Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s interesting at R6 as the 5 counting rides starts to come into play, early leaders can fall away as other club members start to get 5 rides in. Congratulations to Neil Houghton who improved 44 sec to win this round of the G Cup and Nikki Morley and any others who were riding […]
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WVCC Guardian Cup Round 5 – 01/06/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s tight at the top after R5, Sam Taylor was quickest this week, despite not feeling on his best form after recovering from Covid19. Nigel Woods took top honours in this round of the Guardian Cup. Stu Ward still leads the Scratch overall, Dave Cope leads both the GC and the RB series, but it’s […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 2 – 11/05/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWas an alright night considering it was rained all day upto about 14:30. Early leader in both the Guardian and Scratch Cup is Stu Ward, There is a new competition just for those who want to ride road bikes. you will be automatically recorded as riding a road bike at the start. The competition is […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 1 – 04/05/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA cracking night despite the very mixed weather at the start of the day with wind and wet not promising favourable conditions. Emily Martin confirmed her great early season form by setting a Women’s course record of 22:41, taking 2nd place, Sam Taylor won the event overall with a 21:15 , only 25 secs from […]
WVCC Practice 10 – 27/04/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minute15 riders took part in the handicap setting event and thanks to all that did, if you didn’t make the event and fancy riding the Guardian Cup series, don’t worry, your first ride will provide the handicap . First counting round next week Results as below: Note: * after name – Not 1st Claim – […]
Club Track Session
Reading Time: 2 minutesWell worth it if you haven’t had a go, full training given by a BC coach Hope you can join us for the Weaver Valley club track session on Thursday 7 Oct 8-10pm at the Manchester Velodrome. As the velodrome no longer require a list of hire bikes beforehand please come along if you are […]
Llanberis 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesLlanberis 2021.. GOOD NEWS.. a weekend break 24/25th of September is now on. The BAD NEWS is that you need to stump up the cash in the next few days [before I confirm booking and numbers with the Hotel] At this late stage, only bank transfers will be accepted. The money is refundable until I […]
Llanberis 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesHi all, I am trying to gauge interest for an end of year social weekend. I have provisionally reserved a 2 night stay [minimum] at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Llanberis 24/25 Sept, all rooms are twin bedded and the cost would be about £130 PP for the 2 nights assuming two people sharing. For […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlan Kemp Us older riders will remember riding out to very early morning time trials , eg on courses J13 and 14 on the East Lancs road and many others , in my case mid to late 1960s , on a set up similar to the photo . Race wheels carried on aluminium brackets. A […]
Llanberis time!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHi All, if you want to give yourself a bit of extra motivation over the winter, why not put your name down for next years Llanberis weekend. 14th/15th March 2020, 100 miles Saturday, 85 miles Sunday. I expect the final costs to be between £80 and £90.. for this you’ll get.. Bag Transport to […]
BDCA 100- the beating of the 4 hour barr...
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Sam Taylor BDCA 100 07/09/19 After doing my first 100 mile tt in July, I was keen to have another go at hopefully dipping under 4 hours and doing a 25mph ride, so Dave Fearon encouraged me to enter the BDCA event on the A100/4 course (on the A50 near Uttoxiter) which is known […]
Port Talbot 25 and a new PB
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Alistair Stanway. Inspired by a man half my age after his superb ride in the 100 yesterday I travelled to South Wales today to have a crack at the fast R25/3H course for the Port Talbot CC 25. Keen to see what we could knock out and hunting a 25 PB. According to the […]