Current Rides & Events
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Thu Nov 21st 2024
| RIDE CANCELLED - Daytime 2* Thursday Ride | 2* |  |
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Contact:Roger Postbeschild - 07554 664120 |
Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:RIDE CANCELLED - In addition to the prospect of icy roads, I am now physically unable to lead in the morning in any case! With no time to arrange a substitute leader, the ride is cancelled. - Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Sociable ride of 24-40 km (15-25 miles) at a pace of 18-20km/h (11-13 mph).It Looks pretty chilly for Thursday, so I am keeping well down in the Vale, with a route to Munch in Southmoor, with obvious options to shorten depending upon the chill factor. THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY OF ICY ROADS IN THE MORNING. I WILL POST HERE AT 9.15AM AN UPDATE, AS THE RIDE MAY BE CANCELLED. |
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| Sunset: 4:08pm Twilight Ends: 4:46pm | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49090778 | ||
Sat Nov 23rd 2024
| 2* Saturday Half Day Ride | 2* | |
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Contact:John Tranter - 07836 238350 |
Start Time:9:30 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Half day ride (45-55km / 30-40 miles), with a tea stop, at a riding pace of 18-20km/h (11-13mph).A loop around the Vale before heading from East Hanney to Steventon, up the hill and across to East Hendred. Then we take the Icknield Way to our cafe stop at the Grocer Chef in Ardington. Home via Lains Barn. Just under 30 glorious miles. |
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| Sunset: 4:06pm Twilight Ends: 4:44pm | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49076640 | ||
Sun Nov 24th 2024
| 3* Sunday Shortie | 3* | |
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Contact:Eddie Little - 07512 645320 |
Start Time:9:15 am |
Start Location:The Beacon |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. A 2 Hour ride (24-40km / 15-25 miles), riding pace of 20-24km/h (13-15mph). Not suitable for irregular riders. Climbing likely.From Wantage we’ll head through the Letcombes, Childrey, Charney Bassett, Southmoor, West Hanney & the Challows. Optional stop for coffee at the end of the ride in Wantage. Ride distance 24.08 miles/38km. |
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| Sunset: 4:05pm Twilight Ends: 4:43pm | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49101241 | ||
Tue Nov 26th 2024
| Virtual Turbo | |
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Contact:Joy Arthur - 07786 671049 |
Start Time:7:00 pm |
Start Location:Online |
Description:A virtual turbo workout of up to an hour including warm up, workout and warm down. You will need your own turbo set up, a computer/laptop/mobile device and Zoom version 5 installed on your device. This is a pre-bookable event. To book a place text your name to Karen Townsin 07768066413, no earlier than 09:00 on the Wednesday before. You will receive confirmation including the link to the virtual meeting. |
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| Sunset: 4:03pm Twilight Ends: 4:41pm | ||
Thu Nov 28th 2024
| Daytime 1* Thursday Ride | 1* | |
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Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Easy sociable ride of 24-32 km (15-20 miles) at a pace of 14-17km/h (9-11 mph). |
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| Sunset: 4:01pm Twilight Ends: 4:40pm | ||
Thu Nov 28th 2024
| Daytime 2* Thursday Ride | 2* | |
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Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Sociable ride of 24-40 km (15-25 miles) at a pace of 18-20km/h (11-13 mph). |
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| Sunset: 4:01pm Twilight Ends: 4:40pm | ||
Sat Nov 30th 2024
| 3* 5th Saturday Special | 3* | |
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Contact:Sharon Bedford - 07776 255848 |
Start Time:9:00 am |
Start Location:The Beacon |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. 80-100km (50-65 miles) all-day touring ride, lunch and possibly tea stop en route, at a riding pace of 18-22km/h (11-14mph). Not suitable for irregular riders.We will mark the last day of November by a circular route round the Downs. Two stops - Hampstead Community Coffee and Trays Cafe in Hungerford. Options to shorten if weather isn't kind to us. |
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| Sunset: 4:00pm Twilight Ends: 4:39pm | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48950421 | ||
