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Dear clubmembers, ex-clubmembers, friends of the club, friends, family, et all.
Yet again time is racing on, and soon we hope to welcome you all again at our Burton End HUT. Sorry, I am a bit late with the particulars, but there’s a lot going on ‘Chez Frida’ …...still !
Not to worry,let’s make it a memorable event as always. I am planning the usual extensive cold buffet, with some hot additions and plenty of choice for vegetarians. The afters buffet will be rich and varied as usual. Anybody who would like to bring a dish to supplement the feast is welcome, please let me know. If you can arrive early to help lay stuff out, that will be a great help too.
We know money is tight, so we have held our prices for yet another-other year. YES!Now get your friends out, bring wives and kids, dig out any old Comet, Crescent and Lea Valley members you know of, and come and enjoy yourselves at our original country H.Q.
New members will find this a great occasion to meet the wider club, match faces to names on the address list, and find people who can tell you some stories about the names on the trophies. Don’t be shy, just get talking, have some splendid food, a glass of Michael’s homebrew and maybe finish it off with a game of petanque.
We are not too hard to find. From London, take the M11 and exit at junction 8 – follow the signs for Stansted Airport. Just after the overpass, turn left to LONG TERM PARKING. Pass the Hilton Hotel, straight on at the long term parking and miniroundabout, and follow the lane. Meander through Burton End village and on to The Ash public house on the right. Follow parking instructions posted at the top of our path, which is marked by flags. Limited parking is available neat the hut, for those who have trouble walking. Wear sensible shoes, the condition of the path and lawn is again quite uneven.
The Ash postcode is CM24 8UQ Those who come early can help us lay out chairs and tables, drink provided. Thanks already ! Some bednights are available too, for the not-too-fussy (and a bit deaf). And you can help us clear up on Monday too, thanks again ! Book in on 01362 288944 (ansaphone) or e-mail to mandfathome@gmail.com
To help cater for the correct amount, please send in the booking form a.s.a.p. However, we try to be flexible, so if numbers change, or you only find you can only make it at the last minute, please phone or text me on 07981 745598. Always room for a few more! Anybody lost, or other problems on the day ; try Michael’s [NEW] mobile on 07910 332294
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Dear members
The Bill Major 25 is the club's own 25 mile TT. A club event is one that's reserved for members of the club. So if you have never ridden a 25 before or can't get a place on an open 25 then this is the event for you. The Bill Major is great way of getting the experience of riding the " classic " distance on a road course.
The event will start at 10 with signing on at the Race HQ from 9.15. Armin and Mark are organising the event and I 'll ask them to put up further details .
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An offer from Racer Rosa
Dear members and friends, as some of you know we have had an offer from Racer Rosa, the bike shop in the Parade on Hoe Street, of a talk on bike fit and discounts on bike fit, bike servicing and parts . Having discussed the offer with some of you I think there's enough interest to take up the offer.
Here's what's proposed .
Date ; Saturday 29th July Time wise, early afternoon or early evening,Diego, who runs Racer Rosa would be keen on having as many members attend as possible. As he puts it "especially those who are NOT interested, those who are sceptical towards bike-fitting concept... those who say "why should I waste my money for pricey bike fitting sessions, when I can do it myself"... in general, those who genuinely and understandably do not believe in it - we want to talk especially to those and to those who don't know what it s / or are badly informed, what a bio-mechanical fitting session is all about - "
The event would be as follows:
An informal talk / demonstration of a bike-fitting session with a predefined volunteer rider (any member of the club), during which we would talk through and explain what is happening, inviting informal conversation and Q&A debate with the audience.
The launch of a Lea Valley offer , i.e. a flyer / voucher / package for all club members (those presents at the evening, but also those who are not present), which includes:
20% discount on a bike fitting session, when booking a minimum of 4 riders at the same time = normal RRP: £199 >> Lea Valley CC Members: £159
20% discount on bike services and repairs at our shop.
10% discount on any new bike / new frame project.
10% discount on components purchases at our shop.(T&C apply, i.e. one year validity, etc.)
So , let me know if you would be interested in attending
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Tuesday was a close run thing; the Tens nearly didn’t happen .
