Archives 2013

A leisurely ride around the bay to Cap de Formentor today or so we thought…

Coming out of Pollenca it’s flat and dull but then the lads hit a big climb in the oppressive heat as we again hit switch-backs.… Read more

We manage an earlier start today and the lads are retreading yesterday’s route up to the top of the Coll de Femenia only this time we are pushing on down to Sa Colobra itself.

It’s another hot sunny day and … Read more

1 – 0 to Mr B.

Back of the net!!… Read more

Ho hum. That was quite a night. Inevitably we found the Irish bar and there was this guy singing and playing more guitar type instruments than I’ve ever seen. His Hendrix was perfect and this thing he did playing the … Read more

Here we are at the ‘winter’ training camp in Puerto Pollenca. Quite a journey to get here. We set off this morning from the Boro at 2.00 am!

A hearty breakfast at Manchester at 5.00am lifts our energy levels and … Read more

Coxy, Marty, Spena & Steve tackled the Beast, a 50 mile Sportive starting from Durham.

Coxy tells the story…

A 7:30am meet on a Sunday morning as we set off for Durham City to take part in the Beast, a … Read more

As you may know the Tour de France visits the UK next year and the closest place it passes to the Boro is Reeth in Swaledale so we decided to head over there for a recce and do a couple … Read more

This year’s ride along the Grand Traverse des Alpes was to raise funds for the the KTS Academy, an all-age special school in Brotton, Cleveland.

And it was with great pleasure that Roly and Steve K went along to … Read more

Fresh from the GR5, Captain Coxy has taken part in the OpenCycling challenge of the Coast to Coast in a Day. And didn’t he do well… you can see the results here…well under his target of 10 hours!. … Read more

We awake in Auron in glorious sunshine for the long 61 mile descent into Nice. It’s a stunning run down through the valley following the river all the way and peleton averages over 30mph as the target is to be … Read more