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Hi guys
We’ve been out on a local through the week.

First time round we met half way up Alters lane (Bingley) starting from from home then on the third run from the bottom car park of St Ives, as you can see from the data the ride its about 13.5 mile with quite a bit of off road, there’s a fast off road section behind what’s locally known as the “Flappit”, this can be fun as there are different worn tracks, so if your doing it at speed you can get caught out. there’s also a section off Ryecroft road that’s entertaining, though still needs more exploring.  you can finish with the run through the woods at St Ives.

we where going to get a full blown GPS system but found a little I got-U device from Maplins, just a simple GPS tracking system  that will create waypoints as you ride that you can download to your PC, with with the right software it’s great and all from less then £40. We had to use another peace of software called topofusion to get the elevation data.

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13.81 mi (5.72 mi uphill, 5.50 mi downhill, 2.59 mi flat)
1817 ft total ascent (1596 ft descent) - 8.0 %  uphill grade, 6.1 %  downhill grade
2:25:13 total time (2:10:28 moving, 0:14:45 stopped)
0:09:26 pace (6.4 mph average speed, 38.5 mph max speed)
8.764 difficulty, 34.407 effort

Thank fully the Weather held out for our ride to Norwood on Saturday. It was not a route as we would normally do but more of a technical route. I got to say it was challenging shame it was not longer.

Then again we did take the red route, there was the option to take the black route or the double back route. But not been as experienced as some I did find the red route challenging enough.

I sure am looking forward to going back again. Next time am hoping to do better.

here is a short video of the fun we had

(sorry its not on the bradford biking account I forgot the password)

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Well we did it again but making a few small changes to the route.

This time we started in howarth heading towards satires lane and along the water which brought up at the back of the windmills near Ogden we contained on towards the old roman road down into Ogden. From here we could follow the same route as we did the week before which took us in a circle so we could head back the way we came along the waterway and down satires lane.

I got to say we could not of picked a worst day for the weather as it was it throwing it down with rain. Even tho we were wet to the skin and frozen we really did enjoy are selves.

Third group ride of the year and were starting to get back into the swing of things.
The route was a just under 15 miles from our start location in Thornton heading towards Ogden Reservoir on the road.
At Ogden we started off with a long gentle slope which can get tricky in places as its gets rocky and muddy in placed depending on the time of the year you go. After that there is small downhill where you can either choose to go down a rocky track with quite a few ruts in there or down the muddy track on your right.
from there we went along a waterway until we met with the road going up by the windmills, we continued down here till we game across a guest house, going left at the guest house will take you down an roman road which is very rocky so be careful not to let your inner clip you rim. This will then lead back to Ogden Reservoir where you can go back on your self back to where you started.
I must say I did enjoy this route and will be going it again.

Pictures Available here

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Elevation Data

People Who Attended

Antony
Matthew
Julie

This weeks Sunday morning ride was a short but good ride around Haworth and Stanbury, we set off from Andy’s house just after 9:10 riding up Mytholmes Lane, then right at the top on to North Street/West Lane, this was a bit of a slog for me, seemed to be having an off day. We took the left fork onto Cemetery Road and cycled to the end and turn right down the hill (41mph) then across the top of the dam then turned left on to Sun Lane and up the hill to Stanbury, once through Stanbury we turn left onto a single track lane (Back Lane), after about half a mile the road turned into a dirt track which we continued on for a further mile at this point we turned left through a gate and completely off road down the hill to the stone bridge at Bronte Falls. We crossed the bridge and climbed the other side till we reach the track that lead us back to cemetery Road and then retraced our run back to Andy’s house, 5.8 miles in total.

Now will probably be a good time to mention my new toy, I’ve got a Sporty cam to video our outings, this being the first one, there was plenty of learning, hopefully they’ll get better as we get more practice, but for now here’s our first one please remember to use the right click and save target rather then just clicking on the link

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Haworth Photos Available Here

It was our first real bike ride of the year, and what a windy day it was. Even though it was not cold, around 10c the wind sure did make it feel colder than it was.

We left Keighley around 10:15 and got to High Wind Bank near Kilnsey at round 10:45.
We stopped off at the same spot as we did last time (when we went to Kettlewell) which is in the middle of a field. Surprisingly this time round, there were no cows trying to mount each other.
A lot of this ride was on road and uphill the first part was from grass parking area between Kilnsey and Harkswick to Halton Gill, just under 7 miles which started off as small incline.

How about a trip to Kielder waters need to join £10 but you get free parking for this, their website is:

http://www.kieldertrailreavers.com/

 I’m looking at some time over the easter hols; I think to get the full benefit we need to go for a minimum of 3 day which means we’ll need to camp (or caravan in my case),

Where to stay 

There are several camping sites in the area, I’ve stayed at the Caravan Club site, this is for caravans only but it’s close Leaplish were there is a camping area, however, there is the Kielder Caravan & Camping Site which caters for both tents and caravans, I’ve never stayed there so can’t say what it’s like, but says it has a shower/toilet block which is the basic minimum requirement.

Rides

There are several levels of rides at Kielder, from easy family friendly tracks to full off roading so we’re not limited to thoughs who want to do one type of riding, it also mean children can come as well.

Final Note

Please let me know it you interested, please add a comment, if there’s enough I arrange the booking.