Now we are talking, some concrete legacy proposals

I just got my sweaty little hands on a copy of North Yorkshire County Council's Tour legacy proposal report and its better than I could have imagined. Traffic free to Spofforth is part of it although what form it will take on the ground is unclear. Better yet there is a whole raft of proposals including extending the Nidderdale Greenway via Ripon to Masham how cool would that be? As well as loads of other stuff in the Dales  and some urban...

The Harrogate Cycling festival

I have just got back from the cycling festival at Killinghall Moor. We parked at the Hydro and cycled up, my youngest struggling up the hills but I managed a one arm pushing, one arm steering assist up the steeper bits and he did the rest on his own. The event itself was great. The mini pump track was my kid's highlight and mine if I'm honest. I ended up racing another dad on a 16" wheeled little kids bike, great fun. There were...

Who wants to play Virtual Tour De france?

Its that time again Wiggo is out but Froome looks on form and the behemoth of Cav looks as good a bet as ever. Its tour De France time. Get yourself by a telly at about 4.15 in the afternoon for the next few weeks. The nice people over at velo games run a fantasy Tour De France game, league, thingy. You pick a team and as the results roll in stage by stage you get points and somebody wins. This year Cycle Harrogate are running a mini league...

Summer News Update

Sorry my life has been busy with work recently and a fair bit of cycling with the family but local cycling has been moving on whilst I have been earning a living. The Nidderdale Greenway was opened by Sustran's head honcho along with our MP Andrew Jones. There was some speeches and a tape was cut. Malcolm Margolis Harrogate's local cycling hero also made a speech. He was delighted the route was open but he quite rightly had a pop at North...