Author: daveyk74

Hi wheelers, it’s the next of our challenge ride series this Sunday, and the tough one! The Paul Christon Mountain challenge. Departing from Ayton high green car park 09:30 with 3 routes to choose from, standard, plus and killer!  Please arrive in good time to sign on ready for the 09:30 roll out straight up Gribdale as a leg loosener. Finishing at Fletchers farm cafe with a cut off time of 5hrs 30 mins. Please arrive well prepared and familiar with the route as this is not a lead ride. however ability groups will no doubt form very quickly. Tourists trial points available regardless of route choice. 1 point for completing the route within the cut off time, one point for fully fitted mudguards, and one point for a proper saddle bag or bar bag that is able to contain a small flask and a sandwich. Please see the link to the website below for routes and further details. Thanks, and see you all there. Dave K

P.s. for anyone not wishing to ride, I am looking for 2 or 3 volunteers as gate openers on gribdale. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, 

Mountain Challenge

Hi wheelers, it’s the start of challenge ride season again. The first up is the Northallerton 50/4, this Sunday 17th March, departing 09.30 from Ayton high green car park. 4 hrs to complete the route, finishing at the Stokesley sign, with John kelly signing you off, either in the town square next to the toilets and the flower pots, or in his car outside the town hall, depending on the weather. Usual challenge ride rules apply, please depart in ability order from Ayton, fastest riders first, and please keep things tidy heading out through Stokesley high street and Hutton rudby bank! remember it’s not a race! 

The challenge rides are not lead rides and it’s up to the participants to navigate the route arriving back within 4 hrs. Having said that it’s the trend these days for groups to form before departure. I’m happy to lead a medium paced group, as long as I can manage to not fall off again on Skutterskelfe bend.   

Please arrive at Ayton in good time to sign on, and enjoy the ride. Cheers, Dave K 

Oops, sorry for the late notice, I forgot about the rough stuff 🤦‍♂️ ! Time to dust down your old mtb, cx bike, gravel bike, BMX, or whatever they want to call them these days, join us for the final challenge ride of the year. An off road circuit of Ingjeby incline and back round via Baysdale and Gribdale. Usual tourist trial points available for completing the ride, bonus points for mudguards and proper saddle bags. Please be at fletchers farm car park ready for 09.30 prompt set off. Thanks, Dave K

Hi Wheelers. This Sunday 17th September is the premier event of the year! The castleton 50 in 4 challenge ride ( tourist trial ) departing from MSV, if you can congregate on the far LHS of the car park at the skate park end and be ready to roll out for 09.30. Please see the link below for full details and route. As usual part of the challenge is to navigate the course and be self supporting, arriving at castleton within 4 hrs. Unfortunately Castletown tea shop is closed again, so John kelly will be signing riders off either in the small green opposite the tea shop, or from in his car nearby if the weathers not great. Refreshments can be found in the co-op just up the road.  I do have plans to re-jig the entire event, moving the start to Ayton and finish to Ingleby Greenhow, however this won’t be till next year I’m afraid. Please bear in mind this is not a lead ride! However I suspect that ability groups will quickly form. Please keep things neat and tidy as usual, and remember “it’s not a race”! See you all there, thanks, Dave K 

Castleton 50

Hi Wheelers. Moving swiftly on with the challenge ride season. This Sunday is the rescheduled 150 in 12 ride. A classic Cleveland wheelers event we reintroduced last year with a fantastic new route developed by Marcus Smith, taking in the coast and hills over to Grosmont and Pickering, before circling back via the flat lands of York and Boroughbridge. As with all the challenge rides, navigating the route is part of the challenge, and please come well prepared for mechanicals and unexpected eventualities. This is not a supported ride. However I do expect a steady and faster group to form. Please be ready to sign on and roll out from Ayton high green car park at 08.00 sharp. Also please note sign off will be at the Tannery Bar, Park rise on the cut through from Ayton high street. Not the Poor house as indicated on the website. 

Obviously not everyone will wish to take part in this, so can normal club run groups meet for 09.00 start as usual

Thanks, Dave K 

150 Mile Challenge