Reading Time: < 1 minute Only 15 or so riders today. We all stayed together till Waverton, then one group set off for the ice cream farm and another rode to Holt Garden Centre, into a strong headwind. The cafe conversation was entertaining, as is to be expected when Jed and John are sitting on the same table. We had […]
Results and racing news from Dave Astles...
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alan Kemp won for the 18th time this season at Darley Moor on Sat 15th August,also riding was John Conboy, Conboy riding in the younger age cat and to his credit finished in the rapidly diminishing bunch, the strong gale force wind doing the damage.Kemp took his race by the scruff of the neck and […]
GUARDIAN Cup – The Final Fling….
Reading Time: 2 minutes And as the season draws to a close, the final event of the Guardian Cup took place on Wednesday night. Quite a large field assembled for the 10 mile “dash”. A number of new riders were attracted to take part, as well as those keen to do well and in with a chance of winning. […]
Delamere Sat 15 Aug
Reading Time: < 1 minute Meet 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.
Advice from Baz..
Reading Time: < 1 minute From 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 minutes Here 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 minute I’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 minutes Thanks 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 minute The 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 minutes Read 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 minute Hello 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 minute Here’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 […]