Two Weeks to Go!
Forget Christmas, ignore all the decorations going up everywhere, you can’t possibly think about it until after the next big event of the year. […]
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Pedalin’ a Cycle Better than Penicillin?
As I try to justify my latest cycling purchase I thought I would look back on my last year. It feels I have not much […]
Night Crawlers, errr Climbers!
On an unseasonably warm Wednesday evening in October, the North Wirral Velo re-established the annual club hill climb champs. More than 50 years separated […]
Onwards and Upwards
As the North Wirral Velo is officially into the start of it’s second year “back in the saddle”, tonight sees the Annual General Meeting being […]
Four go to London
Way back, months and months ago, someone in the club thought it would be a good idea to enter a team into the ballot for […]
One Year On!
It is a year to the day that I organised the first meeting to gather some interest in reforming the North Wirral Velo. It was a nervously taken first step that I was dreading. The fear of no one turning up was what was holding me back. Fortunately, we had a decent turn out and there was lots of enthusiasm in the room for a new (old) club on the Wirral.
Top Tips for a Successful Mixed Ability Club Ride
In this brave new cycling world where proper cyclists, MAMILs, choppers, ex golfers and Rapha fan boys come together for the occasion ride (and even […]
Adventures in May…
May saw an increase in membership and more adventures in England, Scotland and Wales. The Bank Holiday at the start of May saw some of […]
April Roundup
April was a busy month for lots of members of the club. More racing adventures and epic rides across North Wales and Cheshire. Flanders The […]
From Couch ‘tater to Bike Racer
Cycling and I have not always travelled along a smooth road, there has been many a pot hole to disrupt my progress. As a kid my adventures were cut short by having the same bike stolen twice (yes, twice!) and its replacement also stolen the first night I forgot to lock it up. After this, my parents gave up and gave me a football to save money! This may have been a blessing as the week before I missed a 90° bend coming downhill way too fast and had to be peeled off a wall by my friends and patched up by an older sister, maybe not a terrible experience for a 14 year old.