For the record, someone mentioned noobs getting dropped on a Nirvana Wednesday night “shop ride”. I’m a regular on that ride, it’s not really “a shop ride” it’s a peer group/mates ride that happens to start on the green or at the shop front.
Neither is it a noob ride, we’re friendly but not ride-nannies. People are absolutely welcome to turn up and have a go and it’s usually obvious pretty quickly to the new rider if they’re not up to it. We’d never intentionally drop someone or leave them lost but I can’t say it hasn’t happened. I don’t recall the ride described, perhaps I wasn’t there that day.
The ride is XC/singletrack/trail riding, a little bit of pace, year round all weathers. We don’t do the freeride and jump sessioning that (I believe) all the “shop” rides do.
Hope that helps, turn up (1830 Wednesdays) if you fancy it. The format is usually a couple of hours riding, a pub stop, then back to Westcott for about 2230.
Edit: cheez beat me to it. Lol @ PeterPoddy.