Tue Dec 3rd 2024
| Virtual Turbo | |
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Contact:Karen Townsin - 07768066413 |
Start Time:7:00 pm |
Start Location:Online |
Description: |
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| Sunset: 3:58pm Twilight Ends: 4:37pm | ||
Thu Dec 5th 2024
| Daytime 2* Thursday Ride | 2* | |
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Contact: |
Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Sociable ride of 24-40 km (15-25 miles) at a pace of 18-20km/h (11-13 mph). |
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| Sunset: 3:57pm Twilight Ends: 4:37pm | ||
Sat Dec 7th 2024
| 3* Saturday Half Day Ride | 3* | |
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Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Half day ride (60-70km / 38-45 miles), with a tea stop, riding pace of 20-24km/h (13-15mph). |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
Sun Dec 8th 2024
| THE MINCE PIE RIDES | |
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Contact:John Tranter - 07836 238350 |
Start Time:9:00 am |
Start Location:WMP |
Description:Guests and other cycling clubs are very welcome to join us at Wantage Market Place from 9.30 for the start of the club rides or join us at White Horse Hill NT car park (grid ref SU 293866) from 11.00 to 12.00 for mince pies and mulled wine. We will have road rides at 1*, 2* and 3* grades and an off-road ride – see separate ride entries for route details. This is a very popular event, so please arrive in good time for registration. Afterwards there will be rides led to The Fox at Denchworth for a pub lunch for those who have booked. There will also be a ride directly back to Wantage/Grove. |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
Sun Dec 8th 2024
| 3* Mince Pie Ride | 3* | |
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Contact:Eddie Little - 07512 645320 |
Start Time:9:15 am |
Start Location:Beacon Car Park |
Description:Mince Pie Ride |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41521528 | ||
Sun Dec 8th 2024
| 2* Mince Pie Ride | 2* | |
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Contact:Gareth Smith - 07817 701644 |
Start Time:9:30 am |
Start Location:WMP |
Description:Our annual festive ride, in aid of Whizz-Kidz, the children's mobility charity, and the centrepiece of this year’s White Horse Cycle Challenge. Ride out with us to the NT car park at White Horse Hill, Uffington, for mince pies and mulled wine.From Wantage Market Place a fairly direct route out to White Horse Hill including a small amount off-road between Challow and Childrey. (An off-road option is available). A distance of around around 8 miles but this does include the stiff climb up White Horse Hill. After partaking of the refreshments at White Horse Hill we will return on a slightly longer route via Goosey and Denchworth for those lunching there. The full route from Wantage back to Wantage is around 20 miles. |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45085661 | ||
Sun Dec 8th 2024
| Off-road Mince Pie Ride | 2* | |
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Contact:Robin Tucker - 07901 622622 |
Start Time:9:30 am |
Start Location:WMP |
Description:This is the off-road ride. It's about 9 miles up to and along The Ridgeway to White Horse Hill - splendid views and not a difficult route, apart from an inevitable climb up the The Ridgeway.Drop me a text or email robin@cyclingukoxfordshire.org for info |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
Sun Dec 8th 2024
| 1* Mince Pie Ride | 1* | |
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Contact:Steve Swanton - 07857 527990 |
Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:WMP |
Description:Our annual festive ride, which again is in aid of Whizz-Kidz, the children's mobility charity, and the culmination of this year’s White Horse Cycle Challenge (9 Nov-8 Dec). Ride out with us to the NT car park at White Horse Hill, Uffington, for mince pies and mulled wine.This is a pre-bookable ride. To book your place, either text me or email me on steve.swanton@cyclingukwantage.org.uk. You will receive confirmation. Meeting from 9:50 for briefing for a 10:00 start, the 1* ride will be a sociable ride at a leisurely pace leaving after the other groups. Pick ups along the route by prior arrangement. We will follow a relatively direct but undulating route through the springline villages before we turn up the big hill. Even if you can't make it all of the way up awheel, the views across the manger and the Vale are breathtaking and worth the push. We'll regroup at the top before taking the gentle descent down into the main NT car park to meet up with the other groups. ETA 11:20am. After the gathering we will descend to Woolstone and return across the Vale via Uffington, Baulking and Goosey. The ride will formally end at the Fox PH in Denchworth (see separate entry for lunch details) from where it is a 2 mile ride back to Grove and 4 to Wantage (20-mile round-trip). |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38136121 | ||
