Post by davidr on Aug 17, 2017 13:57:06 GMT
MORE SATURDAY CYCLOCROSS
Building on last week and some good riding from the youth, we'll again be heading off the metalled thoroughfares for the local parks, bridleways, tracks and trails of SE London and Kent. There'll be another opportunity hone your skills before we head further afield. These rides are OPEN TO ALL and we'd like to encourage you all to join us.
Usual rendezvous at the velodrome 9am and aiming to be back to Paradou by 1pm (subject to impromptu inner tube training!)
Part or all of these rides will be be on road so normal packdrill required
HHYCC/DP and BC membership required
Bring spare inner tubes
Do a bike check prior to leaving
Wear suitable clothes for the season
Food (snacks - not 4 course lunch) and liquid
Telephone number of your parent/rescuer in your back pocket.
LONDON X LEAGUE
It's only a couple of weeks away now to the start of the shiny new cyclocross season. There's quite literally a muddy bucketload of races and series out there. Once again our main focus will be the London X League, it's our regional series and we're one of the main affiliated clubs not to mention our very own round at Leeds Castle – NOT TO BE MISSED!
Beyond the LXL there's also the East Kent CX series to consider plus the Eastern League which has quite a few rounds easily within reach. No doubt Charlie will once again be posting up his annual Cross Calendar on the forum with all the key dates and series listed so do keep an eye on the Cross section of the DP forum.
It's worth there's been a few changes since last season to the London X League;
New for the 2017-18 season:
– Pre-entries for the U10 and U12 races. This is aimed at cutting queues at sign-on early in the morning.
– Registration (£5) allocates you a number and electronic tag which you'll need to keep for the whole season.
– Registration fee for Youth categories reduced to £5 (from £10).
– New software to enable web-enabled publication of results and series rankings
– Timing tags to be mounted behind the seatpost - this is aimed at improving the reliability of the timing equipment.
– Riders with one or more spare bikes will need additional tags (£2 each).
– New start time and race distance for Juniors: 11.50am / 45mins.
– ONLINE ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN and can be found at www.riderhq.com
2017–18 London X League dates;
03-Sep R1 (inc. Sussex League R1) – Stanmer Park, Sussex
17-Sep R2 – Herne Hill Velodrome
24-Sep R3 – Penshurst Off Road Club, Kent
01-Oct R4 (inc. Sussex League R2) – Stanmer Park, Sussex
08-Oct R5 – Herne Hill Velodrome
22-Oct R6 (inc. Sussex League R3) – Ardingly, Sussex
29-Oct R7 (inc. Sussex League R4) – Happy Valley Park, Sussex
12-Nov R8 – Leeds Castle, Kent – DULWICH PARAGON ROUND!!!
19-Nov R9 – CycloPark, Kent
25-Nov R10 – Penshurst Off Road Club, Kent
10-Dec R11 – Frylands Wood Scout Camp, Surrey
07-Jan R12 – CycloPark Badlands, Kent
28-Jan R13 – Beckenham Place Park London
04-Feb Team Championships – Great Walstead School, Sussex
Calendar for the next week
Saturday: Off-road ride
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Evening DP Chain Gang
Thursday: Off Road Chain Gang (Juniors only)
Friday:
Saturday: TBA
Sunday:
Building on last week and some good riding from the youth, we'll again be heading off the metalled thoroughfares for the local parks, bridleways, tracks and trails of SE London and Kent. There'll be another opportunity hone your skills before we head further afield. These rides are OPEN TO ALL and we'd like to encourage you all to join us.
Usual rendezvous at the velodrome 9am and aiming to be back to Paradou by 1pm (subject to impromptu inner tube training!)
Part or all of these rides will be be on road so normal packdrill required
HHYCC/DP and BC membership required
Bring spare inner tubes
Do a bike check prior to leaving
Wear suitable clothes for the season
Food (snacks - not 4 course lunch) and liquid
Telephone number of your parent/rescuer in your back pocket.
LONDON X LEAGUE
It's only a couple of weeks away now to the start of the shiny new cyclocross season. There's quite literally a muddy bucketload of races and series out there. Once again our main focus will be the London X League, it's our regional series and we're one of the main affiliated clubs not to mention our very own round at Leeds Castle – NOT TO BE MISSED!
Beyond the LXL there's also the East Kent CX series to consider plus the Eastern League which has quite a few rounds easily within reach. No doubt Charlie will once again be posting up his annual Cross Calendar on the forum with all the key dates and series listed so do keep an eye on the Cross section of the DP forum.
It's worth there's been a few changes since last season to the London X League;
New for the 2017-18 season:
– Pre-entries for the U10 and U12 races. This is aimed at cutting queues at sign-on early in the morning.
– Registration (£5) allocates you a number and electronic tag which you'll need to keep for the whole season.
– Registration fee for Youth categories reduced to £5 (from £10).
– New software to enable web-enabled publication of results and series rankings
– Timing tags to be mounted behind the seatpost - this is aimed at improving the reliability of the timing equipment.
– Riders with one or more spare bikes will need additional tags (£2 each).
– New start time and race distance for Juniors: 11.50am / 45mins.
– ONLINE ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN and can be found at www.riderhq.com
2017–18 London X League dates;
03-Sep R1 (inc. Sussex League R1) – Stanmer Park, Sussex
17-Sep R2 – Herne Hill Velodrome
24-Sep R3 – Penshurst Off Road Club, Kent
01-Oct R4 (inc. Sussex League R2) – Stanmer Park, Sussex
08-Oct R5 – Herne Hill Velodrome
22-Oct R6 (inc. Sussex League R3) – Ardingly, Sussex
29-Oct R7 (inc. Sussex League R4) – Happy Valley Park, Sussex
12-Nov R8 – Leeds Castle, Kent – DULWICH PARAGON ROUND!!!
19-Nov R9 – CycloPark, Kent
25-Nov R10 – Penshurst Off Road Club, Kent
10-Dec R11 – Frylands Wood Scout Camp, Surrey
07-Jan R12 – CycloPark Badlands, Kent
28-Jan R13 – Beckenham Place Park London
04-Feb Team Championships – Great Walstead School, Sussex
Calendar for the next week
Saturday: Off-road ride
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Evening DP Chain Gang
Thursday: Off Road Chain Gang (Juniors only)
Friday:
Saturday: TBA
Sunday: