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Date
Ride Time
Route
Beer
 
31.12.03
1.5 hours
The usual Night Ride to round the year off. Battery failure on White Moor leading to comedy Tikka finish to the ride.
Loads of Landlord
 
28.12.03
1.5 hours
Family ride with Steve and Jack "the stack" Makin. Delamere tracks
Landlord
 
27.12.03
1.5 hours
Xmas Escape Ride II. Cheeky south cliff singletrack and other stuff, ahem.
Rum and Coke
 
26.12.03
1.5 Hours
Xmas Escape Ride. Brid to Flamborough, Danes Dike, Woods and Cliffs
Rum and Coke
 
20.12.03
1 hour
Hangover ride...Canal, Castle in the Garden climb, Cheeky woods, Canal, Ruby Juice, Canal to Todmorden. Very wet, breakfast almost revisited.
Wild Berry Smoothie
 
18.12.03
1.5 hours
Night Ride keeping it local. Usual with Manywells loop.
Grolsch
 
14.12.03
3 hours ?
Not the Usual Steve said. But hey the usual is too good to miss :-) Added Cock Hill climb, grassy descent to the farm, Top O'Stairs, Lame Lamb, Pub.
Landlord
 
11.12.03
2 hours
Cheeky Night Ride III. First Singlespeed nightride for while but with Float RLC's Hmmm much nicer than the Paces. Jack Bridge, towards Dukes Cut, Singletrack to Blackshaw Head, Ben's most excellent new cheeky trail, steep, slippy,switchbacks, vague steering, Castle in the garden, woodsy cheek, Callis woods, more woodsy cheek. Excellent Adventure...... Yule Brinner
 
6.12.03
3 hours ?
METG 3 Huddersfield. Hmm where did we go ? Woodsy singletrack, minature railway, pubs x 3, more loose slidy woodsy singletrack, twilight woods.
Balti Beer
 
4.12.03
2 hours
Stiffee Night Ride. Jack Bridge, MTL to Egypt, Bens Loose Descent, Slack, Ali's Zig Zags, Climb to Heptonstall, Blue Pig, Boltys steps, Riverside.
Kelpie
 
29.11.03
1.5 hours
Ennerdale wild ride. First time on a bike having "rested" my ribs. Felt good. Windy horizontal rain and wet rocks, a special ride :-)
Everything we had
 
16.11.03
1 hour
Velodrome. How cool was that, spent the day thinking how good it would be to get a fixie eeek!. Now feels like I've just bust my ribs again :-(
None !
 
11.11.03
1.5 hours
Nightride with Jo and Jenn. Usual plus Manywells, cold spring climb and cracked ribs. Don't drink and ride kids....;-)
Old Tosser
 
9.11.03
2 hours ish
Singletrack Reloaded Ride II. Office,canal to Walsden, Inchfield Road,Trig Point,Descent to Bacup Road, Packhorse trail down Sharneyford, Tenth Muse
Erdinger
 
8.11.03
2.5 hours
Singletrack Reloaded Ride I. Office, woodhouse lane, London Road, down to horsehold, Station Cafe, Jack Bridge, towards Dukes Cut but over just before, Whirlaw Common, Rodwell End.
Plenty
 
1.11.03
2.5 hours
Alnwick seaside ride with Sharon, SteveM and AndyA. Top riding, yes bikes, crab soup and bun.....
Unknown
 
28.10.03
4.5 hours
Back o' Post Office, Black Moor, Manywells, Hallas Bridge, Nab Lane, Wilsden, Cheeky woods, St Ives, Altar Lane, Harden Moor, Hainworth, STuff to Culllingworth, Cold Springs, Trough Lane, Sawood, White Moor, Waggon singletrack, Stones.
San Miguel
 
26.10.03
1.5 hours
Night ride with Piers. Usual with the addition of Manywells descent and coldsprings climb.
Old Tosser
 
24.10.03
1 hour
Night ride with Sharon and Lisa by the light of a petzl tikka. Top ride and pub stop :-)
Landlord
 
23.10.03
1.5 hours
Calderdale Night Ride. Horsehold, woodsy descent to "Fishing is Amazing", towpath, climb to the garden castle, woodsy singletrack, towpath, callis woods climb, woodsy descent to "F is A" , towpath to Stubbing.. 1st Helmetcam ride for "Cheeky - the movie" :-)
Excalibur
 
19.10.03
5 Hours

Family Sherwood Pines Singletrack Bonanza Day Two. Berms,bombholes,swoopy,jumpy singletrack. Round and round and round.Can we do that again ?

