22/05/2011 by johnthewliss.

Today at the library was Alex,Phil J,Brad,Jonny and myself Mad and that’s what we all must have been bloody mad with only 5 of us it was decided a short lumpy run to Rossis was in order “Good job aswell”So off we set in the direction of Brighouse and that was hard work with a 30 mph headwind . At the small roundabout we turned towards Hipperholme up the short climb and into the dip we turned left to the back roads wanting restbite from the wind but what came was awefull,Rain first and as we got to stump cross the heavens opened ,hail stone storm that never ended until we hit the top ,Side winds that blew you from one side of the road to the other and to top it all struggling to follow the unfit Brad “Stop telling porkies”After this the sun showed it’s face just to warm us enough to sweat us up from the inside.Left at raggolds and the fast down hill into Keithley and breakfast at Rossis .A good crack at the cafe and back on the road back home into Bradford and back up Manchester road into yet again another head wind only this time alot stronger,Back to scholes and into hartshead were we had a slight stop to exchange phone numbers ,sounds straight forward but hey two thorpers both with phones older than the arc that only old 3 numbers and one says to the other just don’t send no gay porn , I thought I was earing things until Brad started pissing himself aswell , these phones don’t even have predictive text never mind the bloody Internet .Anyway enough of that ;)Great ride Great company good laughsSo until next weekHave funMAD JOHNP.S I Phone 4 Alex

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10/05/2011 by johnthewliss.

Awesome ,Awesome ,Awesome what else can i say that describes a great route one of the best Alex, Fantastic strong riding and the side splitting banter at the cafe ,also Winnatts pass in the bag for the first time in three attempts, I felt on top of the world but its all thanks to you guys ,I’ve been at the club for a year now and i could’nt have wished for a better club to join , Your all  a great bunch of fellas and i’d like to thank you all for your help , Advice and Encouragement and i look forward to many happy years of riding with you all, again thankyou for making me feel so welcome.

Now the bull is out of the way back to the bike and this coming Sundays ride to Howstean Gorge , i have done this route before and can say that it is well worth the effort ,it is lumpy and about 100 miles in length but the cafe is very welcoming and serves great food but and there is a but I have phoned them to see if they can accomadate us again and the answer was yes as long as that fella called FRYUP does not come in his silver surfer shorts and night dress or the will be forced to call the police and report him for flaunting his chocolate star fish in public “not a nice site” especially when it rains  .

Until Sunday ,

Have fun,

MAD  JOHN

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01/05/2011 by johnthewliss.

Today was a nice flat run to boroughbridge and at the library this morning was Gentleman Geoff,Fry up Phil, New shoes Doug, Old man Captain Al, Young JC,Rich Creaser,Sky John,Paul B,Mick half a ride Kamis,Damien I think and Myself Mad John,

As we all gathered we thought it would be a head come side wind all the way and a side wind come tail pushing us all the way home and we were nearly right ,We set off in the direction of dewsbury and up the back roads of hanging heaton up to shaw cross and on to east ardsley ,

with a nice head wind a certain someone was complaining already especially with the brisk pace that was been set by Mr Creaser ,Onwards we went in the direction of swillington ,Garforth,and lotherton hall then it was on to Tadcaster were we all stopped for a quick brew at Tykes always nice and welcoming at tykes.

After a quick tea it was back on the bikes and then the group split,Yes Mick half a club run Kamis Sky John and Paul B set off back to mirfield(You all missed an awesome ride) and the rest of us carried on to (YORK)? whoops and a 10 mile detour to borough bridge with an awesome tail wind reaching speeds of 37 MPH on the flat ,

After 56 miles we finally reached our destination and a lovely cafe were we all sat out in the sun , All of us having combinations of eggs beans toast and tea, The banter was as good as ever and i think it will be used on other club runs.

After much discussion it was the quickest way back as possible as some were struggling with fitness this time at a steady pace as we already had an average of 17.5 mph on the clock hopfully with a tail wind but you guessed it no such luck , head wind all the way back until we got to Garforth were a welcome Tail wind helped for the next 10 miles and then home with a total ofon my comp 101.8 miles with an ave speed of 16.7 MPH ,

I have to say well done to Gentleman Geoff you were strong all day your doing really well buddy the same goes to you too New shoes Doug for pushing a certain someone all the way home  but what made me laugh was when he said push me harder Doug i dont want Mad beating me up this hill

I believe next week is yet another flat route to hope in preperation of the club 120 which isn’t far off so come on everyone we need to get the miles built up .

So until next week,

Have fun

Mad John (time for a PERONI now) cheers

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24/04/2011 by johnthewliss.

Hi fellas I am still on holiday on tuesday and ive got a full days pass so i was thinking about a ride to hollingworth lake via cragg vale so if anyone is interested I will be at club rooms at 9.00 am on tuesday morning

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18/04/2011 by johnthewliss.

I don’t know whats wrong with the blog but it will not let me comment AAAARRRRRGGGG.

Pocklington sounded like a great ride but it was the ROBBO for me and will be until  attain Gold, i will not be out sunday as i thought we were having a weekend off and i’ve arranged to go off with the wife but i will be out on saturday and before that i will see some of you at the club rooms on thursday when we pick up our long awaited jersey’s

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17/04/2011 by johnthewliss.

What a day , Plenty of Thorpers at the start and what a beautiful day ,Rode for a bit with Geoff and Dave then we lost Geoff at the lights somewhere , so me and Dave joined a group including the star wheelers and stayed with them until about the bottom of the moss this is were i lost Dave ,Sorry mate .

Over and down the Moss and what a beautiful tail wind all the way up woodhead ,after this i joined a small group until i got to the feed station were a couple of old mates caught up and i stayed with the to the finish more or less .

