A group of green laners, rough stuffers and folk of a relaxed persuasion based in Manchester
I've always loved bikes as long as I can remember. I grew up with the '90s Mountain bike craze. Rigid steel frames, cantilever brakes, shorts and a hoody. Riding the miles out of Hull to bomb around the tail end of the Yorkshire Wolds in the mud, then ride back. Perfect... After a while things …
In 1996 Goran Krupp rode his bike from his home in Stockholm, all the way to Everest and attempted a self-supported summit; unfortunately his quest was not entirely successful and he was forced to turn back a mere 300ft from the summit, testament to an iron discipline that I think made the whole enterprise even …
During the ‘unprecedented’ times of this past year not only did I rediscover a real passion for getting out on my bike and making the most of that lunch hour freedom whilst working from home, but also picking up the binoculars and scouring the trees, hedges, and waterways that I could ride out to for …
Being of the disposition to be constantly scouring over maps, mostly of my local area, in the constant hunt for new roads, lanes, tracks and bridleways to ride, inevitably one finds that the original boundaries one holds become more and more relaxed in relation to what can be defined as rideable. Having ridden pretty much …
Welcome to my second post for Grass Up the Middle! I’m not your traditional grass-up-the-middler: I only ride SWorks race bikes; every ride is training; and I only ride nicely paved roads—mud, cobbles, and off-road are all off limits! So why be an [honourary] member of Grass-Up-the-Middle? I luckily got to know Paul very well …
Continue reading Living the Life of Baz Luhrmann’s Sunscreen…
French Fender Day... Our way... On the wrong day! 🙂 Way up on the 'Dream List' for a number of our group (certainly for myself & Steve) would most definitely be a trip to Lyme, Connecticut in the good ol' USofA. If you are aware of the frame builder J P Weigle, you will probably …
An account of a recent multi-day ride from Glasgow to Manchester, using either the GBDURO or Second City Divide routes by a pair of ‘first-timers’… (310+ miles/18,000’ climbing over eight days) Entering the pandemic period it soon became clear that normal behaviours were going out of the window. Regular cycling activities that came and went …
Continue reading ‘GlasChester 2020’ – Glasgow to Manchester off road’ish…
At GrassupthemiddleCC HQ (the bench) yesterday morning, it was suggested that we need more ‘high brow, cerebral’ blog posts on the website, so I’m not sure how I’m going to fill that brief here, but let's see where it takes us... One of my favourite podcasts is BBC Radio 4’s 'Don’t tell me the score’ …
A second Chippy ride in the space of a week?!! A first? Quite possibly. Much welcomed regardless 🙂 What a cracking turnout too. 8 go wild for chips, beer (fizzy pop for me), sunshine and trails on a Friday night. What more do you want! I'll let Steve's lovely photos do the rest of the …
The second batch of #grassupthemiddle patches are now... *** SOLD OUT *** Thanks so, so much to everyone who has bought one. We are absolutely delighted that you appreciate what we are doing, and it is truly wonderful to think of all those lovely patches spreading a little happiness out there! We are really happy …
