CONTACTS
A number of Etape riders would like people to train with, and have offered to organise rides. Here they are listed by area.
ENGLAND
NORTHERN ENGLAND
The NORTH WEST: Liverpool to York, Carlisle to Stoke Peak District
Tris Ross [tris@schooltrends.co.uk] is also interested in training in the Peak District
LONDON AREA North London South East London SOUTHERN ENGLAND Surrey/Sussex/Hampshire South Essex South Downs South Oxfordshire Swindon Area Bristol Area Devon and W. Cornwall Dorset and Somerset South West including Dartmoor WALES and Welsh Border Shropshire and Mid Powys North Wales IRELAND
Joe Conway [joe.conway@qbs.ie]
SWITZERLAND FRANCE ITALY USA Northern Idaho border ("Inland Northwest")
Iowa & Illinois CANADA NETHERLANDS
Stan Ravenhill [stan.ravenhill@ep2.co.uk]
Derek Boocock of Huddersfield Star Wheelers (www.starwheelers.co.uk) is going to be running training rides (picking up riders in Bradford, Huddersfield, Holmfirth etc) tripping into the Peak District (via Langsett Cafe!) and taking in some good climbs with a distance of between 60 and 90 miles.
The rides will be on either Saturday or Sunday depending on who can make it,
but flexibility is the name of the game.
Anyone interested, please contact Derek at www.starwheelers.co.uk
South West London
Scott Dougal [scott@mcfreelance.co.uk]
Martyn Jones [mhj_456@yahoo.com]
Martyn is a member of Team Welwyn and a level two British Cycling Coach.
Daniel Simmons [daniel@teadesign.co.uk]
Stephen Swindon [sswindon@yahoo.com]
Terry Harborne [terryharborne@btopenworld.com]
Daniel Simmons [daniel@teadesign.co.uk]
Vale of the White Horse, Wantage, W.Chilterns, Reading, Henley area
Ron@Etape.org.uk
chrisstones@netscape.net
Peter Penwarden [Peter.Penwarden@cityofbristol.ac.uk]
Roger Forrest [roger.forrest@virgin.net] who lives near the coast between Bude
and Bideford. He is available 7 days a week. Terrain is undulating, with some
extreme climbs. Very little flat!
Steve Carden [Steve.Carden@bridport-aviation.com], based in Dorset, has
an excellent route - the "channel to channel" from Dorset to Watchet and back,
about 100 miles in all. Dorset is a recommended area for cycling.
Jon Skidmore [skids@mergedata.co.uk] is planning several training trips to Dartmoor.
Neil.Parsons@severntrent.co.uk
Lake Vyrnwy,Berwyns.
David Thomas [CerrigCS@aol.com]
Superbe routes around Anglesea, Llanberis Pass, Betws y Coed, and Ffestiniog
Geneve
Michael Mee [mmee@bluewin.ch] or Bill [Facklerhugs@bluewin.ch] would like to hear from you if you are interested in cycling in the Geneva area
French Alps
Martyn Jones [mhj_456@yahoo.com]
Lou Lusardi[Breakawayinfo@aol.com] is organising a number of trips from the UK to Italy
to coincide with Gran Fondos.
Massachusetts Area
Jed C Scala [jed.c.scala@aexp.com] is interested in organizing
some rides in the USA. He lives in New York city, but trains on the weekends in
Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
This area is in western Massachusetts and borders, CT, NY and VT states.
Sam Joseph [drsamj@hotmail.com]
Mike Giudici[GCampagnolo@aol.com]
Ottawa
Aris Polyzos, email aapolyzo@chem.ufl.edu (from mid March onwards)
South of the Netherlands: Nigel Harris[Nigel.Harris@colaik.com]
who regularly rides the Amstel Gold Route.