Although he couldn’t be with us today, Al was kind enough to keep the start time of today’s club run at the usual Winter time of 10am, with the clocks going forward this was much appreciated. The other reason for keeping the time at 10am for this weekend was due to the past couple of […]
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Describes Sunday Club Runs and other road runs.
The Great British Bike Bake Off (Short r...
The Sunday run to the Ice Cream Farm turned out to be a mass start of eager riders all desperate to get last minute miles in for Llanberis. Despite Jim’s shout’s of ‘it’s too late’, Alan suggested a hilly route out to the Ice Cream Farm. A mutiny almost ensued. After a brief excursion down […]
Holt – ‘You can never have too much carr
Not nearly as eventful as the long run you might say, but a massive group turned out after the club dinner. Jules claiming that he was getting ‘panic miles’ in for Llanberis. The rest of us just wondering why we were out in the drizzle, and Giles wondering when the long run was going to […]
Llandegla
Last night’s revelries clearly left many club members feeling fragile this morning, as there were only five of us at the Legion this morning. So – our merry crew of Kev, me, Tony, Josh and Alan set off in unpromising drizzle, picking up first Jim and then Tim, both going in the other direction on the Weaverham […]
Freewheel Comp – 27th January 2013
2012 freewheel winner John Keen maintained bragging rights for another year as he took victory on a very windy Siddington Hill which saw probably the shortest freewheel competition in the club’s history. A good crowd rolled up to the Legion this morning, the 2 inches of snow on Friday evening had been washed away by […]
A Mere 200
Having decided on Saturday for the helpers’ and organisers’s route check and some iffy weather forecasts it proved a good move to ride Saturday. I met a regular Auk ( jargon for audax rider) Pete Hammond at home for an 8.30 depart. We met Jim W at Hartford Co-op and picked up Syd R shortly after […]
Henbury (Short Run) – 13th January 2013
Waking up to frost tinged surroundings and a delightful temperature of -2 does make it hard to pull yourself out of bed. Seemingly a lot of people had the same thought with only a handful of riders turning up to the Legion this morning. Graham was on hand with the club dinner tickets and was […]
Radway Green (Short Run) – 6th January 2
For many it was to be the first club run of 2013, for all it was the first official club run of 2013 because last week 1. there wasn’t a set destination and 2. I wasn’t there either. Despite the long run departing 30 minutes earlier on their epic trek to Loggerheads, there was still […]
WVCC Audax numbers double
I am pleased to report there has been a 100% increase in wvcc members taking part in 200k events in the last 2 months. The massive increase is due entirely to Jim keeping me company. Yesterday those of us with mettle ( or should that be metal and a screw loose) met at the Hartford […]
Audlem (Short Run) – 18th November 2012
Dead ends aren’t good. If you see a sign which says dead end and cycle down it, you know there is going to be trouble at the end. Be it rough cycleway, hauling bikes over gates, squeezing through gaps or narrow bridges. When Graham Gregory lead the short run down a dead end 5 miles […]
Riverside Cafe Chester (Short Run) – 11.
Today’s short run ventured to Riverside Cafe in Chester. A beautiful sunny morning saw a good crowd of around 40 roll up at the Legion. Being Rememberance Sunday we were joined by a band unfortunately they didn’t give us a tune! 3 runs saw Ian Smith and Craig take a small sized group over to […]
The thin blue line
An intriguing decision at the Legion this morning – hmmm – having got into Manchester Airport last night at 12.30 am after six days of cycling round Mallorca – shall I go for a murderous ride up several hills in the Peaks with our club mountain goats – or join the civilised and more relaxed ride […]