Clara Vale Mountain Bike Club

welcome to the home of mountain biking and real ale drinking in the Clara Vale area

About Us

Name:Kevin Wilson
From:Clara Vale
Day Job:IT Stuff
Bike:Specialized StumpJumper Comp
Fave Ride:Dalbeattie Forest
Catchphrase:Let's not do that climb
Loves:Technical stuff
Hates:Going up stupid, pointless hills
Name:John Kelly
From:The South
Day Job:IT Stuff
Bike:Orange 5
Fave Ride:The longer the better
Catchphrase:You're Fined!
Loves:GPS, Maps and good organisation
Hates:Excuses
Name:Paul Mitchell
From:Birmingham
Day Job:Plumber
Bike:Specialized Epic
Fave Ride:Dalbeattie Forest
Catchphrase:That's roidable that is
Loves:Old ladies with dripping boiler
Hates:Rogue Traders tv programme
Name:Paul Wilson
From:Wigan
Day Job:Valves R Us
Bike:Specialized Stumpjumper Expert
Fave Ride:Dalbeattie Forest
Catchphrase:Where's me little red book...
Loves:Semi Pro football
Hates:Pacey Strikers
Name:Brian Robson
From:Crawcrook
Day Job:Plumber
Bike:Specialized Epic - with added bling
Fave Ride:Ride is irrelevant - he'll be late
Catchphrase:I'd love to lads, but...
Loves:Mooning
Hates:punctuality
Name:Barry Phillipson
From:Crawcrook
Day Job:White van man / Dad
Bike:Trek Fuel
Fave Ride:Alwinton
Catchphrase:Doesn't do catchphrases
Loves:Home baking and map reading (really!)
Hates:Falling off
Name:Clive Parkinson
From:That London
Day Job:Plumber
Bike:Thorn Raven
Fave Ride:Anything with hills
Catchphrase:Should've bought a Rohloff
Loves:Laughing at broken derailleurs
Hates:Wednesday morning hangovers