Reading Time: < 1 minuteMeet at the station cafe as usual at 10am to explore more of the forest singletrack. All abilities welcome. 2 hours or so then lunch back at the cafe. More for those who want it after lunch. Picture shows Kev U, Jack and Kev C tackling the mud.
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Author: Adrian
Advice from Baz..
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom Claire..I asked Baz what he did when he was younger to get fit? He said ” I used to cycle 100 miles up the Cheshire Cat to work, put in a 42 hour day then cycle home again with flat tyres because I couldn’t afford any air, and all this on one fish supper […]
A ride with Kev and Lance…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere we are at the Tour along with our mate Lance! We had a great week in the Alps, staying in a chalet just above Bourg St. Maurice, owned by Sam and Andy – http://www.vanillaski.com/Alpine_etape/ – if anyone’s interested in staying there, we’d thoroughly recommend it. Sam used to cook for the British Cycling team […]
Off Road Weekend – Dolgellau
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m thinking of booking the following bunk house http://www.guesthousessnowdonia.com/accom-bunkhouse.html for the first weekend in October, staying Fri 2nd and Saturday 3rd. This means we can do another Welsh mountain – Cader Idris one day and the fantastic Coed y Brenin trails the other. Let me know who’s up for it and I’ll book if we […]
Some racing results from Dave Astles…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks to Dave for the following report on various events – well done Carl, Dave and Mark, as well as all our TT riders! Former W.V. rider Carl Ruebotham,won the Welsh national 100ml time trial championships on Sun, in a stunning time of 3hrs-44mins-23secs,not sure if this is a personal best. The course was hilly […]
Dagfields Danger Ride
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe long run to Dagfields was beset by a number of “unplanned incidents” which added spice to and otherwise ordinary Sunday run. The group of 18 set off in glorious weather which managed to last all day which made a pleasant change as we are so often caught in showers at some point in the […]
London to Edinburgh and back – Audax mad
Reading Time: 3 minutesRead on to find out about Audax Derek’s adventures – an amazing feat by any standards – Rebecca Romero eat your heart out! There And Back To See How Far It Is Some thoughts on my ride from London to Edinburgh and back. Firstly the registration on Saturday was a little worrying at 3 hours- […]
Thank you from Alan Silver…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHello All, Just to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who turned out for the Charity Ride yesturday(23).The feeling I got was it went well and all who attended enjoyed it,well done to Craig winning the King of the Mountains event,Graham for the 1st Sprint and Dave Daynes for the 2nd Sprint appreciated the […]
Chapeaux Claire!..
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s Claire’s account of her successful London to Paris ride – well done girl! I made it to Paris!! It turned out to be quite an adventure! You can read the whole story on my just-giving page http://www.justgiving.com/claireobrien2. I will send you some piccies later today! I had plenty of time as I pedalled the […]
An ode to Danny McAskill
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThanks to Claire for this ditty… Ode to Danny MacAskill– if you haven’t heard of him have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o You can ride your bike with no handlebars.You can do bunny hops that leap four feet in the sky.You can sail down a steep flight of concrete stepsOr just jump over them instead. You […]
Clwyd Hills Sat 1 Aug
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnother good turnout and ten of us completed the “Arthur 2 times” route around the northern end of the Clwyd hills, thanks to Matt having programmed it into his GPS from the Ride the Clwyds website. A few spots of rain as we set off gave way to sunshine and fantastic views across the Vale […]
Handlebars and Seatposts..
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Saturday ride of the 25th July set off from the Three Greyhounds in Glorious sunshine heading for Holmes Chapel en route for Mow Cop, Knypersley Reservoir, and The Cloud. In what turned out to be a memorable ride, not for “killer” climbs, only 765m in 42 miles, or for the great views from the […]