Ride Reports
Haccombe
Wed, 11 Apr 1990
Haccombe and Coffinswell were the destinations on this delightful evening. Dave fell off his bike at Aller petrol station, and later was repeatedly aware of something being in fro...
Beaston
Fri, 13 Apr 1990
There were a few mechanical adjustments at the top of Green Lane, but we were soon speeding down the track towards Caddaford - Martin reckoned several members wanted a pile-up. Th...
Tour (Senior)
13 Apr–17 Apr 1990
Mid Wales 5
'Croeso i Gymru' the greeting ran, as we crossed the Severn Bridge into Wales in the car. The rain greeted us as well, which wasn't that surprising, and this was followed by hail. All we needed now was snow, and on the Brecons there it was. We parked in Brecon and headed out in a stiff oncoming b...
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Easter Special
Sun, 15 Apr 1990
Bradley Wood, near Newton Abbot, always provides plenty of cycling fun. Today it turned out to be the mystery destination for our Easter Special - although anyone who can read map...
Tour
16 Apr–23 Apr 1990
Cornish Coast 8
The first few people to arrive at Plymouth station were Paul Smith, Neil Allan and Ian Gibbs. After about quarter of an hour all the people from Devon arrived, making 19 in all. Just before everyone was about to leave, Martin Luke suddenly announced that he had two spokes missing and his wheel mig...
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232 miles
4550 m
4435 m
Sharpham
Wed, 18 Apr 1990
Sharpham drive offers rural views across the river Dart and plenty of rough-riding entertainment along the way. This was a first-time experience for Dave Robinson and Philip Rober...
Rattery
Fri, 20 Apr 1990
Having decided to ride out into the wind in order to have it behind us coming back, we set out along Colston road with no clear idea of where to go. We nearly turned down to Stave...
Haytor Tramway
Sun, 22 Apr 1990
At 10 o'clock precisely it started to rain in Buckfastleigh. It continued light and intermittent until we reached Bickington. There we realised we should have waited for the Totn...
Stoke Gabriel
Wed, 25 Apr 1990
This evening we took the back lanes through Blagdon to Stoke Gabriel. The water level was so high that we couldn't ride along the river bank, so we returned along the track to Lon...
Skerraton Down
Fri, 27 Apr 1990
The moorland evening rides are always tremendous fun, and tonight was no exception. On this occasion there was no bull to block our path as we rolled across the fields towards Cro...
Start Point
Sun, 29 Apr 1990
No summary available.
Whilborough Common
Wed, 02 May 1990
Having ridden to North Whilborough we discovered an interesting-looking track that none of us had explored before. The challenge proved irresistible, so we set off for unknown adv...