Saturday Rides
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….and we’re back!
After a short bad weather break Saturday morning rides resumed with the first club ride of 2025. The riders arrived at Rawdon one by one to be greeted by the alluring sight of Ian assembling his bike and getting dressed in the car park. The planned ride to Crosshills was quickly scrapped. Most of the…
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Ride out to the coldest cafe in Yorkshire
There were four takers for a short, sunny, but cold ride out to Bolton Abbey. Everyone was on winter bikes, with Jimmy deciding to make things even tougher for himself by choosing to ride on 45mm gravel tyres. We made our way at a steady pace to Bolton Abbey. Hamish made the uncharacteristic decision to…
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An enjoyable ride to Cawood
Twas a good ride today, one of two halves in a way. Dom, Ryan and myself set off from Rawdon and I enjoyed the swift but not too crazy pace. Dom gave us an education on the civil war as we passed the fields where the bloodiest battle took place. A sobering moment before we…
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Who’s Zed? Zed’s dead baby, Zed’s dead…
On an overcast and miserable looking morning, four riders met at Rawdon. This week’s plan was to cycle to the farm shop in Cracoe. We were expecting Hamish until we received word that he was running late and that he would catch us up (not a chance we thought, not with the elite peloton that…
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UP DOWN, UP DOWN, UP DOWN, UP
5 AIR riders met at Rawdon, Jonathan and Nick due to time constraints (or maybe they had seen the elevation profile of the route) were only going up the valley for an early return. Dom, Kim & Alan setting off for Oakworth and the Mill Stack Cafe agreed a steady pace would be the order…
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AOCC ride destinations November
The club ride destinations for the Saturdays in November are now confirmed as follows: – Cracoe (Country Kitchen) – Harrogate (Bamber & Brown) – Cawood (Village Tea Room) – Skipton (The Coffee House) – Fewston (Farm Shop) These are all relatively nearby destinations, allowing for shorter rides or longer variants to suit. The dates are…
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HEAD BANGERS
It was a damp and misty Saturday when 6 met at Rawdon for the circuitous route to Knaresborough, going on to meet the remaining 3 at Pool. Nick, another one recovering from illness, deciding on a short route back via Otley, bade his farewells. As Hamish, Tom, Ian & Ryan headed off on a longer…
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Ridiculous bets and lack of traction on the ride to Airton
Eight riders met up in Rawdon this morning, all with hopes and dreams, mainly around eating bacon sandwiches in a cafe in Airton. A SRAN group consisting of Hamish, Nathan and Ryan headed off in an anti-clockwise direction, AIR riders Ian, Alan, Dom and Steve headed clockwise. Dave L, always the maverick, set off on…
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Breaking News: Average age on the AIR ride dips below 50!
Another glorious sunny Saturday saw 5 riders meet at Rawdon, one of which was Ryan a Leeds Beckett 1st year who joined us for his first AOCC ride. This week’s ride was out to Boroughbridge, Dave L turned back at Linton as he had planned leaving Dom, Alan and Steve to chase after Ryan all…
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How to speed up the AIR ride – don’t tell Ian about the bike shops
This week’s ride was a lumpy 60 miles out to Oliver’s Pantry in Ripon. Four riders met at Rawdon, Dave L went off on a short solo ride leaving Steve, Alan and Jimmy to meet Ian at Poole. Jimmy was on a short steady leg warmer before a brutal sounding off road race on Sunday.…
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