Stella
 
18.10.03
5 hours
Family Sherwood Pines Singletrack Bonanza. Hmm tasty
Stella
 
16.10.03
1.5 hours ?
Ali's Last Night Ride (with us) *Sniff*. It just keeps getting cheekier. Big Hill in East Lancs, starry starry night, big yellow half moon, the return of Crashman. Rock "not sure", some of the best sustained technical singletrack with big drop to left. Mental descent and a fitting seeing off in the pub after.
Black Sheep
 
10.10.03
1 hour
Newbie Nightride. Took Lisa out for a quickie. Usual plus three pints in the Dog and Gun. Short rides are the new black...............
Landlord
 
8.10.03
1 hour ish
Return to the Stubbing for a Cheeky to the Max ride. Kona A and Lumi's and BLT helmet light. Horsehold, wooden gate, woodsy,rocky,rooty descent to Fishing is Amazing, blast along Canal, Garden Castle climb, stone lane descent, right into woodsy singletrack again.... Top ride, must do it again with Knott Wood singletrack too.
Goose Eye Jack Sprat
 
5.10.03
1.5 hours
Dog Bite Ride. Usual plus attack of the terriers after Wagon & Horses. One boot sorted it out though ;-)
Landlord
 
4.10.03
1 hour
Ice cream run with Martha and Sharon. Quick play on Penistone and home.
Coniston Bluebird
 
3.10.03
2 hours
Skive Bike™. Felt bad for missing a night ride because of that damn pub.. So Horsehold, cheeky woods, new cheeky woods,hmm exposed,jumble hole clough, knott wood, more cheekiness... The Kona A is definitely a cheeky woods bike ;-)
Coniston Bluebird
 
1.10.03
1.5 hours
Usual plus playing on stones. Kona A top fun bike......
Red Wine
 
28.9.03
1hour
Pen Y Ghent to watch the 3 peaks, superb...
Jennings Cumberland ale
 
27.9.03
3.5 hours
Seems a long time since the last ride... Tour of Pen Y Ghent with Sharon, last ride of Summer.
Jennings Cross Buttock
 
14.9.03
1 hour
Martha's first singletrack ride. Back of the post office with only two dabs, smooth on Black Moor, Trough Lane, Home. Girl did good, probably the easiest but best ride on those trails, proud dad me.....:-)
Erdinger
 
8.9.03
1.5 hours
Introducing Stan to mountainbiking. PyB to Tryfan, Llyn Idwal and back. Wales love it.....
Pedigree
 
7.9.03
2 hours ish
Llangollen. Nice big steep ascent then cheeky singletrack, quarry, horseshoe pass, bum on back tyre descent and big climb in reverse.
Probably beer again.
 
6.9.03
3 hours ish
It rained so we left the mountain route for another day and rode MBR and Big Doug at CyB instead. Nice lake Bivvy site.
More beer
 
5.9.03
3 hours ish
Cadair Idris Bivvy Ride. Up to the top, drink, eat, sleep, wake, shit, and down again. and my weren't those disks hot at the bottom :-)
Pimms, beer, and Laphroig
 
31.8.03
3.5 hours ish ?
North Leeds v Calderdale.
Back of the Post Office, Black Moor, Manywells, Hallas Lane, errm next bit to Wilsden, the bit near Steve's piss, Harden Cricket climb, altar Lane, Harden Moor, Hainsworth descent to Keighley Road, Brow Top, Black Moor, Sawood, White Moor, Cheeky Wagon and Horses, Cock Hill descent, Top O'Stairs, Stairs, Lame Lamb, Stones. Top ride :-)
Landlord
 
