New Year’s Day

New Year’s Day Ride and Fundraiser. From Robin – “Our building work is near completion so Gill and I are now happy to once again host a New Year’s Day fundraising event. Our aim this year will be to raise money to help towards buying the components to build an adapted trike for Ian Negus following his cycling accident in 2021. Neil Selwood has offered his time for free to build the machine. We’ll serve soup, coffee, cake and other […] Read More

Monthly Meeting – 30th November 7.30pm

Join us for the usual meeting at the Woodlane Social Club to find out what we did and what we’re doing….. There’s lots of events coming up in the next 6 weeks, rides, social, craft and more. Make sure you don’t mis out. Post meeting talk – We’ll hear from Fred Pullen – The tale of the Famous Five cycle the Danube.

What’s on for the festive season

Not wanting to mention the ‘C’ word in November but ………… There’s lots of events coming up towards the end of the year to add to your diaries – Craft evening – 20th November from 6pm. –  Contact Kath for more info. We are taking part in the annual Christmas tree festival at the Princess Pavilions. The festival runs from the 3rd December until the 2nd January. The big switch on will be at 6pm on the 3rd followed by […] Read More

Volunteers needed for Penzance control of 600km Audax event on 29th June 2024

The Wheelers have been asked by the organiser if we can run this control for him on the Kernow and SW 600km event next June. As I mentioned at the last club meeting we have successfully run the Penzance control in the past and it was greatly appreciated by the riders before they set off into the night. If you might be interested can you get in touch with me as soon as possible so I can report back to […] Read More

The Cornish Alps Pathfinder

Eleven Wheelers turned up, including two on sparkies, at Gnomeworld for the start of the October Pathfinder, organised by Phil Conroy. I thought there would have been a bigger turnout but it had been a bad week for Wheelers coming off their bikes so we were down by at least two of the usual suspects. Maybe the prospect of the Clay Country on a dull day may have deterred the less adventurous but they missed a really interesting route on […] Read More

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Why did the chicken cross the road?

OGIL ride report 6th September 2023 It was a hot and sticky morning, with only a handful of us out for the ride. As is fast becoming the norm, a storm of WhatsApp messages the day before sowed more confusion that clarity over the destination. Phil1 had proposed Melinsey Mill, only for Amanda to declare the Roseland as a no-go area for her, and for Dean the Elder to explain that he will be out but will not be taking […] Read More