Friday, August 21, 2020

First group ride in six months

My local VMCC Dorset Section has been organising Covid compliant runs for a few weeks now and this was the first that I had managed to make it to. To keep things in line with guidance everyone meets up outside at a set location and then rides off in groups of six with a group leader choosing the route to the pre-agreed end point. I rode my Velo along and joined the slower group led by the rather lovely MV Disco Volante below. For group runs I personally prefer to amble around and enjoy the countryside rather than race so this suited me perfectly.

So good to get out and ride a classic bike with other like mided folks after such a long break...

Sweet little 175cc ohc MV Augusta Disco Volante was group leader.

Ver ycurvy petrol tank on the MV.

Gorgeous Rudge Ulster Grand Prix at the lunch stop.


Twin clocks on the Rudge. The one on the left is a 'passive'
manually controlled rev calculator revs in any given gear
for particular speeds.

1 comment:

  1. The manual passive rev counter is a marvelous vintage looking (it looks new!) device. It could be greatly simplified and made more readable if it only showed rpm vs. speed in the top two gears. But it is wonderful just as it is.

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