by Josh O'Boyle | Nov 1, 2022 | Charity
Last year Stuart Storey the ‘Official Artist of the Fred Whitton Challenge’ & ‘Friend of the Fred’ created the first limited edition print for the Wheelbase Fred Whitton Challenge – all 50 sold and with 10% of all sales going to the Fred charities – some good...
by Josh O'Boyle | Sep 16, 2022 | Charity
Stuart Storey is a professional artist working from his home studio home near Twickenham in south west London, and became the ‘official artist of the Wheelbase Fred Whitton Challenge’ in 2021. We caught up with him to learn a bit more about what he does… Tell us...
by admin | Apr 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
In 2022 we should be back to something like normal in after two years of covid that affected the event in more ways than one. We would like to give a big thanks to all the riders that contributed to the donations we made to our very special charities, which amounted...
by Josh O'Boyle | Oct 12, 2020 | Charity
Like all major events taking place this year, we are extremely disappointed that we’ve not been able to hold our twentieth Saddleback Fred Whitton Challenge. Over the years we have raised just short of two million pounds for our charities and we had hoped to reach...
by Josh O'Boyle | Jun 25, 2020 | Charity
We spoke to our title sponsor Saddleback and another of our partners Wheelbase, a Kendal based bike shop about the trends they have seen in cycling during lockdown. Here are five of the trends they noticed during this time. 1) Indoor training equipment is now an all...
by Josh O'Boyle | Apr 30, 2020 | Charity
The last thing you want the night before any big ride, is the taxing task of packing all the right kit before getting up early doors to make the start of your ride. Use the kit list below to ensure you have everything and make use of some of the tips experienced...
by Josh O'Boyle | Apr 14, 2020 | Charity
Community, group riding and the obligatory cake (or pint) after a ride will always be a huge part of cycling and it will hopefully stay that way in future because it is one of our favourite parts of the sport. However, with the current international situation and the...
by admin | Oct 1, 2019 | Charity
Fred Whitton Challenge Charity total for 2019 After finalising our 2019 year ride we can now announce that the final amount that will go to our charities, all this was generously donated by the riders, includes Gift Aid and the surplus on the 2019 event was –...
by admin | Jun 7, 2019 | Charity
20TH FRED WHITTON CHALLENGE After 20 years of the ride, The Fred Whitton Challenge reached a significant milestone in its history, with the tremendous help of the riders and the surplus on the event, the ride has now reached a total of One Million Pounds raised for...
