Mon & Wed Cycling Groups

At a meeting in Jan 2023 we decided to change the way the cycling groups run: instead of starting in September, running through the winter and ending in May, we have chosen to run from March, through the Spring and Summer and finish in October. The reason for this change has been the awful wet and cold weather in the winter that has meant many of our dates being rained off, especially the off-road rides.

By running through the summer we should lose less dates to unsuitable weather while at the same time being able to make more use of the long summer evenings when it will be cooler than the daytime. This change applies to both the Monday, off-road, and the Wednesday, road riding, groups though it will effect each group slightly differently.

At present the groups are fairly evenly split between standard pedal and electric bikes with mostly medium experienced riders. There is also a mix of both of-road and road bikes in both groups. None of us consider ourselves speed freaks or champion hill climb competitors! Following what has proved to be an unwanted winter break we hope to start again in February with some not too taxing rides and build up to something a bit more demanding. The Wednesday group are tentatively planning a Midsummer Ride where we will go further than usual but with more frequent breaks so as to make the rides more accessible to riders of varying degrees of fitness.

Interested in joining us? If we get more members we could split into different riding groups such as ‘road/off-road’, ‘pedal/electric’, ‘experienced/non-experienced’. In the first instance please contact gertrud-sollars@milford-u3a.org.uk or beacon-admin@milford-u3a.org.uk with the subject ‘Cycle Group’.

The poster we used for the June U3A day.

Some of our cycle rides