30.8.03
2 hours
Wife bike. Cock Hill, Cock Hill descent, Haworth Old road, Crimsworth Dean, Hebden, Hardcastle Crags, Haworth Old Road, Top O' Stairs, Stairs, Lame Lamb, Stones...
Stella
 
24.8.03
2 hours
Ride with SteveM. London Road, extended coffee session in Blazing saddles, Jack Bridge, Whirlaw Stones, Rodwell End. Beer and tuna melts at the 10th Muse
Erdinger
 
19.8.03
3.5 hours
Forest of Dean. family ride with Sharon and Martha. Quick blast around FODCA 1 while they had Ice creams then Martha rides Singletrack. Hmm she needs to go to CyB ..........
Erdinger
 
17.8.03
3 hours ish
Andys Ride to the Beach with Andy, Tim C and Sharon. Alnwick is ace, bikes are ace, beer is of course for winners :-) Cheers to Andy, T, TimC and B for showing us a good time......
Red Wine
 
16.8.03
4 hours
Simonside Wife Bike. Managed to get lost and "discover" some new trails. Flowing singletrack was ace.
Errm something in the Tanners
 
15.8.03
2 hours
Wife Bike. Rothbury following in the tiretracks of northumberfest but with sun and heat
Loads with Andy and T
 
12.8.03
1 hour
Quick Brid Beach Blast.......
Red Wine
 
9/10.8.03
12 laps
F***ing hot Sleepless in the Saddle, 35C!! Dehydration, vomiting, top fun. Daylight at night courtesy of Chipps and Lupine Lights hmmmmmmmm. Cool last laps with Rob and then JonathonB too :-)
Stella
 
4.8.03
1 hour
Quick blast over to Tod...........
Stella
 
3.8.03
2 hours
"Family Ride" Tandem -Road Climb to Conduit, Top O'Stairs, House of shit, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden. Reverse plus Stones...Hot, damn hot. Brake fade on Tandem Disks ;-)
Landlord
 
31.7.03
2 hours
Jack Bridge, Slack, Woodsy descent to Lumb Mill, Jack Bridge, MTL to Blackshaw, Vietnam, Super Fly to Blackshaw, Knott Wood to Pub
Hellbender
 
24.7.03
2 hours
Jack Bridge, MTL to Blackshaw Head (what's with the gravel?), Vietnam, Jumble Hole, errm climb and Cheeky Wood, Callis up, singletrack down, Chicken run on the steps.....hmm new Barmaid ;-)
80 / and Wallop
 
21.7.03
5 hours
Back O'Post Office, Black Moor, Sawood, Hambleton Lane, Ogden, Luddenden, High Brown Knoll, Lumb Falls,Shackleton Knoll, Widdop, Gorple Stones, Sheep Track, Sheddon Clough, road to Blackshaw Head, Jack Bridge, Road over Cock Hill, Oxenhope
Duval
 
20.7.03
1.5 hours
Usual with Sharon.
Landlord
 
18.7.03
2.5 hours
Back of Post Office, Black Moor, Sawood, Hambleton Lane, Ogden, Luddenden, High Brown Knoll, Lumb Falls, Top O'Stairs, Lame Lamb
Landlord
 
17.7.03
2 hours
Horsehold, Callis Wood, Singletrack, Canal, MTL Climb "Vietnam", Balckshaw Head, Jack Bridge, Slack, Woodsy Singletrack to Lumb Mill,Jack Bridge descent
Landlord
 
13.7.03
1.5 hours ish
STW Family Ride at Delamere
Abbott
 
10.7.03
2 hours
Jack Bridge, Colden. Walshaw Dean, Moon River....
Witches Brew
 
8.7.03
1.5 hours
Itchy and Scratchy Ride. Hill reps on climb to Mast, White Moor reverse, White Moor, Conduit, Dnearly ride over Piers' grouse on Waggon singletrack,conduit, Lame Lamb, Stones and home. Midges are out and hungry......
Stella
 
