Racing Round Up - Summer 2022
And just like that, another summer is almost over. Hill climb diets are in full swing, cross is coming, and Colin’s winter bike emerges...
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Joe Stringer
- Apr 11
- 4 min
Racing Round Up
Welcome to the latest edition of Stingers Racing Round up – this time an even more disjointed effort. In my defense, keeping up with the...
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Joe Stringer
- Apr 11
- 8 min
The Stinger Archives - BoC UKs Toughest 100km Ride Reports
Coming in hot - Two ride reports for the price of one, and a little journey back in time to earlier in July 2021 when Band of Climbers...
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Joe Stringer
- Aug 13, 2021
- 34 min
LEJOGLE by Alex Turner
LEJOGLE – a rambling account Now that I have finished writing this account, I would like to provide a warning to anyone embarking on a...
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Joe Stringer
- Jul 27, 2021
- 9 min
Band of Climbers Summer of Steep
Muckle Cycle Club is proudly supported by Band of Climbers, and here's a couple of ride reports I did for them on their 'UK's Toughest...
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Joe Stringer
- Jul 27, 2021
- 27 min
Bob Graham Round (warning - running related content)
Aye ok, this has nothing to do with cycling but it has EVERYTHING to do with being Muckle. And I'm in charge of this blog anyway and...
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Joe Stringer
- Jun 22, 2021
- 22 min
The Ultimate c2c2c - Everesting 10k Roam
The first whiff I caught of this Muckle ride was when I looked at Strava on Saturday and saw that Ben W had done a rep of GDF at around...
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Joe Stringer
- May 21, 2021
- 4 min
Stinger's Spring Time Racing Round Up
At the end of March group rides returned, for up to a maximum of 15 riders. The first MCC Tuesday Hills on 30th March coincided with...
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Joe Stringer
- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
Racing Round Up 2020
I’m afraid I’ve got no whimsical yarns to spin or dry observations to make about anything. I did however have 5 minutes to quickly share...
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Joe Stringer
- Jul 22, 2020
- 16 min
Everesting Great Dun Fell
The other day I Googled, “what's the point in anything”. Not the first time either. I didn't actually conduct much research in the...
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Joe Stringer
- Jul 22, 2020
- 9 min
Muckle Ride of The Year 2019
I've dropped the ball a littlle bit with the Stinger Report haven't I? I know there's not really been anything to write about with all...
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Joe Stringer
- Mar 6, 2020
- 3 min
Stinger Report - Preseason Ramblings
This is the time of year when races are won. The hard graft, and hours of training in the cold and dark is what separates the truly...
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Joe Stringer
- Jan 31, 2020
- 8 min
MCC - Kings Of The Hills
Northumberland and Durham Cycling Association awards evening 2019 I sat down to start writing this post and the first thing that came out...
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Greg Charlton
- Jan 24, 2020
- 9 min
Latex Gloves, Hairy Legs and Valley of the Tears
Gran Canaria training camp January 2020 Words and photos by Lee Cuthbertson First up, would just like to apologise to the 2 or maybe 3...
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Joe Stringer
- Jan 10, 2020
- 6 min
The Stinger Report #1 - Muckle-Cross
Sunday, 5th January 2020 was the Muckle CC cyclocross race – the 11th day of Christmas, and the 11th and final round of the CXNE league. ...
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Joe Stringer
- Jan 9, 2020
- 1 min
MUCKLE - It's not a place, it's a state of mind
Greetings traveller! Joe here, experimenting with a blog post, and with some exciting news that 2020 will be bringing you the 'STINGER...
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