Malvern Cycle Sport Mince Pie Reliability and Social Ride

Name: Malvern Cycle Sport Mince Pie Reliability and Social Ride
Start: 2024-12-01T09:30:00+00:00
Location: Welland Village Hall

Schedule

Sun Dec 01 2024 at 09:30 am

UTC+00:00

Location

Welland Village Hall | Worcester, EN

The return of MCS’ annual Mince Pie reliability & social ride will be on Sunday 1st December, starting and finishing at Welland Village Hall. The ride will be self-supported just like a normal club ride, but open to anyone from MCS or other clubs.
Route:
There will be 2 road route options (links below) - 45 miles and 32 miles plus a group MTB ride. The routes won't be signposted so please ensure that you are familiar with the roads and route in advance:
45 mile / 72km: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48989253
32 mile / 51km: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44924948
Group MTB ride - led by Mike Tibbits
HQ and start times:
Sign-on at Welland Village Hall will be open from 9.30am.
Riders on the 45 mile road route and MTB ride will set off from 10am; riders on the 32 mile route will set off from 10.15am.
PLEASE NOTE: there will be a maximum of 15 riders per group setting off at 3 minute intervals.
Entry cost:
Entry is FREE for any current MCS member who brings cake (preferably festive themed - mince pies, Christmas cake and yule logs are all encouraged!) to share with others; £3 if you are an MCS member who arrives without cake, or £5 for non-MCS members. Please bring correct change for your entry fee.
Tea, coffee, squash and festive cakes will all be available after the ride in the village hall.
WEATHER:
If the forecast looks like it will be icy on Saturday 30th November night, we will make a call on Friday 29th November evening as to whether the ride goes ahead - an update will be posted here
We hope to see lots of you there! A big thank you to Steve Fahey for organising the event.
PLEASE NOTE: helmets are compulsory on the ride. Please ride safely and follow all highway code rules.