
31 N.CHARMAN S 25.35
32 C.HAYES SG 25.42
33 B.DULY V 25.42
34 I.DEUCHARS V 25.46
35 H.MOORE V 25.50
36 S.DEVILLE V 25.59
37 J.BROADBENT V 26.02
38 C.WEST V 26.02
39 CO.DASH SB 26.10
40 B.FIELDS S 26.24
41 G.BOYD V 26.29
42 L.COLWILL S 26.34
43 B.KURTZ S 26.37
44 D.LECKY LS 26.38
45 G.CUGI V 26.45
46 L.NEWTON-EARLY LV 26.46
47 K.HIBBERT LS 26.46
48 S.TAYLOR V 26.47
49 N.TROTT V 26.50
50 D.HARDING S 26.54
51 D.DRAPER S 27.13
52 H.STACEY LS 27.27
53 A.VYNER LV 27.30
54 S.IBBOTT S 27.39
55 S.ADISA V 27.42
56 S.BURNS LV 27.43
57 A.WAHL S 27.46
58 A.BARDILL V 27.47
59 J.CLEARY V 27.48
60 J.PERRIN V 27.50
61 T.HULL S 27.57
62 L.JONES LS 27.58
63 M.FREEMAN V 28.06
64 A.STEER V 28.07
65 C.DASH SG 28.12
66 N.JARMAN LS 28.18
67 J.DASH V 28.23
68 C.RIGBY LV 28.25
69 A.GRIFFITHS N 28.43
70 A.MINALE SG 28.53
71 M.MIKNYS S 29.10
72 P.COCKMAN LV 29.16
73 D.MCCARTHY V 29.24
74 T.BARDILL SB 29.38
75 R.PIMLOTT V 29.42
76 I.HALL V 29.43
77 L.HOWELL V 29.47
78 M.BEN SHAUL LV 30.40
79 J.ELLIOT SG 30.41
80 R.WHITEHEAD V 31.07
81 S.BOYD SB 32.39
82 J.GAVIRIA LS 32.56
83 M.COOPER LV 33.12
84 P.MURPHY SB 33.33
85 R.STEER SB 33.51
86 A.HERSCH V 34.20

Mark, I'm going to enter this. Is there any benefit to me posting off a CTT entry form (e.g. does it make me eligible for a prize / allowed to take part in a handicap competition) or should I just enter on the day instead?

....edit (ignore the third route that was here - he's changed his mind)

...and here is the planned longer route:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14484813

Our annual road race is on Sunday week (26th June) and we have four LVCC riders taking part in the race who are keen to recce the course. The course is loop of about 14 miles up in northern Essex (starting / finishing at the village of Radwinter). The fast / medium-fast groups are planning to do a ride up there (starting, as usual, from the Town Hall at 9am, and passing through High Beach on the way) and then round the circuit. Some of us will then head over to the Audley End station (just outside Saffron Walden) to catch a train back to Tottenham Hale / Liverpool Street (two trains per hour, £15, takes 40-50 mins), while others are going for a really long ride and continuing all the way back to London again. The train-assisted route is about 64 miles, the 'Gran Fondo' is more like 120 miles. Some people might not be able to commit to such a long ride, but you are welcome to come with us for the first 20 miles or so and then turn back for home. Here is the planned route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14368103

Edit - Joe has now sent a corrected version, see below
Week 6: David Veitch very slightly slower than last week and narrowly beaten into second place by Theo Modell who posted the fastest time of this years series with 21.50.

