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Alps 2010

in rainbows

rainbows and blue sky

We were all looking forward to a dry and dusty weeks in the Alps…it may not have worked out quite like that but in true Cakeriders’ style we managed to ride in the mud, break bikes, have stupid falls and eat nowhere near enough cake. We did manage to have fun doing all of these things though! read the rest of Alps 2010 report »»

Cake Quest

mmm cakes

mmm cakes

Title: Cake Quest 2010

Location: Walton-on-the-Hill Community Centre, Breech Lane, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7SN

Description: The perfect event for any Cakeriders with a road bike, unless you want to do the off-road “fairy cake” ride.  Find out more on road.cc or have a look at the event website.

So anyone interested???

Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-09-26
End Time: 16:00

more wednesday training

bars and wildlife

bars and wildlife

Combination of not getting out of work until 4pm and new bike fever meant a slightly different training ride today.

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Dunwich Dynamo 2010

lots of riders waiting at London Fields

lots of riders waiting at London Fields

2010 saw the second time some cakeriders entered the Dunwich Dynamo.

For those who don’t know this is a 120mile ride overnight ride from Hackney to Dunwich. This semi organised ride sees around 100 folk decide for no sensible reason to ride through the night to the seaside.

A waffly report of cycling overnight…

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Alps 2010

Alps2010

Alps2010

August 2010 will see the first large scale cakeriders trip to the Alps. So thought it would be useful to pull information and chat that might be useful beforehand in to one page, so here goes. read the rest of Alps 2010 »»

Long Mynd report

first hilltop rest

first hilltop rest

Always surprised me just how steep the riding around the Long Mynd is. The cimb out of the car park is a classic example.  Once you have gone through the stream a couple of times at the bottom it just keeps on going on a fairly wide track with drainage ditches every 10metres for added hardship. read the rest of Long Mynd report »»

more wednesday training

nearly 30miles in

nearly 30miles in and about to hit Barry Knows Best

So another Wednesday afternoon training ride.

Slightly changeable weather that included bright sunshine and thunderstorms made it a lot more akin to likely conditions for the Kielder 100 in September.

Starting from Dorking the plan was to ride around 40miles to get used to being in the saddle plugging away for a number of hours.

read the rest of more wednesday training »»

pre-alsp shakedown ride

Title: pre-alps shakedown ride
Location: Peaslake
Description: The terrain might not be alpine but planning a short ride around Peaslake to test the Alps ready changes made to the bike…
Start Time: 11:30
Date: 8th August 2010
End Time: 15:00

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So come along and check that bikes are working properly – gives you a week to get any last minute bits and bobs or replace things that break whilst riding…

north of worthing

taking a break on the south downs way

taking a break on the south downs way

This ride was supposed to happen on Saturday but delays in getting out of London and stifling heat put this off until Sunday morning.

This is a classic old skool xc route that was in mbr way back in May 2004, see I knew keeping all of those old routes would come in useful one day. read the rest of north of worthing »»

riding the Long Mynd

Title: riding the Long Mynd
Start Time: 10:30
Date: 2010-07-17
End Time: 16:00

Tried to ride this route on Boxing Day but failed due to freezing temperature and ice so going to give it a go in mid-summer instead.

Have a look at the Long Mynd map for the ride we have done in the past.

Oh and come along…