Weekly Bike Ride
🚴♀️ NLCC G4: Gentle Start, Strong Finisher Series
Ride 9 – Savill Garden Loop
📅 Saturday 6th September 2025
🕗 Start Time: 8:00 AM
📍 Start Location: Richmond Park, Collicci Café
📌 Address: Roehampton Gate, London SW15 5JY
📏 Distance: 36mi | ⛰️ Elevation: 600ft
☕ Cafe Stop: Savill Garden Kitchen, Wick Ln, Englefield Green, Egham TW20 0UJ
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🌟 About the Series
Gentle Start, Strong Finisher is a beginner-focused ride series that helps you build consistency, strength, and confidence one Saturday at a time. It’s not about speed — it’s about showing up and riding with support.
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🚴♂️ What’s This Ride About?
This ride takes us out through Virginia Water to the beautiful Savill Garden. It’s scenic, smooth, and perfect for developing rhythm and pacing as the rides get longer.
• ✅ Wide lanes and forest stretches
• ✅ A few gentle rises to test your gears
• ✅ Calm group pacing and no pressure
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🔰 Beginner Tip
Find your flow. Try to stay in a gear that lets you spin — not grind — and check in with your body every 10 minutes. Hydrate and stretch your hands regularly.
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👥 Who’s This For?
You’ve made it through some longer rides, and this one keeps the progression going while bringing the vibe back to mellow.
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☕ Café Stop
Savill Garden Kitchen is one of our prettiest stops — lots of space, great coffee, and a peaceful garden setting. A perfect reward mid-ride.