Just one fewer member in the box or working with Joe might have meant our having to abandon the event or restrict entries.
So we really need your help next week
If you don’t plan to race on Tuesday then please come down to the Velopark any way and help the Club run the event .
We need people to lap count, call off , push off and collect race numbers and transponders.
Please be there by 6 .30 and by 7.00 at the latest. Report to Joe , John or Edward.
Thanks to Adam, Tim, David and everyone else who helped out this week and last week.
See you Tuesday.
Edward and John.
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On Sunday 7th May we are holding a club circuit race at Hog Hill. It's a great opportunity for members to get used to both road racing and riding a bunch. If you enjoyed the Len Cooper circuit race which we held last Autumn then this will be a similar event.
As before, the race will be run under TLI rules, so you don't need to have a BC racing licence to take part in the race. You just need to take out a TLI day membership.
However, you must be a LVCC member who has paid their 2017 membership to take part.
Sign on from 10.00 .
The race starts at 10.30.
Meet at the Town Hall at 9.00 for the ride up to Hogg Hill
The TLI entry form can be found here http://www.tlicycling.org.uk/Downloads.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
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Chairman’s Report 2016.
It’s the end of another busy year for the club. We have seen records broken and our membership increase. We have a new design for the club kit and we have run 6 time trials, two road races and the ever Tuesday Ten series .That’s nearly 20 events.
None of these events could have happened without the help of those members of the club who volunteer to run or help run them. So thank you Joe, Don , Gloria, Mike , Frieda , Ian and everyone else who sat in the box on Tuesday nights.
Thank you to everyone who drove out to the E2 to spend a spring afternoon on the side of the A11. So thank you also Emma, Caroline, all the Chris’s, Mark and everyone else. Thank you to everyone who got up early to marshal on the E1 or the Road Race; even though the Road Race was cancelled.
Thank you all of you and everyone else that helped us run these events.
I’d like to thank Chrystyna, Monica and other for promoting more events for women in the club. The success of Ladies who Lap is something the club should note.
Thank you to the committee members for their work to administer the club. As this is Steve Maunder last year as club secretary I’d like to thank him for all his work for the club over the last years.
I’d like to thank John, our President, for his inspirational leadership. John is always generous in the support and advice he gives to all club members and especially to our new members.Thank you to everyone who led or helped run a club run .
Looking ahead, there are, I think, some challenges for us over the next year. We will debate later the refurbishment of the Race HQ, buying Race Chips and how to increase the participation of our female members in the life of the club ; but I ‘d also like us to think about the following:
• Club Runs- more members of different abilities means we need to review how we organise and manage our Sunday morning rides.That said, I don’t want us to lose our friendly, welcoming and flexible approach to these rides.
• Better communication with our members- to successfully communicate with all our members we need to use more than one platform and not just rely on the FB page.
• Better management of the membership list
• Responding to the members’ ideas for the club- the club exists for its members.
• Increasing the number of Timekeepers other “officials” within the club.And finally, thank you to anyone who I have forgotten to mention. Here’s to another great year for LVCC
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The Presidents Report 2016
What a wonderful year we had! I think this is down to two things, namely the hard work and input by all the Club officials and helpers and the pretty fantastic rides done by our riders.
Again we have had a busy Road Race season and a pretty successful one at that, with many points being gained by all. We really are getting a name for ourselves, doing particularly well in the UCI Cambridge close road event; With thousands of riders, ours all finished in the top 225 places. This means, wait for it! that all of our riders actually qualified to go to the World Championships in Australia. Sadly the cost was prohibitive . However, in 2017 they are riding the event again, hoping to qualify, and if successful will find the Wold Championships a little closer to home, in fact just across the Channel in France.
Time Trialing in the club has moved up to a new level this year. David Veitch did some superb rides this year, he broke the club record for the 25 miles, with a time of 50:54 , the 10 mile record with a time of 20:07 and a brilliant second place ride in our Comet 25.
Onto The Dick Murphy Memorial Trophy; we had not been privileged to win this for quite a number of years but this year we did! With team made up of James Hodges, Colin Ross and Adam Bishop.
All our LVCC riders out performed themselves this year, and I heartily congratulate you allThe best improver award could not be awarded this year because everybody so excelled themselves who could we possibly pick?!
