Evans Cycles Ride It!

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:20:00 +0000

This blog is no longer recieving current updates.

Please go to our new blog accessed from the "Blog" tab button at the top of the main Evans website or you can get there directly using the link below.

New Ride It! Blog

You can also still keep up to date with all the latest Ride It! news via Twitter

Ride It! Twitter

Thanks
Dean

Great Missenden Sunday Road Sportive Full

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:05:00 +0000

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR SUNDAY ROAD SPORTIVE - Due to the high number of pre entries and the fact that there are a couple of other events taking place in the local area the Sunday road ride at this weekend's Ride It! Great Missenden event is now full and there will be no on the day entries.

There are still on the day entries available for the Saturday MTB ride.

Lakes Ride It! Results

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:38:00 +0000

These can now be viewed at -

Lakes 2010 MTB Rider Times

Lakes 2010 Sportive Rider Times

Lakes Photos

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:15:00 +0000

Hi .

Lakes photos now available via link on the new site.

Whilst I'm here, can you let me know what you think of the new blog?

I won't tell you how to get there other than that it's from the main Evans web page.

Please tell me how easy it was to find the Lakes photo post and what you think of the general layout.

dean.stacey@evanscycles.com

Tittle it "blog comments"

Cheers
Dean

Lakes GPX Files

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:39:00 +0000

These are are available to download from the new blog -

Lakes GPX Downloads

Liphook Results

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:42:00 +0000

Results from the Liphook event can be downloaded below -

Liphook Sportive Rider Times

Liphook MTB Rider Times

Any queries or amendments please e-mail mark.gregory@evanscycles.com

Liphook gpx routes now up

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:21:00 +0000

http://blog.evanscycles.com/other_stuff/liphoop-gpx-routes/

Liphook GPX routes

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:14:00 +0000

Will be on the new blog as soon as I can connect. Grrrr.
Dean

Liphook Sportive Route

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:59:00 +0000

We've been out preparing the course for Sunday's road sportive at Liphook today.

This is our second visit to Liphook after the British Gas charity ride last weekend, the general consensus from riders last weekend was it's hillier than most expected and whilst the course for this weekend is completely different I think "hillier than expected" is probably a fair description of this weekends route as well. There's no major hills that really stand out (except for one steep one on the medium route that seems to get steeper near the top) but lots of rolling coutryside so you always seem to be either going up or down.

The roads seem to be in fairly good condition although we do use some small country lanes so there are a couple of rough sections to look out for, there's also rain forecast for tomorrow so conditions may change by Sunday.

GPX downloads for the route should be posted by tomorrow evening.

Current weather forecast for the local area -

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Cotswolds Rider times

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:22:00 +0000

Are on the new blog:-

Here

Gpx routes available

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:10:00 +0000

Here:-

New Blog

Cotswolds MTB and other things

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:03:00 +0000

The boys are just finishing off the course for tomorrow so as soon as I get the confirmation the route is ok then the GPX routes will go up.

They haven't mentioned lots of mud so I'm assuming the trails are bone dry with just a fine layer of what the weather girl called today "Damp"

Car Parking
We have the Field behind the event centre as an over flow, This is also home to a football pitch, Cricket pitch and a children's park. Please stay off these ( they will be roped off) and try not to wheels spin!

Toilets.
With up to 5 times the amount of riders of previous years expected, we may be a bit short of loos. So my advice is, if it's 50/50 before you leave home, best go before you get in the car!

Ta
Dean

Cotswolds Sportive

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:27:00 +0000

We've spent the day putting out Sundays course in the Cotswolds. The route heads out from Kingswood and straight for the River Severn before looping back virtually to the start and the completion of the Short route. This loop is fairly flat with a small hill towards the end, where the medium and Long routes split off and tackle the biggest climb of the day, 400ft in 1.2miles. Both these routes then work their way through the countryside, slowly climbing over the next 20/50 miles to the highest point of the day, 810ft. From here it's all down hill into Wotton and then back to Kingswood.

The roads are generally in good condition, although we do use country lanes and some of these are a bit uneven or gravelly for short sections. Just keep an eye on the road.

Parking.

We are a bit overwhelmed with the response to this event! We did the same event 2 years ago and had 120 riders for both days, this weekend the pre-entries are at 420, so we're looking at 600 riders+ Sundays ride is at 300 so far and therefore expected turn out is 400+ I'm in the process of organising extra parking which will hopefully be on the field behind the centre, if not I have a back up field around the corner, check back here tomorrow for an update.

GPX routes will be available tomorrow afternoon/early evening.
Ta
Dean

New Staff needed!

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:30:00 +0000

We have a vacancy available in the team!

Basics of the job are:-

Approx. 2 weekends a month which equals 6 days work ( One weekend Sat/Sun, the other Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon )

Help set up the Ride It events, book in riders, enter info into computer and other tasks associated with the running of the events.