My time was just outside Gold and no book of excuses with a 4hrs and 40mins ,

I only saw jack and marc near the finish on there way home ,Dont know your times fellas just know you got gold well done,

oops i did see another thorper on my way home so i shouted some encouragment out of the car “COME ON GEOFF”

WELL DONE to all Thorpers who took part .

I hope those taking part in the pocklington ride had just as good a day .

Until the 1st of may have fun and pedal hard

MAD JOHN

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21/03/2011 by johnthewliss.

Just a quickie to let you all know ULTREMO R1 tyres are half price at JEJames at £22.99 each bargain if you ask me.

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20/03/2011 by johnthewliss.

At the library this morning were 13 thorpers John Spinner,Sky John,Geoff,Phil J,Paul B,Mick K,Steve M,Rich C,”sky” Chris,Martyn B,Ben B,Alex M and myself Mad John.

The idea was Ladybower the hilly back road way and hills there were ,through  mirfield to huddersfield the back way and then up the back roads (dont ask me what there called ) towards the victoria pub and on up again towards the windmills left at the windmills then some more climbing towards the strines “STRINES must be some kind of no go area to some cyclists because this is were the group split (seven including John Spinner who by the way had a full day pass )went on to langsett cafe for an early break and back home .

The rest of us continued to the strines this is were another left us Mr McCall but we can excuse him hes only used to doing 25 mile TT’s at the most sorry steve.

just after this it was the strines an awesome descent and an even better climb if we’d have done it in reverse but it was onwards and upwards and on to (i hope this is right) Bradfield were we stopped for something to eat ,A nice little cafe in the post office that not only does’nt serve hot food we had to eat outside oh and no bikes after a visit to the loo which was a ride up the road it was homeward bound .

According to Captain Al it was the flat way (with some long drags of hills) on to sheffield we went with roads that don’t seem to have been repaired ever ,good job my bikes a belguim bike and tested on pave

Past hillsborough and up the A629? back towards langsett  after towing “Sky Chris ” all this way he shot off from the back never to be seen again “sky” what else can we call him although he did really well because the last time we saw him he was about 2 stone heavier and he did’nt have any hill legs what so ever (well done chris )next time take your bloody turn on the front

after langsett at the junction to the star pub i left the group to do a bit more climbing ,while the rest took the easy route into huddersfield ,

i went back home the usual saturday cafe run way and then down past the mining museum and up the back road to thornhill

I hope every one else made it back safe .

My stats

67.8 miles @ 14.9mph not too bad considering there were some very severe climbs .

Good run again Al ,good company ,always laughs (i’ll let someone else reveal the biggest one:))

Yes at the top it does say Ladybower but we never made it that far (tired legs)

Just a word about next week “DON’T FORGET THE CLOCKS GO FORWARD”

untill the have fun

MAD JOHN

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06/03/2011 by johnthewliss.

At the library was Geoff, Doug,Alex,Jack,Phil J,Mick C,Rich C,Young John,Rich’s mate Paul,Dave H, Paul B,Myself Mad,and yes for the first time since last october SKY JOHN must have been the promise of sunshine, Sorry if i’ve forgot anyone if i have Just remind me .

So because Alex and Doug have both missed a few sunday runs, It was a short run to Rossi’s at keithley just to get them back into the swing .Off we set and from the start Sky was upto his usual tricks of yoyoing off the front then he had a race with the sowerby boys which lasted all of two minutes:) and back into the bunch he came.

Through brighouse and on to hebden bridge via a nice little climb of which the name alludes me some one will put me right, Then on to the long climb of peckett well ,Brilliant climb i must say .Rich C and Jack were off leaving Doug and Myself Towing Young John and Paul B up the first Half with Doug pacing us Paul went first but we held the temptation to attack with him, Two thirds of the way up and young John put in an attack but we still held back , Dougs wise words proved right Because 500 yards from the top we attacked and left them both in our dust over the top together it was like Hinault and Lamond, We did wait a short while for the rest of the pack but the wind was bitter so it was through Oxenhope and on to Rossi’s at breakneck speed were we met dereck andMartin who told us all about his accident and court case which Doug could have had wrapped up in an hour.

After a short while the rest of the clan rolled into the cafe in dribs and drabs after some good banter and some well earned grub we all set back off ,Rich C and Jack one way Phil J another dereck and Martin in another the rest of the rabble went back over the tops to Queensbury were we lost Sky John (sorry) i didnt Realise or we would have waited ,As we hit the little sprint hill just before Scholes i thought i would take advantage of Alex’s poor form (not his fault may i add) and Doug’s rustyness i pounced and for the first time i got to the top first probably the last time as well ,

Young John and Myself left Alex and Doug at whitleys and decided to do a bit more climbing ,we went on to bradley traffic lights and turned Left to accend the climb to the blacksmiths arms then a bit further on a left turn and a little leg burner of a climb just before Charlottes iceream then home .

I’d just like to say Well done to young John he’s coming on a treat just dont attack too early lol

stats are

58.5 miles at 15.4 mph

Awesome ride Brilliant company and always fun even when the hammer goes down .

Big thanks to Doug for the wise words ,

see you all THURSDAY for the CLUB MEETING 8PM i believe

untill then have fun

MAD JOHN

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27/02/2011 by johnthewliss.

All on my own at8 o’clock this morning I set off for Holmefirth on th woodhead road it was like the cobbles of the Paris roubaix I arrived at Holmefirth at 9 o’clock and decided to climb the moss half way up it started to rain and by the top it was sleeting and cold so back down I came and on to the cafe , full of bikers (motor) I decided to carry on home up to new mill and down to honley and home.
Stats 45miles
2 hrs 35 mins
See you all at lunch
Have fun
MAD JOHN

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