Reading Time: < 1 minuteBy Sam Taylor The final round of the popular Wednesday night races tonight with Lloyd Smith, Jeff Wood and myself in the first race and John Keen in the second. I’ve had mixed luck so far in the series with a fourth and a last after getting caught in a crash on the last bend […]
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Saturday ride to Holt 3/2/24
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 2 Carls, Andy E, Benn, Craig, Geoff, Kev and me tipped up at Hatchmere this morning & it was positively spring-like. Not a quick day, we all stayed together but Kev and big Carl needed to get home so didn’t do the BOD loop & went straight to Holt. The remaining 6 of us […]
TLI Criterium Championship 2nd September...
Reading Time: < 1 minute1 hour plus 3 laps (each lap was 2 minutes and a bit). Rode sensibly, didn’t chase any of the early stuff. I made an early decision i wasn’t doing anything till at least 45 minutes. I made just 1 attack after 50 minutes which stuck. Was away till 3 laps to go when Karl […]
Bickerstaffe RR 20th July 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutesSuper 4, Bickerstaffe RR Time and again I get too carried away with myself in races, doing too much, covering too much and not being there at the pointy end of the day. Slowly but surely I am learning… ish. It was a nice, dry evening yesterday although with a stiff breeze. Once the lead […]
Ras Ffordd Llandyrnog
Reading Time: 3 minutesRas Ffordd Llandyrnog Organised by the Ruthin CC on a rolling, triangular circuit near Ruthin and Denbigh, the weather was mild and dry but there was a strong headwind on the course, at the end of 4 laps there was a steady grind of a hill up to the finish. The race about 37 miles […]
Stone Wheelers Swynnerton RR
Reading Time: 2 minutesLining up today were Sam, me, 2nd race Richard and newbie Alex all eager to get stuck in to the fast, flat closed road circuit. The race was run as a handicap & due to numbers I went in to the first group, we had about about 4.15 mins over the chasing group for a […]
2023 Club TT Championship details
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are several events that are listed as championship or award winning events again this year. Season Long Competitions:- Guardian Cup Handicap 10 mile TT series, Best 6 counting rides from 12 counting events Scratch Cup, Best 6 counting rides from 12 counting events Road Bike Challenge, Best 6 counting rides from 12 counting events. […]
Competition Regulations update November ...
Reading Time: < 1 minutePlease find above an updated version of the Clubs Competition Regulations recently reviewed at the Committe meeting. Can I draw your attention to Regulation 4 regarding BAR (Best All Rounder) qualification and Regulation 5 regarding engraving in particular.
CLUB TT STANDARDS CLAIMS
Reading Time: < 1 minuteClub Standards Claims have to be submitted by midnight 27th Nov for rides done in the 2022 season. I have emailed all members that rode a club 10 advising them of need to claim, but if anyone else believes that they may be eligible then advice is to claim and see what happens. It doesn’t […]
Weaver Valley Autumn Road Race
Reading Time: 7 minutesWeaver Valley Autumn Road Race – sponsored by Leadout Cycles Sunday 09 October British Cycling Regional B Cat 3/4 A different sort of race report from me today. Therefore, none of my own tales of woe about punctures, saddle issues or getting dispatched from the pack. It all started at last year’s club AGM when, […]
WVCC Guardian Cup 2022 & Final Fling – 1
Reading Time: 3 minutesSo the Club 10 summer series is over for 2022. …. ARH! First some numbers, there were over competitive 250 rides with 34 different club members taking part, the average number of riders for each night was 16. Best attendance for the whole series was ME not missing a single one with 16, for the riders […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 12 – 27/07/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTemp traffic lights on the A50 meant a slight alteration to the course, with the final ramp to the finish on top of the M6 bridge being universally disliked.. ah well as Boris would say “Dem’s de breaks” Kevin Davies missed the round which meant Richard Morgan closed the gap in the road bike challenge […]