Category Archives: CTC

Cyclist Touring Club related posts, ride reports, pictures and routes.

Garmin Connect – Early Season TT

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Garmin Connect – Untitled. Proved to be a bit of a disaster as I punctured 5 miles from the start and things just went from bad to worse. Found out that you can’t transfer a course from a Garmin 800 … Continue reading →

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Weekending 31 July 2010

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Monday: Website down over the weekend so time for a fresh start. Time again to go on the wagon and take alcohol out of the equation again and start afresh. Booked some spinning classes and pressed on with all those … Continue reading →

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Weekending 12 June 2011

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Monday: Tex,s morning  spinning class at the Oval . Started stripping the varnish off the Carbitubo only to find paint stripper isn’t what it used to be.Evening spinning class at West Kirby. Tuesday: Morning spinning class at West Kirby cancelled … Continue reading →

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Weekending 17 Apr 2011

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Monday: Work Tuesday: Work Wednesday: Work, got knocked back on the redundancy package. Thursday: Set about planning the Spring 50  route on RidewithGPS.com after finding the CTC track had an error in it because it was a ride turned into … Continue reading →

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Weekending 21 November 2010

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

I’ll cut to the chase, I’ve spent most of the week in work with an extra shift to pay for the toys.  I’ve also spent some time playing with the Edge 800 and reading some of the first reviews of … Continue reading →

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Mills Hills Audax 2008

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

A tribute ride to the late Graham Mills which ticks my hilly and hard boxes. I never got to ride any of Graham’s rides but the were legendary among the CTC. This one belongs up there. I’d entered online with only … Continue reading →

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Wild Wales 2008 (The ride)

Posted on August 25, 2008 by

What an event packed ride. Another great event organised by Merseyside CTC. The weather forecast was a bit mixed, damp at first with sunshine to follow. It proved to be spot on. Rain overnight meant the roads were damp at the start. … Continue reading →

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Wild Wales 2008

Posted on August 9, 2008 by

Just got the Route today and here is my interpretation of it. If your using Internet Explorer and having trouble with it loading try using FireFox it is a lot lot quicker when using BikeRouteToaster. 13 Aug 08 tidy the … Continue reading →

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Bob Clift Memorial Ride 2008 (Cheshire Cycleway)

Posted on June 17, 2008 by

Ride write up to appear in a day or two.  Been without Internet for yesterday and today and the site went down to boot. Thanks to Paul for getting it sorted. Don’t know if it is a sign of the … Continue reading →

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Aqueduct Audax

Posted on June 1, 2008 by

Truly great day ( for 30 of us). Got confirmation of my entry last night from Stan and finally sorted my route out. The first climb done in the car did scare me but at least it sorted out a … Continue reading →

Posted in CTC, Hilly, Rides and exercise, Routes and Rides | 5 Comments