Weekly Round-up: 11 June 2024
All the latest news, events, and results from NFCC Members from this week’s two-wheeled adventures…
![]() Ten Series Round 6: P170Back to the notorious P170 course for round six of the NFCC Ten Series. Full results for the night can be found by CLICKING HERE. |
![]() RCR FatCreations Goodwood Series #2The second round in the RCR FatCreations Goodwood Series this week with Phill Brown back on the start line again. The 70+ rider field stuck togther well this week and all the breaks that attempted to get up the road were soon reeled back in. Loosing track of the laps, Brown pulled to the front to give a friends team a lead-out into what he thought was the prime lap, only to move out the way at the final chicane and let the pack though to spot the finish flag being waved… oops! |
Thursday Evening Chain GangThis weeks Thursday Evening Chain Gang session was cancelled due to the bad weather – hoping to be back as normal next week, 1900 from St Saviours Church, Brockenhurst. |
Saturday Club RideWith a weather forecast that was more March / October than June this week’s ride was planned for a little over 100Km and kept local to give us a bit of flexibility if changes were needed. Only seven brave souls made the start, so it was a single group ride this week. Being the middle of June, the riders were equipped with club Gabba’s / Perfetto’s / Waterproofs to cope with the conditions. All in long sleeves, many in overshoes, hats and any application of suncream was superfluous. We headed off into the teeth of a gale towards Burley and then headed east and sought a little shelter amongst the trees and hedgerows around East End and Sowley. |
A loop around Lepe followed with a brief stop to watch yachts tackling the Round the Island race. Whatever conditions we were enduring they looked a lot better than they were on the Solent and those with a nautical bent assured us that south of the island would have been a further challenge. We then headed off for refreshments at Steff’s in Beaulieu. Steff’s is normally packed with cyclists on Saturday mornings but there was no queue and only one other rider in the garden this week. We said goodbye to Phil G who was saving some energy for the Dusk to Dawn ride the next day. Then Ben G peeled off, so it was down to five. |
The group then went into through and off mode to share the pain of the headwinds back to Brock. We then headed off on the Chain Gang loop for the last part of the ride. Decision taken before Burley was for a second coffee stop at Shappen’s Café as we were all a bit battered. The second stop meant that Phil H was going to be late as he was due home at 1300. The group went into brainstorming mode to help him with an excuse. Mechanical incompetence was the conclusion and Louise would definitely believe that with his history. After coffee, Neil S and Phil J peeled off at Wootton Bridge leaving Phil H, Matt K and Barry to finish the ride in Brock with Phil also riding home earning the respect of the group. |
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![]() Sunday Club RideAfter a rain-affected Saturday ride, the Sunday squad lucked out with warm and sunny weather, although it was still blowing a hoolie!The usual two-group split was formed, with the fast group informally consisting of those with noisy wheels and/or white shoes. The west-east S1 route meant it was a lightning fast run to Hatchet Pond, before we unintentionally joined the course of the Swashbuckler Triathlon for a blustery loop around East Boldre dodging knackered-looking riders and runners. In the fast group, who had been generously sharing turns at the front, Richard suddenly decided he needed to properly test out his new wheels by drilling it at warp speed to Lepe, where a bonus coffee stop in the sunshine was suggested and then quickly rejected, to the secret disappointment of Dan and Rich. |
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Southern XC Round 4NFCC’s resident muddy-bottoms were out gettng dirty again this week at the Southern XC round 4… |
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![]() NFCC Dawn to Dusk rideWith some significant weather trepidation, a team of six club riders met up at 04.52 (that’s morning!), at Moyles Court for a dawn to dusk ride around the Wiltshire Cycleway. So, to deal with the weather anxiety first, despite the promise of rain and wind for most of the day, we thoroughly enjoyed the sunshine that stayed with us nearly all day (a bit of early evening rain), and are happy to report that the weather forecast, in the most pleasing way, was delightfully wrong!! First stop was a breakfast in Salisbury MacDonalds, (6am, arrived as the shop was opening up) and then time to get serious as we headed off towards Amesbury. Reece, who has the challenging Welsh Dragon ride next week and came along to give us some early morning support, turned for home, leaving the remaining 5 (Graham F, Phill G, Adrian, Stuart and Axum) to munch the miles. |
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Well done all on completing NFCC DtoD! See you next year. |
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