A good turnout for the first of 3 consecutive days of riding on Friday afternoon. Let’s hope the forecast for Sunday morning in the New Forest is inaccurate!
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You’re in for a treat this coming weekend!
As promised, 3 consecutive days of riding are on offer to get you ready for the epic journey to Rome. 🙂 Friday 8 July – meet in the Hursley Club car park at 16.30 ready to follow Mike for 45 miles. Saturday 9 July – it’s an 08.00 start for a 70 miler with Andy….
Group ride this Sunday
Where are the weeks and months going?! It was great to see such a big turnout for our last training run and the next one is almost upon us already. 🙂 We’ve set the ride for an earlier start of 8.00am from Hursley Clubhouse. Since everyone who did the 50 mile route last time found…
A great turn out last Sunday :)
Guy Rafferty has a little tale to tell……. Meandering around the South Downs on some new roads and familiar hills…… A great start with a sweet espresso at Chez Wadley (thank you Lyn!) after the warm up ride from home. Cloudy skies soon gave way to blue as the temperatures rose (up to 25C). It…
Updates for Home to Rome
Important information from the organising team The Rider Information Pack (RIP) has now been loaded on to the Continental Ride page of the website. It is a condition of taking part in the ride that you download and read this before departure and you will be asked to sign a waiver statement confirming that you…
3 consecutive days of riding – a chance to test your legs!
Some dates for your diaries! We’ve now set the 3 consecutive day rides to start on Friday 8th July with Andy, Guy R and Mike doing the planning and leading. The first ride will start on the Friday at 4.30pm from Hursley and head north. The Saturday and Sunday rides will head south and east…
Training ride on Sunday 5 June (instead of 29 May)
Starting at 8.30 am, we have two lovely routes of 48 miles and 73 miles heading east from Hursley into the South Downs. Shortcuts are available! Both routes leave via Otterbourne and Bishops Waltham to the Beech Cafe at the Sustainability Centre (no bacon butties but the hummus is good!!! – sorry). The shorter route…
Continental page update
New route maps and profiles are now on the Continental Ride page of the website. A GPX track of the full route will be available in due course. The Rider’s Pack will also be uploaded once a few details have been ironed out. In the meantime, please respond to the email sent out on Friday…
Never a dull moment with Inspired Living!
A great turn out on Sunday despite it being quite a chilly morning. We had 18 riders set out from Hursley for a largely uneventful ride to West Meon where things got a bit more exciting. Firstly we were (rightly!) confronted by a – should we say – ‘senior’ local resident for riding the wrong…
Should be dry this Sunday so we’ll see you there!
Again we have two distances, 40 miles and 63 miles. Both routes start from Hursley Park, SO21 2JN, at 8.30am on Sunday 24th, heading down Poles Lane then through Colden Common, Owslebury, Lane End, Kilmeston and West Meon (about 20 miles), where there is a cafe tucked behind the shop. The shorter route turns round…
Dorset Coast 200k ride Sunday 3 April
A tale from Mike Spencer (even the experienced forget their spares!) Rain was forecast for all afternoon but in the end it only rained quite late, after 5pm. The scenery was wonderful as ever and the weather mostly pleasant. Guy (Rafferty) and Rob (Jordan) were great company and very tolerant! My rear gear cable snapped…
2 routes for Sunday when the clocks go forward!
It would be great to catch up with as many riders as possible on Easter Sunday. Ready to roll out of Hursley at 9.00am we have two routes of 32 miles and 60 miles. Both start out together and split shortly after the first café stop at Leckford. The shorter route has the café stop…
The shops will be closed so there’s no excuse!
The date of the next group ride is Easter Sunday, the 27th March. Meet in the Hursley Club car park as usual ready to depart at 9am. Routes will be posted by the weekend. All are welcome; a great way to burn up those Easter eggs!
Garmin deal for Home to Rome participants
We have negotiated a discount on Garmin Bike computers which is available for Home to Rome riders. This will be 35% off the RRP. If you are interested in taking up this opportunity please email Robert Baseley at rbaseley@peak-uk.com and you will be sent a discount code to use when ordering the product from the…
Training events – date correction and an addition
The Hungerford rides (see the previous Audax UK website link) actually take place on Saturday 2 July. There are three distances to choose from; 140km, 170km or 200km. Something for everyone! 😉 The Isle of Wight Randonnee is a popular event for Inspired Living regulars and this year takes place on Sunday 1 May. Visit…