Sunday 15th May – Ride Day 3: The third day of ‘France en Velo’... Another long day in the saddle taking in 125 miles, leaving the Loire and ending up in Lessac in the Charente department. Almost 250 miles over the last two days, undoubtedly to...
Saturday 14th May – Ride Day 2: Day Two of St Malo - Nice saw us take on 120 miles today from Vitre to Fontevraud l’Abbaye in glorious weather again, possibly even a little too hot ! After an early 6.30 breakfast the start was delayed as Clarky had a...
Friday 13th May – Ride Day 1: A super first day on the St Malo-Nice ride took us 80 miles to Vitre in glorious weather. Having left Kirkburton yesterday morning (Thursday 12th May), devastatingly we said goodbye to Tim Bennett in London who returned home...
Another great message from the amazing Ed Clancy OBE - the most successful Team Pursuit cyclist in history, having won gold with Team GB at three successive Olympics!!! Thanks so much Ed for the motivational words to get our legs turning
Another fantastic message of support from one of Huddersfield Town's most popular players and all-round top bloke, Big Hef ???? Thanks so much Michael Hefele for the kind words of encouragement ??
Sat April 30th – A Slog to Knutsford (~115 miles & 8,500 feet of ascent) A super route over to the other side of the Pennines saw us again take on the Hope Valley. With lots of climbing in the first half before descending into the flatlands of the Cheshire...
Great words of encouragement from Guinness World Record holder and our long-distance cycling hero who rode around the world (18,000 miles) in 2017 - he did it in an amazing time of 78 days 14 hours 40 minutes! Thanks so much Mark Beaumont BEM for the...
Sat April 16th – Boot Camp to Bakewell (~100 miles & 9,000 feet of ascent) The majority of us undertook a challenging c.100 mile ride into the Peak District that saw us take a meandering route to Bakewell. This ensured we went up as many steep assents as...
When one of Great Britain’s most successful athletes wishes us luck for our upcoming challenge and tells us to go and smash it, we were blown away! Thanks so much Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
Rider Profiles PAUL ASPINALL (Aspey) Riding his Red Canyon, Aspey loves riding in all conditions and finishing with a Brewdog in his bar. Looking forward to an overseas trip having missed Ventoux after his accident. TIM BENNETT (Lettuce) Leaving his mountain...
The Big Cogs are looking to raise funds for four charities in completing the challenge. The riders are fully self-funding the trip so 100% of all donations will go to the charities which can be individually selected by the donors via the links on the home page:...