New to the club? Or been with the club a long time but still not attended a week ride? Wondered what all the weird acronyms mean, and what speed you’ll realistically be riding at? Here’s a brief guide to the NTR Road Rides you should be joining in with if you’re new to road riding […]
For those that do not know, the Great North Bike Ride (GNBR) although it has a grand title started off a group of mates riding in memory of a lad called Chris Lucas who died of rhabdomyosarcoma at the age of 16. That was in 2000 when there was 6 of them, now 18 years
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For the past 3 out of 4 years, Alan Dale has taken part in this 35 mile off road and slightly lumpy ride. It starts and finishes at the St Peter’s Campus of Sunderland University and heads out west and loops back around the city using mainly cycle routes and tracks. He has always taken
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In December 2016 I entered the 2017 Dirty Reiver. At that time the Dirtbags were just a twinkle in my eye, MMMMM rides were being planned but not yet started and NTR had no official Off Road wing besides a few hard core cyclocross riders. I was the only rider from NTR in April 2017
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Sportives are not everybody’s cup of tea, but they’re an almost now a weekly staple of the Cyclist’s Calendar. I’ve done some good ones over the years, and some not so good. The Wooler Wheel is certainly in the former bracket, it’s a lovely ride. And what’s more, on Saturday 13th May 2017, the roads
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By Grant Taylor, BAIT ride leader On the morning of Saturday 31st March, an intrepid group of NTR Beginners and Improvers set off on our now annual pilgrimage to the seaside town of Seahouses. Many were taking on their first century ride, many were unsure as to whether they would ever return. Alright, maybe I’m being
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