Sun Dec 8th 2024
| Mince Pie Rides Lunch at The Fox | |
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Contact:Diana Whidborne - [javascript protected email address] |
Start Time:1:00 pm |
Start Location:Denchworth |
Description:Pub lunch after the Mince Pie Rides. Please book with Di as detailed in recent newsletters. |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
Tue Dec 10th 2024
| Virtual Turbo | |
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Contact:Karen Townsin - 07768066413 |
Start Time:7:00 pm |
Start Location:Online |
Description:A virtual turbo workout of up to an hour including warm up, workout and warm down. You will need your own turbo set up, a computer/laptop/mobile device and Zoom version 5 installed on your device. This is a pre-bookable event. To book a place text your name to Karen Townsin 07768066413, no earlier than 09:00 on the Wednesday before. You will receive confirmation including the link to the virtual meeting. |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
Thu Dec 12th 2024
| Daytime 1* Thursday Ride | 1* | |
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Contact: |
Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Easy sociable ride of 24-32 km (15-20 miles) at a pace of 14-17km/h (9-11 mph). |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
Thu Dec 12th 2024
| Daytime 2* Thursday Ride | 2* | |
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Contact: |
Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Sociable ride of 24-40 km (15-25 miles) at a pace of 18-20km/h (11-13 mph). |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
Sat Dec 14th 2024
| 2* Saturday Half Day Ride | 2* | |
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Contact: |
Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Half day ride (45-55km / 30-40 miles), with a tea stop, at a riding pace of 18-20km/h (11-13mph). |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
Sun Dec 15th 2024
| Regular Wantage Ride | 3* | |
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Contact:Jo Little - 07900295322 |
Start Time:9:15 am |
Start Location:The Beacon |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Monthly 80-100km (50-65 miles) all-day touring ride, lunch and possibly tea stop en route, at a riding pace of 18-22km/h (11-14mph). Not suitable for irregular riders.Up Chain Hill, along to Great Shefford, Lambourn and Ashbury before stopping at Shrivenham Farm shop, then standard way home. Only 43 miles so should finish at a reasonable time for those needing to finish any Christmas jobs. |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:36pm | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49086101 | ||
Tue Dec 17th 2024
| Virtual Turbo | |
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Contact:Karen Townsin - 07768066413 |
Start Time:7:00 pm |
Start Location:Online |
Description:A virtual turbo workout of up to an hour including warm up, workout and warm down. You will need your own turbo set up, a computer/laptop/mobile device and Zoom version 5 installed on your device. This is a pre-bookable event. To book a place text your name to Karen Townsin 07768066413, no earlier than 09:00 on the Wednesday before. You will receive confirmation including the link to the virtual meeting. |
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| Sunset: 3:56pm Twilight Ends: 4:37pm | ||
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- 1* - Suitable for irregular, social, beginner or family riders, pace will match the slower riders. Not hilly or long. Expect rides up to 3 hours. Gentle exercise.
- 2* - Suitable for regular riders who prefer to cover some distance but at a more relaxed pace. Likely to be half-day rides. Solid exercise.
- 3* - Suitable for experienced riders, may be hilly, long, quick, or any combination! Likely to be half or full-day rides. Challenging exercise.
- 4* - Suitable for athletic riders who can ride safely above the 3* standard. Quick rides for the fit.
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