Mulderrigs Blog

At Mulderrigs we’re very proud of our long relationship with Rossendale Rays Multi-Ability Swimming Club

The Rays provide swiming facilities for people of all ages, and with all manner of special needs. You can probably imagine that it costs a few quid to run the club -  between £10-12,000/yr – and the club is entirely self-funded.

We have organised four bike rides over the last few years, including the classic Coast2Coast route, and a route along Hadrian’s Wall. We’ve raised a total of around £20,000.00 for the club over the four years.

This year twelve riders picked off a 170 mile section of the West Country Way from 13th to 15th May. We crossed Exmoor, the Quantocks and the Malverns before finishing in Bristol.

By our calculatiions, 12 riders at 170 miles each equals a total of over 2000 road miles, so we were mighty pleased to get out of it with no prangs, only 4 punctures and two messy adventures with the chain splitter!!

It’s not too late to support our fundraising effort, so  if you feel like donating a penny or two, here’s how….

Paul & Tom Mulderrig - Bristol 15.05.2011

Alberto Contador is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France win and handed a 12 month ban by the Spanish Cycling Federation.

The 2010 Tour winner tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France. His explanation? He ate imported beef that had been contaminated by the drug. Well, like….yeah…whatever!

Millions of  potential followers are now permanently turned off cycling by this never-ending trail of drug scandals affecting the top riders, and yet Contador’s only punishment is a 12 month ban.

When are the authorities ever going to learn?

The road back to public respect for cycling will be long and hard….And that journey won’t even start until the authorities adopt a hard-nosed zero tolerance approach to drug offenders.

One of Mulderrig's snaps from the fab Rammy Rake event 2010

Contador has 10 working days to appeal against the decision.

Rammy Rake….Now there’s a challenge. How the bl**dy hell do they get a bicycle up that steep hill so quickly. I’m not sure I could get a bike down the hill that fast.