3.7.03
1.5 hours
Black Moor,Manywells, Cold Springs climb, Sawood, White Moor, Conduit, Waggon singletrack, Conduit, Lame Lamb, Stones x2
Landlord
 
28.6.03
3 hours
Shhh ride round Moel famau, felt good on them hills ;-)
Stella
 
25.6.03
1 hour
Quick blast on the usual to loosen up the legs.....
Black Sheep
  21/22.6.03
11 laps
SS Mountain Mayhem...Bad idea drinking that much and staying up so late on Friday Night/Saturday Morning. Bad event only managed 11 laps must enter SITS and make up for it............................

Old P Landlord and whisky

 
15.6.03
1.5 hours
New usual....Black Moor, White Moor, Conduit, Cock Hill, Double track descent, Top O'Stairs, Lame Lamb, Stones................
Stella
 
12.6.03
2 hours
Tod Ride. Riggs, Watergrove, Long Causeway and back....
Dike Water
 
8.6.03
1.5 hours ish
SS Euro Champs, Thetford. Swoopy dogfight singletrack through trees hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Water !
 
7.6.03
1.5 hours ish
Thetford. Practice lap and team relay. We (JonathonB, Judith, Kluster) won 1st Mixed Team despite being pissed......Go Team !!!
Golden Promise
 
5.6.03
2 hours
Evening Ride. Jack Bridge, River track to Slack, Heptonstall Quarry Top, Blue Pig descent, Steps and river to hebden
Deuchars IPA
 
3.6.03
1.5 hours
Sunset ride. On a caffeine buzz thanks to Chipps new Coffee machine. Oh and his Maverick too. Usual plus cock hill descent, top o'stairs, Lame Lamb(almost cleaned it fell for the same puddle as Piers), Stones. I love mavericks ;-)
Grolsch
 
29.5.03
2.5 hours
Night Ride with Ben and Piers. Horsehold, descent through silver birch + bluebells, Canal, Jack Bridge, Heptonstall, Blue Pig Descent, Hardcastle Crags with return along the river.
XXXB
 
25.5.03
2.5 hours
Nice and easy Delamere ride on't Tandem with Martha. Weather stayed nice, relaxed pace with some singletrack thrown in...
Southern Comfort and Chimay
 
15.5.03
2 hours ish
Night Ride, Black and White,conduit, cock hill, descent,top o'stairs,lame lamb descent, messin about on stones, jelly babies and whisky...........

Landlord

 
9.5.03
2.5 hours
Night Ride. Knott Wood, Jack Bridege, Egypt, Moon River....no lights, and possible new piece needs investigating..........

Loads of Landlord

:-)

 
9.5.03
2.5 hours
Afternoon ride with SteveM and Piers. Black Moor, Tip run, Hallas Bridge,St Ives, Altar Lane, Harden Moor, Haincliffe, Brow Moor, cheeky gorse descent.
 
4.5.03
3 hours ish
3 laps of Karrimor Enduro 6, Trentham with Mark A, courtesy of Specialized. New Freewheel :-) Thanks Tim...Wet, muddy and slippy singletrack and plasticine mud made going hard. Hey, I actually raced and overtook people ;-) Top day.
1 small Holstein Pils
 
2.5.03
45 minutes
Gisburn Forest, white ind cracks into three pieces so it's a scoot back to the car and on with the spare, raced the route in reverse to meet everyone.34/16
Pedigree
 
29.4.03
1 hour
Usual with Dave N, and a sprinkling of extra singletrack...... White Moor flowing, nice and wet and deep. All is right in the world once more ;-)
Leffe
 
26.4.03
4 hours
Ridge to fairy hill, woods and back, bit of road, Rossili Downs, Farm tracks, road climb, back along the ridge..........
Cobra Beer
 
25.4.03
4 hours
After a day getting here, it's a nice long ride round the gower, ridge to fairy hill, woods to the coast, big hill, and back Set off in the rain and it didn't stop till we got back, felt good................................
Cobra Beer
 
