Archive for the ‘Bike rides’ Category

Richborough Cooling Towers dissapear
12/03/2012

I spend a lot of time riding in the Kent countryside in the lanes and down to the coast, there are some really nice routes and some great clubs to ride with. A constant on these rides are the distinctive cooling towers at the now defunct power station at Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. These towers [...]

Riding in the snow
12/02/2012

A bright and early, minus 5 degrees start saw us teetering down crispy trails, carefully choosing lines that avoided the ice. Five minutes in our confidence picked up as it was nowhere near as slippy as it looked and there was plenty of grip as the tyres bit through the top layer of powdery snow. [...]

Riding in Surrey Hills
10/02/2012

Being based a little South of London we usually head over to Wales for our Mountain Bike kicks – Wales being the nearest mountains we can find to the Metropolis, unless there is a mysterious mountain range that has remained off our radar that you think we should try… One of our group kept telling [...]

Bike ride out of London along the Thames estuary and down to the Medway
02/04/2011

As part of our intention to do a big group ride at the end of May from London along the Thames, out along the Estuary and then follow the coastline down to our home town of Whitstable Kent, two of us set off on a reconnaissance mission yesterday to suss out a suitable route for [...]

Early Spring, mountain bike, night ride
30/03/2011

Had a fantastic ride last night, spring is beginning to get going here in our little corner of South East England, the trails are beginning to dry out and temperature is nudging the low teens, here are some pictures from last night’s ride Here we are getting ready to roll, the woodland is a beautiful [...]

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Posted on Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:35:12
Richborough Cooling Towers dissapear
I spend a lot of time riding in the Kent countryside in the lanes and down to the coast, there are some really nice routes and some great clubs to ride with. A constant on these rides are the distinctive cooling towers at the now defunct power station at Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. These towers [...]more
A bright and early, minus 5 degrees start saw us teetering down crispy trails, carefully choosing lines that avoided the ice. Five minutes in our confidence picked up as it was nowhere near as slippy as it looked and there was plenty of grip as the tyres bit through the top layer of powdery snow. [...]more
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