With thoughts drifting to some kind of easing of restrictions it is not unfair to start dreaming of getting into the outdoors with others. That sense of camaraderie and joint purpose while out running the trails or smashing down some single track on a mountain...
One of the most popular runs of previous years was the one at Thrunton Woods. Originally known as the Thrunton Thriller and then the High Fells of Thrunton. It's taken a few guises over the years but normally there are two distance options, a shorter...
As we're coming to hear with alarming frequency, we are living through interesting times. For all none essential workers, particularly those in the private sector and small businesses, this can mean a pretty catastrophic collapse in working norms. I remember one friend who owns mutiple...
Last week looked like a busy one with people dismissing the brief rain showers and still getting out for rides. I definitely knocked a few rides on the head because of predicted rain only to see that it never materialised and the chance was gone. ...
Rich Rothwell is a familiar face at Cold Brew Events mountain bike endurance races. He took part in the events from the early days, including the infamously tough Clennel Colossus. Legend has it, he rode 30 miles to the start, won the race, and then...
In these strange tines of sitting at home and staring at walls it is hard to project our minds in to the future and imagine getting out on to the trails. There are faint glimmers of hope that a reduction of isolation measures may be...
In 2019 ourselves and NDH organised a new event in the downhill calendar called The Descendant. This was a 3 stage enduro that would stick in the memory for all the right reasons. Of the three stages there were two which linked up various bits...
How did the Cheviot Goat come about? What crazy night of drinking spurred on such a mad hatter of an ultra run? As with most things it was an idea percolate and developed over time. A series of incremental steps of people learning their craft,...
We're delighted to announce that we have created a Cold Brew Events Strava club. The clubs need to be categorised by activity type so this one is for cycling with a running one coming soon. For those of us on Strava we can see how...
The Chiller has seen its fair share of heroic rides over the years. The course is a series of rises and falls with some steady, some technical and others just downright nasty. Throw in some smatterings of heavy snow, driving rain and the occasional bout...