1 T.MODELL SB 21.50
2 D.VEITCH S 21.58
3 M.FINK V 22.38
4 B.GEOGHEGAN HART SB 22.53
5 E.CRALLAN S 23.14
6 G.RUDD S 23.16
7 M.NOBLE S 23.25
8 T.WOOTTON S 23.27
9 C.MEILANDT S 23.39
10 M.ROLFE V 23.44
11 B.GRAVENOR S 24.00
12 P.ROBERTS V 24.07
13 A.SWEETING S 24.15
14 B.SMITH V 24.19
15 D.TAIT S 24.27
16 C.GREGORY S 24.32
17 J.AMBROSE-PARISH J 24.39
18 C.MACKIE S 24.50
19 T.HEWINS V 24.51
20 T.BARNETT S 25.05
21 G.PATMORE S 25.13
22 A.BRUNTLETT S 25.20
23 S.DENNISON RV 25.22
24 M.EVANS V 25.24
25 N.WADDELL S 25.25
26 J.WATTHEY V 25.56
27 I.DEUCHARS V 26.00
28 H.MOORE V 26.02
29 N.DAVIES S 26.14
30 J.BROADBENT V 26.16
31 C.HAYES SG 26.20
32 K.MORRIS LS 26.22
33 S.DEVILLE V 26.34
34 E.FAHY S 27.00
35 S.BURNS LV 27.02
36 E.MCNICOL SB 27.04
37 D.LECKY LS 27.24
38 L.COLWILL S 27.24
39 D.DRAPER S 27.25
40 B.KURTZ S 27.27
41 S.TAYLOR V 27.31
42 M.FREEMAN V 27.50
43 S.IBBOTT S 27.53
44 C.LUTSCH LS 28.02
45 M.ASHWORTH V 28.11
46 L.NEWTON-EARLY LV 28.13
47 H.STACEY LS 28.18
48 J.PERRIN V 28.38
49 J.FAHY LS 28.41
50 A.STEER V 28.45
51 P.TAYLOR V 28.49
52 J.DASH V 29.00
53 C.RIGBY LV 29.12
54 K.ROBINSON LV 29.22
55 E.MALENFANT SB 29.32
56 A.ROBINS V 29.32
57 J.WOOD LS 29.38
58 N.BIRCH LV 29.39
59 P.COCKMAN LV 29.50
60 L.HOWELL V 29.50
61 Z.WEINBERGER S 29.55
62 R.PIMLOTT V 30.18
63 K.BURGESS LV 30.20
64 E.FERGUSON LV 30.28
65 M.MOONEY SB 30.48
66 J.ELLIOT SG 31.42
67 O.JAMES SB 32.21
68 A.HERSCH V 33.16
69 M.COOPER LV 34.06
70 R.STEER SB 34.18
71 S.BOYD SB 35.11

We also had 3 youngsters riding 5 laps

Charlie Dash 15.07

Felix Waters 15.46

Anouska Minale 15.49

It's approx 35 miles home from Burton End. It's a little bit more than that to get to the Ugley race HQ. So realistically, if anyone is keen / mad / stupid enough to want to ride up, do the time trial, go to the reunion and then ride home, they'll be doing at least 100 miles that day. Obviously that's not impossible and some might be up for it. Those that are up for the race and either ride up OR ride back, the train to/from Bishop's Stortford might be a good way of avoiding the other leg of riding.

Ed - that's what the attachment said (see first post)!

Anyone reading this thread, please be aware that the 'Bill Major' 25-mile time trial takes place the same day in the morning. We're hoping lots of club members will do both - race in the morning and then unwind in the afternoon (and for the superfit, have a 35-mile ride home afterwards)

The new kit, David Veitch smashing another record, Carsten and Paul in the Nocturne, battling the elements at the Tuesday Tens, the women's rides, clubrun photos and video footage, and more: http://leavalleycc.tumblr.com/post/145978903058/june-2016-new-kit-new-record

bump - less than 24 hours left to complete it, 41 responses so far

Week 5:
This week the fastest rider was our very own David Veitch
1 D.VEITCH S 21.52
2 P.DYSON N 22.01
3 T.MODELL SB 22.18
4 M.FINK V 22.43
5 B.GEOGHEGAN HART SB 22.44
6 E.CRALLAN S 23.15
7 M.NOBLE S 23.17
8 M.ROLFE V 23.20
9 S.DENNISON RV 23.39
10 P.ROBERTS V 23.40
11 I.WOOTON S 23.41
12 T.HOLMES S 23.57
13 P.SKINNER V 24.00
14 A.TROTT V 24.13
15 T.HEWINS V 24.28
16 T.BLACK S 24.34
17 G.PATMORE S 24.34
18 A.BISHOP V 24.42
19 J.LYCKE V 24.55
20 B.SMITH V 24.59
21 M.TURNPENNY S 25.24
22 S.LOWE V 25.26
23 S.BARDILL SB 25.26
24 T.LAWY S 25.34
25 L.DIXON S 25.49
26 F.PIKE-MULLINS J 25.58
27 R.BLAIR V 26.01
28 K.MORRIS LS 26.09
29 S.DEVILLE V 26.21
30 G.CUGI V 26.36
31 J.WATTHEY V 26.36
32 K.HINERT N 27.10
33 D.LECKY LS 27.14
34 S.TAYLOR V 27.22
35 J.CLEARY V 27.25
36 D.DRAPER S 27.29
37 D.HARDING S 27.30
38 G.BOYD V 27.32
39 E.FAHY S 27.37
40 L.JONES LS 27.46
41 H.STACEY LS 27.47
42 S.IBBOTT S 27.48
43 C.LUTSCH LS 27.53
44 E.MCNICOL SB 27.54
45 A.BARDILL V 28.06
46 B.KURTZ S 28.08
47 C.DASH SG 28.10
48 CO.DASH SB 28.17
49 K.BUNYAN V 28.28
50 P.TAYLOR V 28.34
51 D.MCCARTHY V 28.41
52 C.RIGBY LV 28.51
53 A.BOYD N 29.15
54 N.JARMAN LS 29.21
55 J.FAHY LS 29.27
56 T.BARDILL SB 29.32
57 P.COCKMAN LV 29.50
58 R.PIMLOTT V 30.22
59 MT.TARLTON SG 30.22
60 M.MOONEY SB 30.42
61 Z.WEINBERGER S 31.06
62 J.ELLIOT SG 31.20
63 M.COOPER LV 32.21
64 A.MINALE SG 32.41
65 S.BOYD SB 33.13
66 A.HERSCH V 33.32
67 J.WOOD LS 33.40
68 H.GREGORY SB 33.47
69 K.BURGESS LV 34.07
70 O.JAMES SB 34.34

