Although many of Stockport Community Cycling Club rides utilise off-road trails, there aren’t many that could be classified as predominantly mountain-bike rides. In fact, this Rivington 2018 ride is probably the only one. It was a fine Saturday morning as we left Rivington Hall Barn on the edge of the West Pennine Moors, and soon began our first climb of the day. It didn’t take long before the bumpy track grabbed its first casualties … Soon you can look out…
Sunday took Sarah and I to Rivington for the latest ride in Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s longer ride series. Whilst we had visited Eyam Hall (click here to read more about our day) the previous day and then gone for a short walk this was the first serious exercise we had undertaken since our exertions in the previous weekends Manchester Marathon 2015 (click here to read more about our experience). The longer rides tend to be around 50 miles. However a…
eXtra Rides are Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s advanced rides – they are intended to go a little further and be a little more challenging. Of these there are usually two in each calendar year that are advertised as hilly, and Rivington eXtra was the autumnal hilly eXtra Ride in this years calendar. The ride began at Rivington Hall Barn. It then headed over Lower Rivington Reservoir. We carried on through Grimeford village, crossed the M61 and began the first…
