SRAN
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The Big Bang Theory
There were six takers for a ride out to Knaresborough, including two new faces Andre and John. Despite the temperature hovering around freezing, there were blue skies and sunshine – making it an ideal winter day for cycling. It was a steady uneventful ride until we approached the cafe, where we were confronted by a…
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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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The Three Stooges on a day out to Harrogate
Numbers were low for an overcast ride to Harrogate. However, it was a welcome sight to arrive in Rawdon and see Dan waiting for us after several weeks recovering from a nasty crash. Dave L was also there with a plan to ride with us to Ilkley then head back. The route was a hilly…
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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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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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Things ain’t cooking in my kitchen…
This week the AIR had planned to go to the cafe at Paceline Cycles in Crosshills and the SRAN were on a longer route to Barnoldswick. Due to Ian’s late withdrawl the AIR agreed that we didn’t need to look at bikes and that a stop half way would be better so we decided to…
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Let it Shine!
Only four takers for a sunny, flat ride out to Bolton Percy. We met Ian at Shadwell and set off together, Hamish formed a breakaway group of one and rode on ahead (it was an unusually amicable split for a boy band). The remaining three members made steady progress to the cafe enjoying the pleasant…
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THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION
There were 3 at Rawdon for the ride to Cawood, myself, Dave L and Jimmi, we met Chris at The Dexter and headed for Barwick in Elmett to meet Jonathan. Dave turned off at Shadwell to do a shorter loop as still not back to full fitness. After picking up Jonathan at Barwick we headed…
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