The week before clocks change, where CHGs can get back together for a drink and nibbles, get updates on a great calender of rides & socials, and get ready for a great season of cycling including the old fave of bring your bike with you for a clean / oil up.
A huge thank you to everyone for supporting our event. It was a great day all round for the charities, club, and riders.
We enjoyed Simon’s new routes to Sambourne. The bands were hot and the bar did some very good trade.
Best of all, you raised a fantastic £1,210 for the Birmingham Hospice (prev. St Mary’s) and the local branch of the MND Association.
My sincere thanks to everyone who took part, bought raffle tickets or helped in any way to make the day and night such a success.
Peter McNougher
COTY 2023
A mixed group of 16 Chaingangers and friends went on a cycling trip to Majorca.
On a 6 day tour, we enjoyed 4 days of beautiful cycling clocking up over 200 miles and a few feet of elevation! Both the weather and scenery were stunning, and the after-cycling never failed to disappoint.
Click on the image to see more…
Watch this space for a trip next year…
Starting with a short Ride 7 – 8pm, then a Social from 8pm
Ride – normal group rides, but emphasis on short, gentle rides for those a bit rusty /emerging from hibernation.
Social – nibbles in bar, catch up with CHG buddies and updates on season ahead.
Look out for info from Jude.
Join us for the Midsummer Run/Ride to the Weighbridge pub (https://www.the-weighbridge.co.uk/index.htm) in Alvechurch.
This will take place on Wedneday 13th July
We are now holding the Treasure Hunt on Sunday 12th September.
The aim is to have a social ride of about 20 miles answering questions and collecting items on a circular ride from the club.
It is an opportunity to ride with friends who normally ride in a different group from yourselves.
There will also be a shorter ride of about 10 miles also answering questions and collecting items for those who do not wish to ride the full 20 miles.
Marks will be awarded for correct answers and correct items collected.
You will not need to leave the road to answer any questions. i.e. you will not have to look over a gate into a field.
Teams should be made up of 3 or 4 riders, one of whom must have a computer to measure the distance travelled in miles. Each team must also have a rider with a mobile phone. Bringing a pen might also be useful!
IT IS NOT A RACE, simply a social ride with a difference. Splendid prizes will be awarded at the club for first, second and last in each event.
Teams will set off at 3 minute intervals from the club and each team will have directions to be followed and a list of questions to be answered. Each team will also have a sealed envelope with directions to be taken if they get lost or think that they have got lost. The questions are in the order that you ride and both routes are regularly cycled by BG CG so getting off route should not be an issue. If you open or lose the sealed envelope a points penalty will be deducted from your score.
As we ride at different speeds you may catch up the team in front of you. If you do please give them a head start. It will be more enjoyable to answer the questions by yourselves than to simply follow another group stopping where they do.
You may have to “think outside the box” to answer some of the questions. The tie break will decided by miles travelled and if still tied by answering some cycling based questions.
Please meet up with your team and be ready to start at 14:00pm. If 14:00 is too early you can start at 15:00. (It will take time to set groups off at intervals). If you have not been able to raise a team we can arrange them on the day.
Everyone should be back by 16:30 for prizes, bragging rights and a social get together at the club. The bar will open early to accommodate us!
You can contact Ed via our Facebook pages.
Thanks,
Chuggers Committee
Join us on March 28, 2018 at 7:00 pm, at Barnt Green Sports Club.
A chance to get back with your Chaingang buddies, get advice and help on cleaning your bike and very basic maintenance.
Along with often requested advice and practice, on changing an inner tube !!! Fraser, Andrew H and Stanners will be updating.
Saturday 18th November. We’re organising a ‘Moseley ‘ night out on Saturday 18th November, incorporating a Balti and visiting a few pubs too.
Bavarian Night Sat 7th Oct 2017
