England : Greater Manchester CC Manchester Velodrome: 13th April 10am -12pm

[4F]

I'm not a novice, just a mong.

Agreed x

 

[dan_bo]

Agreed x

aw ta. I do try.

 

[longers]

I posted earlier about going, but will have to bow out as its the same day as the Spring Into the Dales.

No problem. Have a good day out. If the weathers nice - I'll be envious.

 

[longers]

Okay - it's looking busy.

From the responses on here there's 37 people interested. I have taken into account anyone who has indicated a +1.
I'm guessing that the total will drop and places may become available and will give priority to Colly for these as he's expressed interest from outside the forum.
I have more people interested and will see if there's room for those and then will offer any further places via this thread on a first come first served basis.

Hope that sounds fair.

 

[longers]

List of provisional places based on this thread.

Me +1
ianwoodi
Hacienda71
colly +1
400bhp
FrankW
dan_bo +1
fossyant +1
Nick Stone
Lien Sdrawde
Sport Monkey
4F
trio25 +1
dudi
bromptonfb
matthat
mickthemove +1
Andrew_Culture
PaulB +1
Scottish Geek +1
shouldbeinbed
dktd
Mark Ashley
SimonJKH
justkeeppedaling
jonathonWarrington

 

[fossyant]

This will be a good turn out.

 

[longers]

Bike hire is £17.00 (£12.30 concessions).

I will take your size for the bike in advance and will need to give this info a week before the date. Payment should be made on the day at reception to reception.

Shoe hire is £4.80 - I/we don't need to know size beforehand and payment again via reception.

Track hire is £120 per hour and hire of the coach is £30 for first hour, £22 for the second = £292 total.

If there's a full complement of 35 riders this is £8.35 each, less riders = more cost.

I'll collect your money for the track time on the day once we know how it divvies up.

Any more info needed yet? Just ask.

Edited as the shoe hire price was wrong.

 

[SimonJKH]

The bit in the safety information where it says "Riders must wear two layers of clothing above the waist (a tee shirt and cycling top are ideal, or two tee shirts)."
You think the top half of bib shorts plus jersey counts as two layers?

 

[User33236]

Message sent to confirm definite for me and the mrs. (subject to the quota of novices of course )

Q:re shoes. If you want to use your own; what cleats?

 

[Hacienda71]

Deltas on the hire bikes

 

[User33236]

Deltas on the hire bikes

Damn. Got Look Keo, Shimano SPD-SL & SPD but no Delta. Guess shoes will be a hire too

 

[Nick Stone]

Sweeeeeeeeettttttttttttt @justkeeppedaling but we need to look out for the pro @jonathan Warrington

 

[fossyant]

The bit in the safety information where it says "Riders must wear two layers of clothing above the waist (a tee shirt and cycling top are ideal, or two tee shirts)."
You think the top half of bib shorts plus jersey counts as two layers?

No. You need two layers, bibs don't count. I'd recommend a long sleeve as well. Even a slow speed tumble burns.

 

[fossyant]

If you don't usually use clipless pedals, the Looks come with toe strap adapters for those with trainers.

 

[fossyant]

Just checked, and for the two hour sessions hire is £11 and £8.60 for concessions.