Ride Report: Wed 07 September – Destroy the Singlespeeder

To let all know that Moles don’t hibernate just yet, here’s a brief summary of the mid-week ride.  As Big Al had turned up on his single-speed Ibis Tranny (I’ve never recovered from the results of searching ‘Tranny’ on Google), we opted for climbing Box Hill from several different directions.

Rides – 4th September – the last morning of summer?

“Change is as good as a rest”. The Mole Forum agreed and the sunday ride de-camped to Bracknell to ride the trail-fest that is the Swinley Forest. Pulling up to the Lookout car park a mottley group of moles were waiting for an early off. Steve (our guide for the day), Tommo (wrong bike again!), DaveC, The D’Andies, D-dub (on his … Read the rest…

Ride report – Sunday 28th August – Memory test

Variable weather and the Bank Holiday weekend saw little response on the forum and I was expecting a small turn out.

Ride Report: Wed 24 August – Mickleham, Brockham, Norbury plus Dandy’s Double Dibs

No, not a term from suburban swingers circles (that can be the subject of another posting ! ), but a reference to a double dose of riding this week.  Dandy’s equivalent of a ‘Brucie Bonus’ (see how my finger is firmly pressed on the cultural pulse of the nation).

An epic day on the Ridgeway

The South Downs Way was not the only long ride attempted this weekend – Steven takes us through his Ridgeway epic experience. Read the rest…

Ride Report: Wed 17 August – Lonely as a Mole

‘Twas a dark and stormy night, with rain lashing down and the car display telling me it was only 13 C outside. Only 2 replies on the forum, and I’d already had one text from ‘Guaca’ telling me he was now stuck at work, would ‘Roadmole’ make it ???

London-Surrey Classic road race – shortest Mole ride of the year

If any of you live the SW london area you’d be hard pressed not to notice that we just had the biggest Olympics trial event and biggest cycle race in the UK (this year) last weekend. Since it was only coming a mile past the house it was too good an opportunity to miss seeing world class cyclists.

Ride report: Sunday 7 August – china pigs and a broken cock

The moles Sunday ride heads to Reigate before turning back to Headley and on to Box Hill Read the rest…

Ride Report Wednesday 3rd Aug: Night ride

Jem’s first night ride of the year gets him up and rolling on the comeback trail Read the rest…

Ride report: Sunday 31 July – Martha’s

A long run to Newlands via St. Martha’s Hill and Blackheath on a hot summer’s day. Read the rest…

Wednesday 28th July, short but sweet

It’s been ages since I was out on a Wednesday night ride but working from home this wednesday and with the weather being great it was time to get out and dust off the lights.

Ride report: Sunday 24 July – Reigate XC fun

The moles head to Reigate and discover some locals-only trails that have been hiding from us for a while Read the rest…