Category: Off Road

Reading Time: < 1 minute This was the team – KevU, KevC, me, Tim and Jules ready for the start of this demanding 22mile ride on tracks around the Ceriog Valley in the Welsh Borderlands. Tim and KevU shot off and Tim would have been quickest overall if he hadn’t had a puncture and another mechanical. It is quite a […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute This was Andy B having fun in the mud!Kev C manage to stay a bit cleaner, in fact it was suprisingly firm on most of the trails. 10 out including Steve M, good to see him fit again again and newby Geoff who did great on his first ride.  He also has a road bike so […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ten of us set out from the station cafe in sunshine to climb up Pale Heights. From there into the woods beyond where Giles showed off his rocky drop-off technique. He outdid Gareth in the lightweight bike stakes with his 21lb Hinde set up for the BC National Series. Over to Primrose Wood for the first time […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes   From the Mam Tor car park eight of us set out in the rain and mist for what turned out to be a cracking day. Kev C had a fall on the rocky descent from Mam Tor and smashed his brake lever. Unwilling to continue without a rear brake, our resident engineers Matthew, Kev U and […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Meet at Delamere Station cafe as usual for 10am start. A couple of hours or so around the forest before lunch, then possibly over to Ashton and Tarvin to the famous packhorse bridges. This used to be a regular route back from Chester and many older club members will remember them.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite the gale we had a brilliant ride round the red and black trails, including the new bits of singletrack heading back all the way to the trail centre. Luckily we set off just before the trails were closed due to the high winds and found it almost unridable on the exposed sections. However, back […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite rain on my window at 8.30am it turned into a sunny morning for an excellent ride round the singletrack of Delamere. The smiles show how much we were enjoying it. Smashing to see some new faces joining Eleanor for some off road fun – Steve G, Rob (El’s collegue) and Adrian, as well as […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute This is a picture from the last Delamere ride early December. If you haven’t been with us you might be surprised at the extent and quality of the singletrack in the forest. As usual, meet at the station cafe for 10am start. 2 hours or so before lunch back at the cafe and then another […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Better weather in Wales than Northwich on Saturday morning. This was Steve Cox enjoying the brilliant Marin trail. Jonty wasn’t too sure about the only slightly treacherous descents, so made up for it on the climbs. We had a go at him for introducing Tim to the club; newcomers aren’t meant to be this good! […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes What a cracking day! Sunshine, singletrack and serious fun in the mud. 11 starters from the cafe including Paul, proving that he can ride the trails just as well as the boards. He’ll be coaching us at Thursday’s track night too. This was a regrouping spot deep in the forest – as you can see […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glorious sunshine and unseasonal warmth helped make it a very memorable Lakes weekend. Eleanor (Kev cyclo crossing), Andy B, Derek, Matthew, Richard and I met at the Whinlatter forest visitors centre where we embarked on the Altura North loop. Within metres we had headed off on the wrong trail, Matthew broke his chain and Andy […]