23.4.03
1 hour
Picking the car up - Back o' Post Office, black Moor reverse, Brow Moor, Haincliffe, Haincliffe woods

Gordon Finest Gold

 
20.4.03
4 hours
Trough of Bowland with Steve, Ben, Jim and Gary... Dry, steady climbs, good descents, cool singletrack......Must Ride Again !
Golden Promise
 
18.4.03
1.5 hours
Night ride with Sharon, Usual, Waggon and Horses singletrack,etc.....
Grolsch
 
17.4.03
1.5 hours
Usual, conduit, Stairs lane, Stones descent. Campfire
Grolsch
 
16.4.03
2 hours
Chill out ride with Sharon, Black moor, Conduit, Stones.....Dodgy Asian Porn Photoshoot on Five Flats ..................Campfire evening
Landlord and grolsch
 
15.4.03
1.5ish hours
Same as earlier but by Moonlight. Full Moon, Chipps and Ben
Landlord
 
15.4.03
1.5 hours
Usual but across to Stairs Lane, Stones Lane - cleaned the midsection down to the stream ..........
Landlord
 
13.4.03
1 hour
Willits 29'er round the usual. Quick and easy, playtime on stones on the way home ;-)
Golden Promise
 
8.4.03
1 hour
Quick blast round the usual,played on the stones singletrack, did the drop off down to the stone seat ;-)
Grolsh
 
6.4.03
3ish hours
The epic mawdach trail, massive group, nice weather, fish and chips on the beach. top ride
1 pint Bitter
 
5.4.03
2ish hours
CyB Fat Tyre Fest. Tandem with Martha, much smoother on the singletrack than last year.
Errmm quite alot and stuff
 
1.4.03
1 hour
Dusk ride with Dave2. Usual with added side on hail, hmm painful.
Budvar
 
28.3.03
1 hour
Hour and a half later and I'm back on the trails with Piers, Steve and Rob. Fast and painful.....then on with moving piers house. Hmmm stairs
Trusty Landlord is our friend
 
28.3.03
1 hour
Quick blast round the usual before moving Piers...........set off at 8.20 does that count as dawn ? ;-)
See above
 
27.3.03
1 hour
Usual, first night ride alone for a while, hmmm spooky. Very Dry..................
Golden Promise
 
22.3.03
3.5 hours
Sunny Family Ride. Tandem up Mastilles Lane, Malham Tarn for Ice Creams, Arncliffe grassy descent. Hmm thigh ache...................not training for Fat Tire Fest Oh no...................
Erdinger
 
19.3.03
2.5 hours
Bens Birthday Night Ride. Knott Wood, sneaky singletrack (better down than up), Blackshaw Head, New delight, Field Head, Egypt, Blake Dean, Shhhweet singletrack descent, rocky and woody........
Landlord and WierdHound
 
17.3.03
2 hours
Skive bike. Knott Wood, Blackshaw Head, New Delight, Field head farm, Egypt, Gorple Res, Blake dean, Heptonstall, Lumb Mill descent leading into Jack Bridge..................
Stella and Black Russians
 
15.3.03
1 hour
Night wife bike™ - the usual, . Sharon's first night ride, pub stop at Dog & Gun ;-)
Landlord
 
14.3.03
2.5 hours ish
Singletracktastic....Horsehold, Callis wood singletrack, Jack Bridge, Heptonstall, Blue Pig descent, Hardcastle crags climb and shhweet singletrack back to the mill..Even managed a pint ;-)
Laphroig and Landlord
 
6.3.03
3 hours
Robs Wonderful Night Ride.™ East Lancs at night on the Stiffee, convinced now that it's being spiteful with it's lack of indexing, must feel unloved. Top riding and vomiting too, dodgy Prawns ? Moorland climbs, rutted singletrack and schhhweet woodsy descent....and an 11 o clock finish .
Sleep is the new beer
 
