Our main ride time is a Sunday. Depending on what we did the weekend before, we decide where to go some time the following week and advertise this on the web site. The new club will set out to include one major ride every 4 to 5 weeks, or more if the demand is there. These rides can be anywhere from South Yorkshire to Central Scotland to the Lake District.

The weekends between major rides are normally spent on the bridleways, moors and forests of Northumberland. The rides start around 9.00am to 10.00am and usually finish from 3.00pm to 5.00pm.

This year our midweek ride is normally on a Thursday night around 7.00pm to give everyone a chance to get home from work and climb into bike gear. These rides, because of the obvious time restrictions, are usually concentrated on the Newcastle - North and South Tyneside - South East Northumberland areas. We don't set targets for ride times but do try to get back home for about 9.30pm in the lighter summer nights. We cover anything from 10 to 30 miles, depending on the mood of the group. The slowest man always dictates the pace and we never leave anyone behind.

Occasionally we interrupt these rides with practice or fun "test" sessions over a particularly difficult or unique obstacle for a short period.