Club Rides

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

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 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 ❯

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 ❯