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The Orwell Wheelers Facebook page is up!

Can I make a request here? Can we make sure that all club communications continue to be accessible directly here on the club website, and not fragmented across social networking sites?

If the Facebook page starts to be used as a means of communication between some club members then there will be a communication split between those who read this website and those who go to the Facebook page. I think we need to be careful how it's used.

Besides, my children have banned me from Facebook.

The idea of the facebook is mainly to reach out to new potential members and to promote the club and its initiatives to a wider audience. It will be used to promote our open races and ladies races for example.

I will only update the FB page with the same communication delivered on the website. The FB is very handy for people using the internet on mobile devices etc to collect results of races on the go. As for the forum, it will still remain the best way to communicate between members, that will never change.

Fair play to Caroline. The Facebook page looks great and, as she says, is a great resource for prospective new members and for info on the go. But to reassure Barry the website is still very much the primary source for information about club activities.
By the way, while I think of it, we're looking forward to reading a full feature length report of your ride on the Etape this year. It would be great to get a few diaries from riders who have engaged in interesting cycling challenges. Something to keep us motivated during the long winter months. Send them to me with any snaps you may have to support them and we'll get it up on the site.
That's 2000 words by Sunday evening to kick things off, Barry. Cheers!

Declan, I'm not sure that I'm ready yet to face up to how slowly I climbed the Tourmalet, (passing walking cyclists so slowly that I could have full length conversations with them), or how close I came to being "hors délai". My therapist says that in another couple of months I might be ready to talk about it in small groups of sympathetic friends.

Is there going to be a link on the home page of website to the Facebook page