25.2.03
1.5 hours
Second RC31 ride, usual with a sprinkling of Stairs Lane, Stones as a descent, now can't move neck without wincing... that'll be the rest of the week ruined then.
Duval and painkillers, hmmm
 
24.2.03
2 hours
First RC31 ride (cheers Rob) Back of post office, brow moor, sugden end, barcroft, chicken factory, cold spring climb, sawood, white moor, conduit, w & h cheeky singletrack, stones. sweet...........but painful later, appears I've fecked a neck muscle
Red Stripe and painkillers
 
22.2.03
3ish hours
Northumberfest2, Rothbury ride. After a night of debauchery and a morning of regret ;-) Top ride with a good group of friends, much slacking and hanging around. Loverly rooty singletrack, wierd frozen peat climb, greasy wooded descent, dab-tastic and swoopy to finish........
Shitloads and cake
 
14.2.03
3 hours ish
Rob's wedding present.. Inchfield road, moonlight climb, daytime bridleway car chase, crispy climb carry to the trig, top crusty descent, ravines and tussocks, sheep track and finally "that" track, descent to portsmouth.. Dog fight behind the offices, surreal, must be the full moon......... Must find better entry into the descent ;-)
None !
 
8.2.03
1.5 hours
Wife bike™, usual ride but with Sharon. Nice and wet ride, white ind freewheel still happily clicking away................
Grolsch
 
4.2.03
2+ hours
Night Snow ride, with Chipps and a stiffee with fecked gears. Back o post office, black moor, trough lane, sawood, conduit, conduit, stones descent. Felt good...
Landlord
 
3.2.03
3 hours
Snow ride, stairs lane, conduit, cock hill, cock hill descent, stairs lane in reverse, conduit, sawood,black moor, back of post office. All in summer shoes, hmm nice....
Grolsch
 
30.1.03
1ish hours

Home turf night ride, ffreeezzing -15? windchill icy black moor oohhh ahhh, struggle past the Dog and Gun, hmm beer and fire,sawood, Rob "hmm nice arse", I mean I know it was virtually his birthday but really.......,descent to leeming and Bay Horse...Nice to be on the Kona again

Laphroig and Landlord
 
24.1.03
2ish Hours
Night ride from Carvels up "the big hill". 165 disk on ferrous everything sorted. Good ride then freewheel back, big up to Bolty for staying open late......
Laphroig and Stella
 
19.1.03
2 hours
Quick blast to pick up the car after a night out in Hebden Bridge.Road climb (hangover cure),White Moor, Conduit, Cock Hill descent, Haworth Old Road, Hardcastle crags. Wet, cold, windy perfect start to a sunday morning............Shorter stem on Ferrus seems to have sorted it.
Wine, Grolsh and Wiessbeir
 
14.1.03
2 hours (ish)
Calderdale Comedy night ride, forgot pedals, Rob forgot his lights, end up riding eggbeaters (nice) in Chipps summer shoes which are a size too big(not so nice). Rodwell End, Canal, Horsehold, (cough)woody singletrack(/cough), canal and pub. Cannondale Scalpel IRXCJEYBOY ;-)
Theakstons best / Stella
 
12.1.03
few hours 3?
Rode the Marin Trail at ByC hmmm very nice, we'll see how the arms feel tomorrow after riding rigid for the first time in ages. To quote Andy A "Bikes are Ace!" and so was the company.............
Old Peculiar
 
9.1.03
1 hour
Night ride...Quick blast to set up the Ferrous. Black Moor/Sawood/Sneaky descent off to Leeming res.......Nice singletrack.
Stella
 
3.1.03
2 hours
Snow bike ! Virgin snow and a Rocky Mountain with 03XTR...Black Moor/White Moor blah blah.
Weissbeer
 
2.1.03
3 hours
Well we meant to ride yesterday but the Vodka melon/ Landlord/ Stella on New Years Eve put paid to that. Nice muddy ride in the dales on the Stiffee with Sharon . Gargrave to Mastiles and back never had so much chainsuck in my life. Cheesy beans on toast in the Cafe..
Stellas

Compare with Piers (obviously not the beer though ;-)