The Wood Lane Club is reopening so the July meeting will be held at normal time of 7.30pm in the bar.
It was a hot summers day which promised to become even hotter. Fourteen Falmouth Wheelers met at Prideaux Place, Padstow for the start of the Cornwall Hospice Charity Sportive. Robin was the first to set off as he was doing the 104 mile course, supported by three of the Mylor boys. Next was the 71 mile brigade, Phil1 , Jan, Damien, Colin, Paul, Dean the elder and yours truly. Dean the younger was also to set off but had a […] Read More
I thought I knew most destinations in the vicinity of Helston, but I had not heard of the Crate. I was told it was located on Muddy Lane which Helston folk know as Rowes Lane. The group setting off from HQ was Adrian, Kiwi Dave, Mike, John, Sarah, Ian, Ben, Danny and myself (TD). Red Leader was taking his group to St Mawes and Amanda had already done her ride, setting off early to avoid the heat, and was on […] Read More
We had hoped to be back at Wood Lane Social Club for our July meeting, but it’s not available yet, so please meet at Queen Mary garden, Falmouth, at 7pm on Thursday 29th.
OGIL ride 14th July 2021 Those of us waiting at UC were treated to a visit from not one but two Denises on their electrically assisted steeds. They declined to join us as they were on their way to Stithians to experience a previously unexplored road that had apparently been discovered in the vicinity. Someone had better tell Ian about this. We departed very slightly late due to this diversion, and met up with the rest of the crew at […] Read More
It was just Sonjia and me – everyone else who usually turns up for the slower OGILS ride on Wednesdays had something else going on – and Sonjia suggested Helston boating lake. Anything was fine by me as long as we got some climbing in (preparing for the Sportive on Sunday) and you can’t go far out of Falmouth without climbing…so we went the usual route via Gweek and the Sainsbury’s roundabout, down to the lake, and had coffee there. […] Read More
On Sunday morning via WhatsApp I again asked our resident Weatherman, Damien, what the weather would be like. He came back and said it would be wet. Well, he wasn’t wrong. I don’t usually ride in the rain but needing to get a few more miles into my legs in preparation for the Coast to Clay I ventured out. There were more hardy souls at HQ and we gathered in our familiar groups. Without the likes of Fred, Phil 1 […] Read More
I had always considered myself a runner but I started cycling with the Falmouth Wheelers in 2009. I was suffering with increasing knee and hip pain during my preparation for the Tresco Marathon and I believed cycling might help relieve the pressure on my joints. It was the tenth and last marathon to be held in the Scilly’s and it was always held on the same day as the London marathon, though, with seven laps of the island and seven […] Read More
Well, I looked out at the heavy rain at 7.15 a.m. and put a WhatsApp message out asking if anyone had a better weather report on their phone than I had. Damien came back and said it would be dry by 9. That was good enough for me though it was pouring down as I got my bike out and was still raining as I made my way to HQ. Lo and behold, it had stopped by the time we […] Read More
As the Tour de France is upon us, Here are ten questions relating to Le Tour. Where did Stage 3 of the 2014 Le Tour start? In this year’s Le Tour the team Astana-Premier Tech is based in which country? What nationality is Thomas de Gendt of Lotto Soudal? Joop Zoetemelk won Le Tour in 1980; which was his team? Which rider from Luxembourg won Le Tour in 1958? Stage 14 of the 2021 Le Tour finishes in Quillan – […] Read More