A group of green laners, rough stuffers and folk of a relaxed persuasion based in Manchester
I was idling away my Thursday in the bike group-chat admiring pictures of T & T touring over pristine German gravel tracks when Ned chimed in with something very close to what I was thinking: 'I wish I was doing what T is doing'. Impulse took over and I hurriedly replied 'Saturday night let's go, Delamere, …
The Conceit... A modest two-man bikepacking tour of the Isle over a long weekend, using campsites and coast roads, in search of wild wallabies* Kean – younger, stronger and definitely more AustralianNeil – older, slower and rather contraryA Minion –an ineffectual mascot We manage to leave the house in south Manchester as my boy goes …
Continue reading R I D E R E P O R T (Isle of Man 2022) A Circumcision…
For nearly twenty years at the start of most rides I’ve had a view of a hill not far away. As the crow flys about 3 miles. I’ve never been there, only viewed it from a distance. It’s the high point between the Cotswolds and the Malvern Hills. The approach is through narrow lanes abundant …
04:20 and 5°C... Sixty minutes on very quiet roads. Quiet at anytime but especially so on a Sunday morning in April. A roe deer startled by my passing slips and scratches on the road surface until it reaches more familiar grass and gravel under its hooves. I feel sorry to have disturbed its morning routine, …
The idea was to trace out the full run of whichever River Avon was geographically nearest to me. I could find three River Avons or Avon Waters in Scotland – one which opens into the Clyde at Hamilton, another in the Cairngorms, and one near Falkirk. The nearest one to me here in Glasgow was …
Some time last Summer (remember that!) Steve and I asked our good friend and all around computer whizz Paul Davy - @cycletogs to help us make a zine, just for fun... Paul did us proud and as expected, he created what we think is a lovely ode to our humble, fictitious club 😉 The original …
Its 640am on Saturday morning and I’m nervous and excited in equal measures, the sky is getting lighter by the minute and the train is approaching, I push my bike on board and strap it in, there's no one else in the carriage but I still wear my mask. I’m heading to North Wales to …
The Peak Audax Wednesday Marple grimpeur series features five rides around thePeak District. At 100km each, these sit on the shorter side of all things audax. Don’t let that fool you though. Each ride carries at least two AAA points, signifying a minimum of 2000m climbing. This year I hoped to ride the full series, …
This particular trip had been on my mind for a few years on and off. As with most of my trips it all started with a late night session pouring over a NZ Topo50 Map (think Ordnance Survey Maps) These days this is very much a digital exploration, with paper maps primarily saved for getting beta on some …
The last weeks weather has hardly been inspiring, the near torrential rain has the effect of flushing any enthusiasm right down the drain, both literally and metaphorically in my case. I’m now very firmly in the fair weather camp despite owning enough rain jackets to stock a small shop, there was a time when the …
Grass up the middle CC 