A group of green laners, rough stuffers and folk of a relaxed persuasion based in Manchester
I was soaking wet and I couldn’t really feel my toes—and that was before the thunderstorm started. And it was my birthday. Perhaps I should back up a bit... A few weeks ago, I turned 50 years old. I’d spent the last year see-sawing between thinking of something big, symbolic, and significant—like a 50-mile mountain …
Announcing the Grassupthemiddle Spring Forward Bivvy Weekend on the 26/27th March... Some of us are planning to ride out on the 26th to a location in the Peak District and spend the night under the stars then ride home on the 27th. If you fancy joining us you’ll be more than welcome or you can …
Continue reading Spring Forward Bivvy weekend 26/27th March 2022
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 …
As far as one can see... Let's face it, the world is a mess! Seemingly more than ever. An absolute bonus of these depressing times however, is the way they can (and do) highlight and magnify the wonder of the world. It's always there, even in the darkest of times. You just have to stay …
The first real frost of this winter was blown into the North West overnight, waking up to a cold bedroom was not the most pleasant way to start the day, windows frosted up, the caravan chilled through, the steam from the kettle condensing all over the kitchen... This will be the last week on the …
A tradition of some years now... J. P Weigle, rider, constructeur, father and host of French Fender Day, has for the past few years done a virtual FFD. Previously it was a real life meeting of like minded friends over in the USA. Clearly as much we’d love to go along and join in the …
Continue reading Glad to have mudguards on French Fender Day…
Once again the stars aligned. A perfect combination of weather, bikes and people. The chippy run happened! A late August bout of dry weather saw our local Cheshire lanes drying out and turning to dust, this always has me reaching for the allen keys, twitching to remove those seven bolts that free the bike from …
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 …
Leano, a noun, a name, sunshine, sunlight, a line of cocaine, and/or gods plan... Or in our case a leano is a thing that you lean your bike on, then proceed to take a photograph of your bike against your chosen leano, a good leano has a magnetic attraction, you spot them out of your …
We’ve been able to get out to the coast. I’ve been at the caravan for a week now and am very relieved to see that nothing has changed, it still rains like buggery, the wind has a mind of its own and the sea still keeps toing and froing twice a day. With an eye …
Grass up the middle CC 