Reading Time: 2 minutes Another nice, mild and not particularly windy day had John K, Geoff M, Rich M, Emily M, Sam T and Carl J take a meandering ride out to a new club destination, The Sheep Shed near Whitchurch. It was generally a pretty flat ride but the hills, as much as they were, came before we […]
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Pontcysyllte Chapel Tea Room 4/2/2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Another mild day yesterday and there were 5 eager faces at the start, Sam, Emily, Jeff F, Alex and Me (I was definitely a little jaded after yesterday’s exertions on and off the bike). We picked up Ross at Whitegate and the 6 of us headed off in to the stiffening breeze taking ad-hoc turns […]
Saturday ride to Holt 3/2/24
Reading Time: < 1 minute The 2 Carls, Andy E, Benn, Craig, Geoff, Kev and me tipped up at Hatchmere this morning & it was positively spring-like. Not a quick day, we all stayed together but Kev and big Carl needed to get home so didn’t do the BOD loop & went straight to Holt. The remaining 6 of us […]
Malpas 21/01/2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeff, Carl, Sam, Emily, Stuart, Dave, Paul, Graham, Neil and me turned up for duty at 9.30 this morning, a mild but damp day. The route was the old Saturday training ride but heading to Malpas. Emily suggested a brand new cafe that she was quite excited about going to, having never tried it, The […]
Saturday training ride 20/01/2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute I drove out to the club this morning and arrived late which meant a rapid ride out to Hatchmere. I made pretty good time and arrived to see several rear lights disappearing in to the forest. I caught up with Carl, Geoff and Alex and the 4 of us were a good unit into the […]
Long club ride to Higher Kinnerton
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today’s long ride to Higher Kinnerton saw 7 of us set off in chilly, damp conditions. I initially had concerns about black ice but it warmed up and started raining a bit. We had a pretty uneventful and pleasant 30 miles to Walters cafe. My first time there & my feedback is; on a nice […]
Chorley CC Road Race 3rd September 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutes 22 laps, about 46 miles in total. It was a lovely day with no wind. I was old enough to be the grandparent of a lot of the other riders It started out quick from the off and stayed quite quick & even though there were loads of attacks, nothing was able to get away […]
TLI Criterium Championship 2nd September...
Reading Time: < 1 minute 1 hour plus 3 laps (each lap was 2 minutes and a bit). Rode sensibly, didn’t chase any of the early stuff. I made an early decision i wasn’t doing anything till at least 45 minutes. I made just 1 attack after 50 minutes which stuck. Was away till 3 laps to go when Karl […]
Bickerstaffe RR 20th July 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutes Super 4, Bickerstaffe RR Time and again I get too carried away with myself in races, doing too much, covering too much and not being there at the pointy end of the day. Slowly but surely I am learning… ish. It was a nice, dry evening yesterday although with a stiff breeze. Once the lead […]
Ras Ffordd Llandyrnog
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ras Ffordd Llandyrnog Organised by the Ruthin CC on a rolling, triangular circuit near Ruthin and Denbigh, the weather was mild and dry but there was a strong headwind on the course, at the end of 4 laps there was a steady grind of a hill up to the finish. The race about 37 miles […]
Stone Wheelers Swynnerton RR
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lining up today were Sam, me, 2nd race Richard and newbie Alex all eager to get stuck in to the fast, flat closed road circuit. The race was run as a handicap & due to numbers I went in to the first group, we had about about 4.15 mins over the chasing group for a […]
Buxton CC mountain time trial 2nd Octobe...
Reading Time: 6 minutes A couple of weeks ago a dear friend and clubmate mentioned they had entered the Buxton CC mountain time trial and wouldn’t it be a good idea if I entered as well as it is so much friendlier with 2. The event offers two distances; 33 miles over 3 laps and 22 miles over 2 […]