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Weston Chain Gang

Welcome to the Weston Chain Gang forum. We are a group of cyclists that ride regularly from Weston-super-Mare. We meet at Priory school on Saturday at 8:45. Rides vary in distance between 60 and 100 miles with a stop for cake. Ridet nec genere!


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    Post  anti-climb max Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:15 am

    Sorry guys, I knew I shouldn't have joined Strava.... I've become a geek (leave it!)

    I've just set my winter training loop as a Strava segment, all welcome to join in with the frosty fun. I used to ride this regularly after work when I taught in Uphill, it's a great route in the dark.

    The start/finish is at the Uphill junction, just above the cutting on the A370. From there it follows this route...

    - Down A370 then right at Anchor then along Accommodation Rd
    - Over railway bridge then right before Lympsham, stay on road all the way to Brean
    - Left at T-junction, past the leisure parks into Berrow
    - In Berrow, turn left at the Triangle and past the RSPCA
    - Over railway bridge then around sharp left hander then stay on Rd as it skirts around Brent Knoll
    - Left just before East Brent into Lympsham
    - Left at T-Junction in Lympsham and through to Accommodation Rd
    - Left at the Anchor, back up the A370 to the finish at Uphill junction

    Try this link, it might work...

    http://www.strava.com/segments/8451352

    All of these are roads that we know, so I think it's a pretty easy to follow route.

    16.5 of yer best English with 46ft of climbing, so you can see why I like it! The roads are just about the safest I know of in winter conditions, pretty wide and quiet and, given that most of us live a few miles from the start/finish, you can warm up/cool down before and after the loop and get a good 20/25 in.

    I'd suggest an 19mph average as a good par in cold, damp, dark winter conditions, I managed 22's a couple of years ago (according to my Cateye oracle) but that was on a warm, still summer's evening. I rode it today as a steady recovery ride and managed 18.5, 3rd overall to Rob Spurling (well done Rob.)

    You'll need good lights but the road surface is pretty reliable and most of the junctions are left handers so you can maintain speed pretty well; also, being flat, you can control your effort evenly, making it great for endurance training (unless it's windy  Crying or Very sad )

    ... beats the turbo!!!

    So roll up, roll up; let's give ourselves something to hasten those horrid winter months and maintain what little fitness we have, ready for next Spring.
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    Post  Martin Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:03 pm

    Saw your sneaky ride today on Strava. I'm going to give it a go this week if it stays dry. How about we do it the same day and i ride behind you all the way around and then nip out at the end to get the KOM? :-)
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    Post  BaronBanana Tue May 26, 2015 4:57 pm

    Whens the summer segment appearing?
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    Post  anti-climb max Tue May 26, 2015 5:20 pm

    October
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    Post  Guest Tue May 26, 2015 7:24 pm

    anti-climb max wrote:October

    Which year?
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    Post  anti-climb max Tue May 26, 2015 7:58 pm

    1999....
    The year of the prince
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    Post  BaronBanana Tue May 26, 2015 8:02 pm

    anti-climb max wrote:October

    I should have seen that coming!
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    Post  Martin Tue May 26, 2015 8:51 pm

    1999 - thats the year i'm going to party, oh wait I missed it.
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    Post  showmethecakes Wed May 27, 2015 5:11 pm

    Yeah - dead safe that route. I've only come a cropper twice in 5 years and one of those was on the T junction in East Brent. Having said that I was going the opposite way round so I can only assume that was the problem! Nothing to do with the black ice all across the road.

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