The cost is £25 for the year and subscriptions are due by March 1. Please make cheques payable to Bury Tandem Club for the Visually Handicapped and send them to David Jones. Thank you.
This will take place on Friday 25th. February at the Waterloo Hotel, Manchester Road, Bury. The menu is:
Guests are more than welcome. Contact Dave Harrison URGENTLY with your required menu(s) and a £5 deposit per person. The main meal will be served plated.
The cost is £17 per person and the time is 7 pm for 7:30 pm. Please come. Dave would also value any donations of raffle prizes.
We need to expand our pool of front riders, so that every visually impaired member can go riding, ideally every Sunday. A decent number of people doing one ride a month eases the pressure on our dedicated members doing several rides a month. Please tell your neighbours, friends and workmates about our club's activities. Tell them further information is available on www.bury-tandem-club.org.uk or by ringing Derek.
With the last runs list, you should all have received an up to date copy of all members' phone numbers. This copy is designed to be kept at home for reference purposes.
All active tandem riders should collect from the workshop a plastic covered set of current front and rear riders' home and mobile numbers. These supersede the old list in your black first aid pouch. In the event of breakdown (nervous or mechanical!) before or during a Sunday ride, these should enable immediate contact to be made with others. Please carry them in your First Aid pouch. Of course, this will only work if your mobile is switched on, ideally from when you get up on Sunday morning!
We have received a generous donation of four handlebar bags for our tandems. Dave H has fitted supporting clips to some bikes and bags will be left out in the Workshop for use on Sunday runs if the riders require them. Mobiles, waterproofs, extra clothing, snacks etc. could be carried in this way. All bikes will eventually be fitted with clips.
The official UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) one-hour record from an unassisted standing start is 30.722 miles, held by Chris Boardman (UK) in Manchester on 27 October 2000.
The official UCI one-hour record by a woman from an unassisted standing start is 28.02 miles by Jeannie Longo (France) in Mexico City on 7 December 2000. She also won a 1996 Olympic road race gold medal.