For longer than most of us can remember, Chris Crossland and his dedicated team of volunteers have been putting on Audax events for West Yorkshire CTC and Calderdale CTC, two of the most popular being the spring (aptly titled Spring into the Dales) and autumn (Season of Mists) rides. This […]
Ride Reports
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The much missed John Radford used to organise an annual figure of eight ride from Fairburn Village Hall – Fairburn is just off the A1 three miles north of Ferrybridge. John’s route was always out to Goole in the morning and on to Cawood in the afternoon after lunch at […]
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We had a very good turnout (27 riders) for the car assisted ride from Wetherby to Rufforth on 11 June. A kaleidoscope of cycling in terms of ages, gender and experience. And that was just the riders. Amongst the bikes we had two recumbents, one tandem, one Brompton, with the […]
Having done a recce of the proposed route today (9 May) I thought I ought to provide a bit more information about the route and anticipated timings, so to help people who might be thinking of coming along. At 40 miles the route is slightly longer than originally notified, but […]
On Sunday 14 May 2017 we have our annual car assisted ride to the Cyclists Memorial Service at the beautiful village church in Coxwold, North Yorkshire. A link to information about the origin and purpose of the service is given below. It is both a reflective and a most enjoyable […]
This year’s Tour de Yorkshire includes a visit to Calderdale on the final day of the race and our Sunday ride has been designed so that we traverse part of the race route and finish in good time so that folk can then go and pick their spot to watch […]
Many years ago there were lots of Clarion Houses. Now there are just a handful; but we are lucky enough to have one in easy riding distance at Roughlee, just outside Burnley. For those who want more information you can find it on this link http://www.clarionhouse.org.uk The clocks had just gone […]
Standing by the side of the road, watching a large peloton of nearly 500 riders pushing up the road, I cursed the loose mudguard clip that had seen me stop just a few minutes after setting off for Brest. Perhaps this was a ride above my pay grade, and I […]
Places like the Peak District and the Northern Dales are beyond the scope of a normal Sunday ride, so once or twice a year Calderdale CTC hire a van to transport bikes to locations beyond our usual haunts in West and North Yorkshire. After a trip in May to the […]