Edit: nothing to see here!

It feels like there has been a huge influx of new members over the last 2-3 years. Not so long ago the club run might have attracted just six or seven riders, we now regularly have over twenty and are able to split into two, three or even four groups going at different paces. Where once there might have just been two members racing on any given weekend, there can now be ten or more, and what's more many of them are getting decent results, even wins. The kit has been redesigned and has helped give the club a much more visible presence in East London and out on the lanes in Essex. The Tuesday Tens have never been more popular and (as long as it's not raining) can get over 90 riders taking part.

But on the other hand, the club night at the church hall is very poorly attended. In addition to this, the club puts on many races each season (considerably more than other similar-sized clubs) which means a lot of people are required for marshalling and other duties and often the organisers are left desperately scrabbling around for volunteers as race day approaches. This could well get worse in the future as some of the long-standing members who have spent many years as timekeepers and organisers are moving away.

Given all this, I thought it would be useful to get a sense of what we, as members of the club, actually want the club to do. What kind of events do people want to take part in (both cycling and social)? To what extent are members able and willing to help out at events? What kind of club runs should we have? When we know what people want, it will help us make the right decisions about what we should be doing in the future.

I've used Survey Monkey to make two surveys* to help us find out the answers to these questions. They are very easy to answer and each one will only take about one minute to answer - two minutes at most. The deadline to answer is next Sunday (12th June), please fill them in (both of them!):
Survey part one: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RJPGXQF

Survey part two: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RJXLZWH

*obviously I wanted to just make one survey, but it limited me to a max of ten questions per survey

Frida is organising the club's main social event of the summer. See the attachment for details.

Week 4 (31st May):
The riders had to battle heavy rain and strong winds this week, which led to a smaller field than usual
1 B.GEOGHEGAN HART SB 23.58
2 M.NOBLE S 24.58
3 P.ROBERTS V 25.05
4 M.EMERY S 25.06
5 A.TROTT V 25.18
6 E.CRALLAN S 25.20
7 P.SKINNER V 26.00
8 F.MOORE J 26.23
9 T.BLACK S 26.29
10 P.HAYES V 26.35
11 J.LYCKE V 26.37
12 L.DEMONCHAUX-IRON SB 26.43
13 B.SMITH V 27.08
14 H.MOORE V 27.48
15 T.BARNETT S 27.51
16 K.MORRIS LS 27.52
17 S.LOWE V 27.59
18 J.FAKE V 28.07
19 B.FIELDS S 28.11
20 M.DENNIS J 28.36
21 A.WILLIS N 29.20
22 S.IBBOTT S 29.24
23 G.BOYD V 29.27
24 H.RAMJEE S 29.33
25 C.HAYES SG 29.34
26 M.FREEMAN V 29.42
27 M.BLAKE SB 29.46
28 L.JONES LS 29.47
29 S.TAYLOR V 29.57
30 D.LECKY LS 30.12
31 K.HIBBERT LS 30.12
32 H.STACEY LS 30.28
33 E.MCNICOL SB 30.28
34 P.TAYLOR V 30.55
35 J.DASH V 31.13
36 N.JARMAN LS 31.22
37 C.RIGBY LV 31.24
38 L.HOWELL V 32.18
39 E.FERGUSON LV 32.40
40 C.DASH SG 32.55
41 K.BURGESS LV 33.54
42 J.ELLIOT SG 33.57
43 A.MINALE SG 35.00
44 M.BIMROSE V 35.46
45 E.DEMONCHAUX LV 36.40
46 M.BEN SHAUL LV 36.52
47 H.GREGORY SB 36.58
48 S.BOYD SB 38.56