NWV’s first trip to MARS
The North Wirral Velo’s first meeting of the bicycle Maintenance And Repair Section (MARS… see what I did there?) was well attended last week. Led […]
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Pullar Cycling 3-4 Road Race – A Cuthill out of his comfort Zone!
After another frustrating trip to Halfords the bike is loaded on the car and kit is being packed for my first road race. All the […]
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. […]
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 […]
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.