Lockdown Week 10, 29th May 2020
The first tentative steps out of lockdown are reasonably clear for us in terms of cycling. Following British Cycling’s mid-week clarification, we still have no group rides, but on the road in ones and twos is fine. We are asking that you don’t wear club kit, not from any sense that we’re trying to hide;
Changes to guidance on riding during Covid-19
We promised to keep checking for the latest guidance on the cycling we can do with the on-going pandemic. As part of their continuing efforts to interpret government regulations and information, British Cycling yesterday updated their guidance. Stephen Crispin, our Race Secretary, has once more gone through this to update the club view. In March
Lockdown Week 9, 22nd May 2020
It did feel good to get out on the road last Saturday, though I noticed that gravity has been left totally unaffected by Coronavirus and was merciless on those extra pounds. That’s the trouble with home working, the proximity to tasty snacks and always being ready for the 6.00pm cocktails. We’re still in that limited
Lockdown Week 8, 15th May 2020
There’s something peculiarly human, maybe even British, about our ability to find things that are funny, touching, inspriational, even when the bombs and bullets are flying. I’ve started a mental checklist of all the good things to have come out of this catastrophe so far. Top of the list, important things like a new-found respect
Lockdown Week 7, 8th May 2020
If you have kids, you’ll have been on a long car journey when one of them asks, ‘Are we nearly there yet?’ and your heart sinks because you still have miles to go. You may even remember being that kid. It’s so tempting now to look out of the window from our semi-enforced isolation and
Turbo trainer rides
While we can’t get together on club rides at the moment, we are still meeting up to ride and race together on Zwift. You can join the ever-growing Penge CC team by signing up at ZwiftPower, then represent your club in the virtual red white and green by joining Penge CC Zwift riders. If Zwift
Lockdown Week 6, 1st May 2020
A friend of mine used to be in the SAS. I’ve always been fascinated by stories of survival against impossible odds and John must have got fed up with my persistent thirst for tales of heroism. For someone like me whose only experience of danger is overcooking it coming down Titsey, his life seemed infinitely