January EOM Ride Out

On offer for your pleasure this month, courtesy of Jason White, is a lovely ride through the roads of Surrey and Sussex.  This EOM is perfect for those wishing to practice using the limit point to smooth out their ride using acceleration sense and those who are looking for some Roman roads to practice overtaking. You will be wise to only travel at a speed where you can stop safely on your side of the road in the distance you can see to be clear – since during the recce Jason came across logging lorries, horses, tractor, cyclists and walkers !

RIDE DETAILS

Sunday January 26th.  Pre-ride briefing:  09:50am; Wheels up: 10:00am; Finish by:  approx 14:00

Meeting Point Location:  Esso Petrol Station, 18 London Road, Dorking, RH4 1JA

Closest Petrol Station:  At start

Pre-ride coffee/tea:  Coffee and snacks available at start 

Lunch/Brunch stop: Toat Cafe, Stane St, Pulborough, RH20 1DN

Ride Description
We will start off in Dorking at the 24hr garage and head south through the picturesque Leith Hill National Trust area and continue on open and flowing roads to Billingshurst. After only an hour we will stop after 28 miles to reflect on your ride over a cup of tea and a sarnie at the Toat Cafe. After that we will continue south to Storrington passing a world-renowned Kitchen & Bathroom shop and on towards Bury Hill. We won’t stop there though but will continue west towards Eartham where we will strike north on Roman Roads. Just north of Petworth there is a layby which may have a tea shack, I’ll pull in there anyway for fifteen minutes to catch our breath before heading north across the undulating Surrey roads through Morris dancer land and end up at Newlands Corner, a popular biker meeting place. The cafe there has a wide range of food and is ideally located to end the ride being not far from the A25 and M25.
Total ride length – 84 miles – but given length of daylight and likely colder weather (affecting concentration) – this will work well.

** New and Recent members – remember please you will need to have had your Initial Assessment Ride with an Instructor to attend this and any other club riding activities

** All members please carry your membership card on this and all club activities

REGISTRATION

There are no restrictions on how many can join the ride, but we ask that you please register by emailing the ride leader.  See details below.

Weather
As with all Group Ride Outs, please note that if the overnight temperature is forecast to be 3C degrees or below at the ride start meeting place, the ride out will be cancelled automatically.   There will not normally be a second notification if this is the case.  We only use the BBC Weather for our information.
 

Back-Marker System
One of the riders will need to Back-Mark so any volunteer for this please advise the ride leader when you register for the ride.  If you have an orange Hi-Viz please bring it with you, or one may be provided on the day, or dependant on the size of the group an alternative marker may be agreed.

Please make sure you are fully conversant with the rules of the “BACK-MARKER SYSTEM“.  Following these correctly is vital to the smooth running of the day and reduces the risk of losing someone or everyone. Details of the BM system are on our Southernriders.org  website.   If you’re unsure on the day, ask one of the attending Ride Leader. They will be more than happy to clarify any issues you have.

Hi-Viz
If you wear hi-viz, please ensure it is not Orange as this is reserved for the ‘back-marker’ during our ride-outs.  We appreciate you may normally wear an orange hi-viz whilst riding. However, some find it confusing when in the middle of the group to see two or more riders with the orange hi-viz.  So, in an effort to avoid confusion and markers leaving their post prematurely ONLY the back-marker is to wear orange hi-viz.   Thank you