With the sun out and the lighter days here many of us are hitting the tarmac and taking part in longer rides, TT’s or riding that little bit further for coffee and cake. On the flip side, we have a group from the off-road NTR Dirtbag section of the club that are eyeing up the […]

The results are in. 158 people rode their bikes on Saturday and/or Sunday 22nd/23rd June 2019 – a total of 316 rides. All the results are collated from people linked to the NTR CC Members Only group on Strava. If you’re not on that group, you weren’t counted. TOTAL NUMBER OF MILES IN 48 HOURS:

The 2019 summer solstice weekend was upon us and that meant maximum daylight and a reasonable weekend of weather ahead. We had various rides on over the weekend where people took the opportunity to do something different. On Friday night the crazy Dirtbags met at 11.00pm to ride their annual off-road Summer Solstice Midnight ride.

Its been a busy week at NTR, this week has seen members head over to Europe for some hill climbing, others took on triathlons and then the sun came out for the Sunday Club Rides. First up, we had members travel over to the French Alps chasing the pros, Tenerife climbing Mount Teide and Germany

Just as we thought the summer has made an appearance, mother nature had other plans. Weather forecasters warned of heavy rain and wind was heading our way for Saturday and boy did it!  That didn’t put off some of the plans our brave members had made. Bellingham Bikes Beer and Banter The Low lights Chain

Well, that was a busy weekend for the bees at NTR, we had many members taking part in all sorts of rides. We had a huge presence at the Doncaster Flat 100 Sportive with many positive comments from other riders about how polite NTR are. See, training rides improve leg strength and ride etiquette too.

When most of us planned our Bank Holiday cycle rides we maybe thought about pushing the miles a little, maybe a swift 50 or pushing the first century of the year. Club member Rob Waugh had other ideas, he has been training hard over the past months with one target in mind… All Points North

This weekend was the first of the years clash of dairies.  The weekend had events being held of all types of cycling and kept many members happy.   First up, early Saturday morning over 30 brave members travelled up the Kielder Forest to either support, marshal or ride the annual Dirty Reiver. This event promised

22 NTR juniors jumped off their bikes and headed to click n climb in Cramlington for an evening of fun. They had a party which consisted of many sweet items to keep them happy and were each presented with a certificate and medal in recognition of their cycling achievements and skills. After that they hit

It’s been a busy few weeks for the Club, the weather is turning and riders are making plans for the summer. We had a day of cyclocross training at Kirkley Farm, members have been down at Prissick Crit track in Middlesbrough racing and training and the kids Saturday morning coaching sessions have been going from