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The penultimate round of the Wheelers’ mountain bike series was held in lovely warm conditions today, although the course was as muddy as ever in places.  It was a much harder course than last month’s fire road...

Just to let people know that as it’s forcast to freeze over night (-4 deg) and given the wet state of the roads today I will not be planning on going out in the morning to lead the ‘B’ ride.  ...

Came across this short film recently, it’s well worth watching if you’ve got the time – it’s footage from the 1962 Tour de Francehttp://vimeo.com/21306164

There will be a long weekend trip to Normandy, France from 23 – 25 March, these dates coincide with the end of the week long Tour of Normandy which is a UCI class 2.2 road race so we will be able to take in some of the...

Nigel Brown won again in the GDW mountain bike series this morning, completely dominating the race from start to finish.  Nigel opted to use his cyclocross bike today as the course changes meant the route was mainly on the fire...

We had the biggest turn out so far for the reliability ride on Sunday, and also the highest temperature as well which made a a welcome change from the previous freeze-athons.  A big thankyou to Simon Barfoot, Ella and Ebby for...

Darren Clarke and his fellow organisers had to work hard on Saturday morning to get the Ludgershall circuit prepared for racing.  The hard frost meant that the surface had plenty of tricky areas which needed some road salt...

James Gray has had a very good season in road races this year, and recently moved up to 2nd cat after regular points-scoring finishes.  Hats off to James, he chose to do it the hard way, competing in E/1/2/3 events to get his...

Please note that the Group 2 ride on Saturdays has now been changed to the slightly earlier time of 09:10 not 09:20 as was advertised on the Web Site.The route for this Saturdays Group 1 ride is here (from Bourton where I...

Simon Rouse completed his 12 hour session on a turbo trainer yesterday, pedalling from 6 until 6 at the Yeovil Tesco supermarket.  Simon had a VERY heavy bucket full of donations by the end, raising a whopping £1004.77 (plus a...

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As many of you may have noticed the Club Runs section of the Web Site has been updated.  The Saturday run now has 2 departs, one at 09:00 for the faster riders (15-20 mph) and the 2nd at 09:20 at a more leisurely pace (12-16.5...

This Sunday sees the annual Gillingham Trotters Road Race, starting from Wyke Primary School.  If there is anyone who could do the usual cycling round the course just ahead of the lead runners then please get in touch with...

The second round of this winter’s mountain bike series took place this morning, at the usual venue of Alfred’s Tower woods.  It was a brilliant race, the leading riders swapping places throughout.  2010 champion Kim...

Concept Sports held their annual duathlon at Thruxton race circuit at the weekend, an event for solo competitors or relay pairs.  The race is made up of a 5kms run, 30kms on the bike and then followed by a second 5k run.  James...

16 riders turned out for the GDW trip to Bournemouth Velodrome, it was a bit chilly and windy but a good two hours of fun on the new track.  The session featured some general track riding and some coaching for the novices and...

There are still places available at the two hour slot we have booked in for at new outdoor velodrome at Slades Farm in Bournemouth.The session will run from 2 until 4 on Saturday, October 22nd and will cost £6 per rider...

A few photos from the recent Cobble Wobble, which, as can be seen, was a brilliant event again.  Nearly 200 competitors took to St Catherine’s Hill cheered on by hundreds of spectators.  The event culminated with King of...

A number of GDW riders took part in the Wiggle 100 mile New Forest sportive at the weekend.  Jane Pritchard fresh from her Lands End to John O’Groats ride wasn’t content with doing the 100 mile event on Saturday in a...

Chris Mullett has been taking part in a couple of recent Open time trials, continuing with the good form he has had this season.  The competitors at the Yeovil CC 10 mile event on September 20th were treated to some great...

For those interested in cycle touring or just some nice scenery I’ve posted some pics from my 10 day 700 mile trip across France this summer on the Pictures page ‘Caen to Montpellier 2014’ .  A mix of shots...

OK then Winter trg Camp please could you confirm your place gents ladies.Final call for Spain Malaga Sol Del Mar from Mon 16- Mon 23 Feb 15 Flights = £145 BA Gatwick Malaga Flight bag plus Bike bag 23kg Accommodation = £120-£140...

The penultimate round of the GDW hillclimb series had another good turnout of 22 riders, with many of them matching their times from the previous week.  One of the riders who improved was Kim Little, who lowered his own course...

After a break of four months or so, the GDW hillclimb series resumed this evening with a good turn out of 21 riders.  The expected head wind on the course suddenly died down just before the start and so it turned out to be a...