Falmouth Wheelers
The launch of the club’s new “introductory ride” was a great success, with eleven riders joining us for a short ride to the Cornish Barrista at Halvasso. An equal number of club members turned out to help and to chat with what we hope could be potential new members. Taking the route out via Budock and returning via Union Corner, Mr Garmin suggested we had done 12 miles, and for some that had been enough on their first group ride. […] Read More
Come along Sunday 4th August for a short, slow paced beginners/improvers ride to the Cornish Barista at Halvasso. A total of no more than 6 miles each way with a cafe stop in the middle! Please ensure you have a road worthy bike, we suggest that you carry a spare inner tube and a pump and we’ll help you with any mechanicals. We recommend that you wear a helmet Children must be an acompanied by an adult. We will leave […] Read More
On Sunday I did the bike leg of the Challenge Roth Ironman distance relay in Germany . It was an amazing event, albeit rather stressful. The swim plus bike cut off time was 8hrs 25 mins. Our team swimmer plus changeover took 1hr 40 minutes which meant I had to ride 112 miles (with a mere 1406 metres elevation) in sub 6hrs 45 min, including stops and refuelling, to complete the run changeover. I cycled harder than I’d ever done […] Read More
Here’s a reminder of next Sunday’s Pathfinder – July 14 – a ride through the scenic lanes of north east Lizard. What to expect – 40kms with 600m of climbing, quiet country lanes, beautiful scenery through Trelowarren estate along creeks and views across Falmouth Bay a cafe with a sunny garden and cover if it rains – what more could you ask for? Meeting at Traboe Cross car park at 9.45 for a 10.00 depart. (what3words – gravest.breaches.adjust). Cafe stop in the garden […] Read More
Saturday 13th July is the next social ride for the Falmouth and Penryn Walking and Cycling campaign group, Meet at The Pier cafe at 3pm for cake if you wish and the ride starts from The Moor at 4pm. Sunday 14th July – Pathfinder set by Adrian. Starting from Goonhilly Car Park at 10.00am with a cafe stop at the Fat Apple Cafe. 16th July – Falmouth and Penryn Walking and Cycling campaign group meeting at the Seven Stars, Falmouth Moor […] Read More
Myself, Sheila, Ann and Rita had planned to go on a cycling trip to Mont Saint Michel and on researching the route discovered the Tour de Manche which is a Green Velo route which goes from Roscoff along the Brittany coast – via Mont Saint Michel – and on through Normandy to Cherbourg – across by ferry to Poole and from there back to Plymouth. Thursday 9th May – Falmouth to Plymouth- 68 miles- 5640 ft We thought it was […] Read More
The next Pathfinder ride is around the scenic west cliffs of Cornwall on Sunday 16th June, Starting from St Erth train station at 10am. What3words #Drift.Recruiter.Shipwreck Details of the start location and gpx link to the route are below. There are a few hills usual in Cornwall, but the ride is a little shorter than usual (above 20 miles) and we’ll ride in groups. There is a bit of gravel on the roads in places and please be mindful as […] Read More
OGIL ride report: 29th May 2024 The weather forecast looked quite reasonable. A bit cloudy but no rain expected until early afternoon. There was also very little forecast wind so we arrived at ToP quite optimistic for the conditions. Jan had already posted a suggestion of Praa Sands for our destination, and as no one could recall having ridden there on an OGIL ride any time in the last five years or so we decided to give it a try. […] Read More
Posting a Ride Report is very straight forward, particularly if (as many do) you’ve written the report “off-line” using your favourite word processor. So having logged in and added your media from the ride to the media library, from the home screen click on “Post” on the left menu. If you have logged in on a mobile device you may need to click on the three horizontal lines top left of the screen to expose the menu. Then click on […] Read More