Reading Time: < 1 minute By 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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Category: Road race
Road racing.
Saturday ride to Holt 3/2/24
Reading Time: < 1 minute The 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 […]
Bickerstaffe RR 20th July 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutes Super 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 minutes Ras 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 minutes Lining 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 […]
Weaver Valley Autumn Road Race
Reading Time: 7 minutes Weaver 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, […]
Getting into Road Racing
Reading Time: < 1 minute Interested? well, we have a new page covering the subject of road and closed-circuit racing.All you need to know is there, just look under the New Riders Menu, and select the Getting into Road Racing option.Alternatively, just click this link: https://www.weavervalleycc.org.uk/getting-into-road-racing/
UCLAN 27th May 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes Matt, Jeff and me all rode at UCLAN tonight, a first time for Jeff and I. It was the best evening of the year from a weather point of view; warm and with a gentle breeze. Matt and Jeff were in the Big Boy race and I was in the Old Man race so I […]
Pimbo 23rd May 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes Matt and I rode the 2,3,4 Return to Racing BC event today at Pimbo, 16 laps of a fairly flat circuit around an industrial estate totalling about 35 miles. There was a full field of 60, the majority of which were young enough to be my children. The circuit is a real power course. The […]
Salt Ayre 11th May 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes Matt and I raced at Salt Ayre on Tuesday night, it was mild and the rain stayed off although the circuit was a bit damp so we couldn’t go flat out around the bends. It is a short, flat circuit and surrounded by trees so there was not a lot of wind either. A full […]
TLI Nationals, 12/08/2018 map & marshals
Reading Time: < 1 minute For those involved, see information below for map and marshaling points, with a marshalling list below that as part of a pdf document to download. TLI_Nationals_Map_Marshals_List
TLI Nationals – Volunteers required – re
Reading Time: < 1 minute Many thanks to all those who have volunteered so far for this event. We do however, need quite a few more people from the club to help out. You could even cycle out and help for many of the areas that we need to cover – as there is NO club run on that day, and […]