Isle of Wight - Review

The last ride of the season - and what a way to finish off the season before I head to Cuba, off course..!

Stayed over at Ryde and chose a starting point near to the hotel. Nothing to brag about the hotel (Abingdon lodge hotel). Quite expensive to any comparable hotel and the service was well below par (no one to man the desk for almost the entire day on Sunday..!) The only positives to come from this chapter would be the decent breakfast and the opportunity to sleep before the ride.

Was at the starting point by 8:30 - smallbrook stadium. Swiftly pass the registration and off the saddle before 9 am. We were given a map and asked to follow the bicycle signs all over the island. It was then I realised that this was not the usual marshaled, sign posted, tailor made route, but this was a normal round the island route we had to follow. In other words this route could be replicated anytime of the year. All we had to was to follow the bicycle signs (blue bicycle with white background indicates clockwise and white on blue is anti clockwise) and reach back where we started.

London - Windsor (review)

A fantastic ride. A starked improvement in the ride level as well as the organisation from Bike-Events. Much more refreshments areas,in fact too many perhaps. But on the whole a fun day. 

Costume Spotted : A man in a spider man costume.

Ride Facts : total distance cycled - 50 miles (from home and back)

Ride completed in - 2Hr 30Min

Average Speed - 15 Miles/hour

(In depth review in due course..)

Good websites for Charity Rides and other similar events

I am trying to create a repository of websites useful for charity events and rides. This shall keep growing as and when i get to know about new sites and links. Please let me know if you come across any, and i shall have them updated as we go.