We rode out of Hartford in a huge group: I didn’t count but there were well over 30 riders. We looked pretty impressive, with the majority of riders in club kit, although some drivers were probably rather less impressed with us than we were with ourselves! Some of us get tetchy (understatement) with car drivers, […]
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Cylo Cross SUNDAY 24 October 2010
A glorious autumn day with 30 helpers as well as 4 riders (helpers too pictured above) from Weaver Valley. Matthew was first club rider home and Jack Fearon was 2nd junior overall. Full results at http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/results?discipline=4 very soon. Many thanks to the nice people at http://www.sportsunday.co.uk/portfolio128518p20.html for supplying this picture and taking hundreds more which […]
Autumn Road Race – cyclists defy floods!
Well races don’t come much wetter. Unlike those soft golfers in South Wales, our cyclists weren’t prepared to throw in the towel (although a towel might have come in quite handy) – and 40 brave souls battled through flooded roads and torrential downpours today, to compete in the BC regional “B” series Weaver Valley Autumn […]
Cylo Cross SUNDAY 24 October 2010
Greenbank Wood, Northwich, CW8 1JS Youth (12-15) – 11.30am – £5Under 12 – 12.15pm – FreeEveryone else – 12.45pm – £10 ( under 18 £8 )Come and have a go – entry on the day for all categoriesAll ages and abilities welcome – lots of category prizes with kind donations from www.davehinde.com , http://www.thebikefactory.co.uk/, http://www.fibrax.com/ […]
Oulton Park 2
Lots of WVCC folk out this week, on a warm sunny evening.I have only a vague idea of what happened generally because I was too busy chatting (what’s new I hear you say). That’s apart from my own race when I was far too puffed to chat. Alan went off the front after 3 laps […]
John Boote Memorial Senior Road Race 13/...
An excellent race today – exciting to watch, the weather held up well and everyone got back safely. Graham had a full entry of 60 plus ten reserves, and lots of people who turned up on the day in the hope of an entry on the line, so there was a full field, of mostly […]
Pickmere TLI
Alan warned me it would be fast and it was! Apparently there were a lot of good riders out. An interesting format tonight, where the over 55s were set off 2 minutes ahead of the under 55s and it was a handicap race. I managed to stay with my lot – just – then the […]
TLI Macclesfield
I really enjoyed this one, a longer circuit than the Lower Withington race and a few more hills but nothing too scary. Alan won his race, Nick and Kevan ended up in the break on their race and came in 8th and 9th so did really well, and other WVCC racers strutting their stuff were […]
A hilly time trial – report from Kevin C
Tyneside Vagabonds Mountain Time Trial 2010, was the 55th running of the event since it started in 1947. In the last few years Paul and Nick have been regulars, taking the opportunity to renew old acquaintances, and ride on roads where they began their cycling careers. This year I joined them, and at approx 14:15hrs […]
TLI 4 – a lesson in futility unless your
A brief report tonight I promise. Gareth and Andy Newby had a go off the front in the young ‘uns race but didn’t get anywhere. Nick had a go off the front in the over 40s race but also didn’t get anywhere. Mark Thompson had a go off the front in the over 60s race […]
Fred Whitton – a report from Gareth
For those of you who haven’t heard of the Fred Whitton ride, its basically 112 miles over most of the Lake District passes, ascending some 4000 metres at gradients of up to 30%. Last Sunday Derek and myself gave it a go. Starting at the sports centre in Coniston we set off at just after […]
TLI 3
Richard M, Andy Newby and Nick competed in the younger race – Nick got into a fast breakaway and managed to stay with them till the end. Kev, Mark T and I rode in the older race. Kev was determined to get into the “break that mattered” and tried to latch onto anything that looked […]