Occasionally stripping the course with a company bike.

In return we give you:-

Competitive rate of pay.
Holiday pay
Staff clothing
Meals when working away from home.
Overnight accommodation.
Travel expenses
Staff discount.

For more information please mail me on dean.stacey@evanscycles.com and supply a telephone number, I'll call you for a chat and we'll go from there.

Thanks
Dean

Demo Bike Sale

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:07:00 +0000

As you may know, we have a demo fleet that is available to use at the Ride It events. We now have a full compliment of new bikes so it's time to dispose of the old fleet.

If you click the link below you'll open a list of the bikes available. All these bikes come with a three month part and one year frame warranty against manufacturers defects. This doesn't cover wear and tear but all bikes will be serviced and any excessively worn part replaced.

If you would like more info about a bike please mail Jon on jonathan.easingwood@evanscycles.com

He will be able to give you info and pictures of each bike. Please bear in mind that Jon works weekends so sometimes you may have to wait a couple of days for a reply. Also, the list is not necessarily current and will only be updated as bikes are sold, so these bikes are subject to availability.

Demo bike sale

Thanks
Dean and Jon

Rider times Brighton 10

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:01:00 +0000

Gore's new summer range is in! ( Or don't loose a bet at a golf match)

MTB Times are here:-

Brighton 10 MTB times

Any changes, please mail me at Dean.stacey@evanscycles.com

Sportive ones coming tonight/tomorrow - we've had a glitch.........

Basically the info stopped being sent from the matts to the reader. This is why we take your numbers at the start and end of the ride. I have just spent the best part of a day sorting numbers, changing them to times, working out ride times and then averages. This means times are down to the minute not second, but everyone is the same boat, sorry about this.

Brighton 10 sportive times

Dean

Brighton GPX files

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:12:00 +0000

Are on the new blog:-

http://blog.evanscycles.com/category/ride-it-events/

Ta
Dean

Hatfield Rider times

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:26:00 +0000

Are here:-

Mountain Bike

Sportive

Ta
Dean

Hatfield info and GPX files

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:29:00 +0000

Are now at the new Evans blog page here:-

http://blog.evanscycles.com/category/ride-it-events/

Ta
Dean

Check out Bradley Wiggins custom saddle

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:25:00 +0000

Check out the very cool custom Prologo Scratch saddle on Bradley Wiggins' Tour de France bike. I want one :-)

Hatfield/North London dates

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:18:00 +0000

In the light of the Peaks website issues, I'd like to confirm that the Hatfield/North London event date changed some time ago to the 17/18th. So it's NOT this weekend but the following one.

Just making sure everyone knows!!

Ta
Dean

Peaks Rider Times

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:52:00 +0000

Hi

Thanks to everyone who showed up over the weekend for our toughest Ride It of the year. Despite the problems with the website gradings, the majority of riders had a great, if hard ride in the Peaks. Despite the Sportive ride being reduced to 68miles, no one took the offer to ride the long loop twice and extend their ride to 90miles, which I think justifies the reduction in miles ( Although the wind might have had something to do with it! )

On both days there was a local photographer on the route, photos available here:-

http://www.sportsunday.co.uk/gallery.html

Although with so many events being run on Sunday on the same roads, quite a few on the pics are not from our ride - good hunting!!

So to the times. Quite a lot of slow averages, especially on the MTB ride, but that was only to be expected with those pesky hills. Excel spreadsheets will be available on the main Evans Ride It website in the near future.

MTB rider times
Sportive rider times

Thanks
Dean

Peaks Photos

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:30:00 +0000

Brief post as I'm up in 3 hours and nead some sleep!

Photos from today from the guys at SportSunday

http://www.sportsunday.co.uk/portfolio104417.html

Ta
Dean

Pictures from Saturday's Peaks Ride

noreply@blogger.com (Mark) — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:18:00 +0000

Pictures from todays ride from Sport Sunday can be found here -

Sport Sunday Peaks Event Pictures

Peaks this weekend

noreply@blogger.com (The Ride It! Team) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:49:00 +0000

Firstly a few apologies.

There's been a few discrepancies with the Peaks page of our website. Firstly there was a Long MTB route shown and secondly the grades where wrong, these have been rectified and hope fully everyone who was pre-entered has had a mail from me stating the changes.

Simply put. The ride was shown as much easier than it is and therefore the ride distances are actually less than shown as the routes are harder!

Anyway, the routes are out and the riding is great as usual, a small shower last night has dampened down the trail dust and the roads are in pretty good condition!

The off-road route takes you over Jacobs ladder (Medium route) and the Sportive takes on Snake Pass, two classics of the area, so get those cycling legs on :-)

Lastly, if you're training for an Ironman event like Keith, don't forget your towel as the campsite doesn't do "Macho"

But do make sure you remember your inflatable mattress with electric pump ( because pumping it up by hand is a bit too much effort!!)

Cheers

Dean