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http://www.mapmyride.com/gb/elderslie-sct/reliability-no-1-tour-of-the-shire-route-1730016 The first of our 2023 Reliability Rides, meet up at the club room in Miller Street in good time to go with your intended group. First group will be off at 0900h, the second will leave at 0930 and the fast riders will leave at 0945. Please post up if you intend coming along and in which group, the more the merrier but groups should be kept to manageable sizes. Can we also have a key holder for the clubrooms to allow access before and after. It is traditional to bring along something for afterwards, soup, sandwiches, tray bakes, etc and if everyone makes a contribution for at least one of the weeks there will be plenty. While these are events that are confined to club members we do also welcome new members and they are a great introduction to JWCC. Let us make these fantastic cycling and social events with our club and get the season off to a great start.

A welcome to all club members now reading this, you have now entered the nirvana of JWCC participation that is our Confined Events. Last year was a mixed bag for these events as we looked at ways to get rider participation across the board. The Reliability Rides did sort of happen, though it is now clear that we need to factor in bad weather in February. The APR events were well attended and they will be back. Using the Georgetown League worked well as those who did them were getting a midweek TT in a well run format. The Hill Climb Event was a superb day for the club so the misery of that minute and a bit was all worth it. The Restricted Gear events did not happen and there was only one Hilly TT, if the opportunity arises then we shall keep trying them. First events of 2023 will be our Reliabilities, the traditional test of rider and steed during the last throws of winter and into spring’s lacklustre arrival. Along with the traditional set routes the club has used for many years we can also expect the traditional torrential rain to cancel them. Previously this meant shifting the busy calendar about to reschedule them over less popular events. Learning from this we have a more rolling schedule that accommodates postponements by allowing a few extra weeks before scheduling our next events. In summary I will post up the Reliability Rides as they happen, starting with the Tour of Renfrewshire on the 5 February.