If you are interested or already intending to go to the Spin Cycling Festival in Manchester at the start of May – stop – don’t buy tickets! The organisers have offered free tickets to Weaver Valley CC members. All you need to do is drop me an email, and I’ll send you a code that you […]
M&DTTA – Call for volunteers
Please take some time to read the latest M&DTTA newsletter below, and see if you can assist in keeping the sport alive locally. All such cycling events are manned by volunteers, and there are fewer and fewer new volunteers stepping up to take part and contribute in keeping our great discipline of time-trialling alive. Manchester […]
Ride Chester Sportive – 25th June 2016
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN 25th Jun 2016 Bike Chester Starting at Chester Rugby Club, Bike Chester features routes of 25, 50 and 80 miles, all of which will take in the spectacular local countryside. The sportive will make its debut in 2016 with feed stations championing local produce. Entry Price: 80 & 50 […]
WVCC Club TTs 2016
It’s off! This year’s club TTs at all distances! They are all in the calendar, including open events. Get involved!, you’ll love it! Event Calendar 10 mile TT Details See the points scoring system for the Guardian Cup described under competitions and trophies on the club website. Meet in Shakerley Mere Car Park Near finish […]
Sunny days? Fresh air? Easy cycling? Wha...
Well I’ll tell you. There was only the slightest ‘cool’ to the air this morning, and as we gathered at the club amongst the usual throng of kids and adults about to play rugby, the sun popped out to say ‘hi’, as it did last week as well. Most odd. Two groups headed out in […]
2016 . Knowsley Track League….
Knowsley Track League 2016. at Longview Drive, Huyton, Liverpool L36 6EG The 2016 Knowsley Track League will start on Friday the 13th May 2016 and will be based on the same format as last year for all categories of riders. Racing will commence at 7:00 pm each evening. Further details will be released very soon […]
Green Jersey Gravel Rush.
Four of the gang rolled out to Clitheroe yesterday to take part in what was billed as an on/off road sportive organised by a cracking little Lancastrian bike shop, The Green Jersey. You might have cottoned onto the term ‘gravel bike’ which is a new attempt for companies to part cyclists with their cash genre of […]
do you want to join me in making up a te...
lets get this party started!!!!!!!! I have entered these…….. Date Dist Course Event 02/04 25 J2/9 Withington Wheelers 12/04 10 J2/3 VTTA (M/CR & NW) 27/03 25 […]
The “almost as fast as the fast training
Well this one was an eye-opener. I’d not done this training run before and it felt very different from a club run. We met at Hatchmere at 10 and right from the start it felt like I was hanging on. With me were Jim Williams, aka Cancellara, patron of the peloton, who professed to feeling […]
Delamere – in the gloop
It was a very nice day. Cool, but in the sun, pleasantly warm. Off with the gilet after only a couple of miles and onto join the lads off road for a change, in my attempt to start to get some fitness back. Jim looked surprised as he overtook me on the way up Kingsley […]
UPDATE – Wild Wales Challenge 2016 Now O
Following on from my post in January, as promised, I can confirm this event is now open for entries, the fee is £20 and further details are below. If you are interested, please contact me and I will pass on the login details, without which, you wont be able to enter. The are around 10 people who […]
To Prees and back
Celebrating the fact that the weather was rather better than last weekend, fourteen hardy souls set out on the long run to Prees. We’d been promised a steady ride, which would suit those wanting to step up to the long run. Buoyed by post-Llanberis hubris I decided I should be able to hack it, as […]