What a great ride today! The foray North proved a success with unbroken sunshine until arriving back at Eccleston Park. But Nathan Morgan-Astle insisted his gentle skin did not require sun tan lotion and instead layered up… Read More ❯
Northern Hillbeast Ride to Croston
Panorama Café & Glyn Ceiriog, 92 Miles in North Wales
What a Scorcher — 26°C in May! Gary Hartley quite vocal regarding his nice views, ice creams, killer climbs (Vivod – beware and Pont y Blau), Lady Di making a late arrival then going off piste in… Read More ❯
Wet, Slippery, Dry, Sunny, Cold & Hot Tilly’s B Ride
With my well planned out ‘hilly Tilly’s route firmly in my Garmin and with the backup plan of “just head for the Castle on the hill and everything else will kind of fall into place” wing it… Read More ❯
Hillside, Prestatyn, Gwaenysgor Hill — 33% Climb
Stuff wot we learnt today! Well I kind of left it until now to write about yesterday’s ride because I was knackered. Proper knackered. Proper leg aching, how steep are my stairs kind of knackered. Do I… Read More ❯
Jodrell Bank Ride – Ice Holes, the Non Stop Run STOPS & our Roads are KNACKERED!
Stuff wot we learnt today! Ice Holes ( sounds like **** holes – automatically funny no? ). The non stop run STOPS!! Our roads are KNACKERED. Most of us looked out of the window and thought, mmmm,… Read More ❯
Old Boys Reunion Ride to Cleo’s
Sunday morning was more akin to an old boys reunion than a club run Chris Hansen-Jones? Baz James, Sarah Illidge, Danny Emmett, Rob Duckett to name but a few who’ve hardly been troubling the Stalwart Scoreboard this… Read More ❯
Headwind 1 – Stevo Nil
Thanks for the company of the tuff mudders on the Not Mow Cop ride. I don’t know about the rest but I suffered in that wind. Tired after 24 miles and rule #5 for the next 80… Read More ❯
A Spot of Improvisation
13 Wheelers congregated at Twelve50 Bikes on a bitter Sunday morning. A group of 8 elected to visit ‘The Mills’ on Roy’s ride. A group of 5 departed on the ‘A’, destination Wales. Very sadly at Helsby… Read More ❯
Sunshine on a Rainy Day
Stuff wot we learnt today! Never judge a book by it’s cover. Rocking up at the lights at 8:30 in early morning gloom and no-one else turning up until the A team arrived — it had early… Read More ❯
8 to Moel Arthur, Ruthin & the Shelf
Well after anticipating a solo hilly I was delighted to be in a group of 8 to Moel Arthur, Ruthin and the Shelf. It was a Beautiful scenic ride and much suffering was endured due in the… Read More ❯
Great, Soggy, Beautiful & Brutal ‘A’ Ride to Llangollen
That was a great, soggy, beautiful, brutal ride to Wales with Ryan Jackson, Sam Marshall, Neill Watts, Peter Prince (coughing well) and Jonny Okell and Ed Cox from the RCC (saw route on website, rode it, happy… Read More ❯
Cobbles, Mud, Twisty Bits & Grins! — Jodders B Ride
Stuff wot we learnt today! It’s back for no other reason than I felt like writing up todays ride so… For a damp and unpromising morning it was great to see so many out. Some A Riders… Read More ❯
A Series of Unfortunate Events
A ride leader’s lot is a very happy one, select a route, nice lanes, a few hills, meet friends, drink coffee, eat cake but once in a while it just goes completely pear shaped… The planned ride… Read More ❯
B Ride became an A Ride then a C Ride
Stuff wot we learnt today! What goes up. Flanders must be an ace place to ride bikes. Wednesday’s weather forecast ain’t worth a carrot. So – another day, same ride planned. I’ve wanted to ride Beeston Brow… Read More ❯
Winter Warmer 5 – Moel Arthur, the Sausage Fingers Ride!
Yo Wheelers, Winter … ahem ‘Warmer’ #5 – Moel Arthur AKA ‘The Sausage Fingers Ride’ So nature gave the Wheelers a big slap in the face today but strangely some pleasure was derived! (read on….) So 5… Read More ❯
Winter Sprinter 1 – Pacy Cleo’s Milkshake Ride
Well, another great turnout at Twelve50 bikes today. Kudos to all. It was tough conditions out there today. 7 Wheelers rolled out on the A ride which had been christened the ‘Winter Sprinter #1’ on account of… Read More ❯
Winter Warmer 4 – Mow Cop
9 Wheelers and 1 Team Jedi rolled out of Runcorn for Winter Warmer #4. 3 Wheelers had only intended to ride to Holmes Chapel but that was to change on an eventful day. At Great Budworth Chris… Read More ❯
Martin’s Monday Memoires – a hilly Tilly’s B Ride!
A hilly Tilly’s B ride, well it was exactly what it said on the tin! 13 (unlucky for some) wheelers left Twelve50 heading for a character building bumpy route into deepest darkest Cheshire and to one of… Read More ❯
Winter Warmer 3 – Prestatyn and Hillside
There are few hills that hold such a fearsome reputation as ‘Hillside’ (AKA The Wall, AKA ‘The Hill with No Name’) within Wheelers folklore but in spite of this 8 daring Wheelers set off from Twelve50 Bikes…. Read More ❯
If today’s ride had a flavour, it’d be ginger!
Stuff wot we learnt today! Careful what you post, it might come back and bite you. There’s no finer club out there. Cleos – is there a better service in a caff? If todays ride had a… Read More ❯
Winter Warmer 2 – The Cat & Fiddle
Following another complete bum weather forecast (we were all supposed to drown in a deluge today – There was not a single raindrop. ‘Man Up’ Carol Kirkwood!! Thomaz Shaffffernacker hang your head in shame!) I elected to… Read More ❯
Frodsham Wheelers Annual Xmas Fancy Dress Ride
The Annual Frodsham Wheelers festive ride saw 28 club members dress up to impress Santa, elf, reindeer ,xmas tree outfits you name it they were wearing it. A quick dash out of Frodsham up the Ridgeway gave… Read More ❯
Club 10 Championship Round 8
A sunny breezy evening brought out 19 riders for the latest edition of the Inter Club 10 Championships For once the Wheelers were well outnumbered AND outgunned by local rivals Runcorn CC. Frodsham placed just 3 riders… Read More ❯
The Wheelers take the Delyn Challenge 5th June 2016
After two summers of missed opportunities due to wet weather and foreign jaunts, the Wheelers finally made it to North Wales to take up the Delyn Challenge One of the Classic rides, the Delyn Challenge began back… Read More ❯
Cobbles, Off Track, Bellemonte Road, Stuff wot we learned today…
Cobbles are harder than ribs. Off the beaten track there be gems. Dianne’s bike is harder than she thinks. If Bellemonte Road was 20 miles away we’d ride it more often. Pay attention to your Garmin, it’s… Read More ❯
The Hill With No Name
Frodsham to Prestatyn and back including Hillside, 90 miles and 5000ft The town of Frodsham is situated in quite a hilly area, in fact it isn’t possible to leave the town without climbing one hill or another…. Read More ❯