The Velo Park Ten's as always a success, this is in no doubt down to the stalwart efforts of Joe Mumford who as ever, (and know I said last year) we are indebted to. The number of riders was as high as ever and an enjoyable time was seemingly had by all. We have been very praised for our organisation of the series, and it has been mentioned that other clubs wish they could do like wise.
It has taken an immense amount of energy and time to run this series, but it has bought the club valuable financial gains, also recognition and dare I say a certain amount of kudos.
We have an urgent matter pertaining to this series next year, because next year we have to have transponders in place. (We are hoping that the cost will be split three ways between us and two other clubs.) This said we will still need 5 or so people in the box, so don't all think that you can take a day off!Stephen Maunder our Club Secretary for over five years now has passed the batten on to who knows yet, I would like to take this opportunity to thank him so much for his contribution to Club life, because he had a very unenviable task in many ways as he brought us, the club onto the social media scene. Our Club pages have really been invaluable in getting ourselves recognition to a wider public, and this really is all down to Stephen, it has had such a direct impact on our increased membership. We are now going to have a team in this field which we are grateful that Stephen is going to be a part of. Again thank you Stephen.
Onto Club Runs , they continue to grow from strength to strength and has been so well attended throughout the year, rain or shine, culminating last Sunday with more people than I can count, and I can count right up to 50! Seriously there were getting on for 40 plus.
There were 4 rides organised all of different of levels, one being, our first all Ladies ride, which was extremely well organised, well attended, well enjoyed and hopefully the start of many.
Ride London must also be mentioned, this really was a great success for us. We had a total of 27 riders, 4 or 5 of which were representing charities of their choice, David Veitch finished in the first group and came in 17th out of 26,000....true! In a fantastic time of 3:58; Carsten came in 4 hours dead because of a mechanical problem and many of other members finished within 4:15
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Track Secretary's Report 2016
The progress continues on from last year.
Our main riders were Carsten Meilandt, Paul Roberts and Adam Bishop. Their success was superb, gaining places throughout the Winter Full Gas series.Paul then continued to ride through out the summer and discovered he had a passion for motor pace. Finally ended as a 12th place in the National Motor Pace event.
Next year, his concentration will be very focussed on this event and we wish him well with that.
Martin Godfrey continued his track riding on the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, and we wish him success also.Chystyna Sofia continues with her accreditation leading to track league racing, and we wish her the best of luck in her pursuit.
Any members wishing to gain Track accreditation, please get in touch with , as there are more track sessions available now.
So it just leaves me again to wish all our track riders success in 2017
John Summerhayes
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Dear LVCC members,
Thank you to everyone who attended the club's AGM on the 12th December.
Ahead of the minutes coming out I am going to place in this thread the officers' reports and a few notes on some of the suggestions member made during the meeting. Do start another thread on those items if you want to.
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Good sites - Islington - but I am not sure they do all of the things they say they do and it perhaps has too much information.
Not so good sites - Glendene- rarely updated
Based on the site's contents I know which club I'd join .
Websites are less flexible than a forum / FB page so the information on a FB page needs to accurate but not have to be updated weekly.
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I agree with much of what has been said above.
FB is useful but has it's limitations. It has , unfortunately, become the main way in which we communicate to members;I know I tend to go to it first. We should reverse that tendency.
One way of shifting to the forum would be to always include a link to the forum on a FB post.
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To encourage more ladies to join our Sunday rides Monika and Chrystyna will be leading a special ladies ride this weekend.
It will be an easy paced 30-35m ride with a coffee stop.
Meet us at 9am at the gates of Waltham Forest Town Hall.
Please join us - new riders are welcome.
Comment below if you have any questions
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If you have a trophy from last year, 2015, can you please return it to the club so we can give it can be awarded to the 2016 recipient at the awards lunch in December.
The best time to do this is on a monday night at St Gabriel's. Any time after 8.
If you can't do that then please let John, Joe or I know and we can arrange to collect it from you.
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I am afraid that I can't now be a marshal tomorrow. If any one if free can they contact Armin . I was going to cover Stumps- which is pretty easy. You just need to change positiom so that the rider can see you on the return leg.