For anyone who is still finishing off mountains of festive food, here are a couple of articles you can read whilst you eat -The first is a feature from a recent edition of Shred, a South West-based mountain bike magazine, in...

The Salisbury Plain Area Mountain bike club held their annual Winter Challenge at the weekend.  This event usually takes place in January but MOD restrictions meant that the event was brought forward a little this year.  The...

It was a case of deja vu at today’s mountain bike race, with Nigel Brown passing Kim Little right at the very end of the race, just as he did at the last round.  Alex Day took third place ahead of Tom Downes and Vince...

It was another lovely, warm autumnal morning for the latest of the Wheelers’ off-road races, with a record 27 starters turning out.  Organiser Vince Hounsome had added some new challenges to the course, with a descent...

Simon has asked me to thank all those people who came to see him throughout the day, giving him encouragement and support for his 12 Hour turbo session especially James, Ebby and the boys who helped him pack up at the end.  ...

Join us for a day of off-road riding at the Twrch Trail, Cwmcarn.  The idea is to go in a mini bus and trailer, meeting at Riversmeet Leisure Centre on Sunday November 20th, at 0800.  This will cost £15.  If you would like to...

Head along to Tesco in Yeovil next Saturday 12th Nov and you’ll find Simon Rouse pedalling on a turbo trainer – for 12 hours!  Not just for fun (!?) either, Simon is raising money for the Alzheimers Society, this is...

Three Wheelers turned out for the final round of the WTTA Hardriders series.  This was the traditional season-closer hillclimb event at picturesque Burrington Combe in the Mendips.  The temperature was considerably higher than...

As featured in the must-read cycling website The Inner Ring (Inrng), the brothers Schleck on Japanese TV in the common language of ‘English’ – have a look here

The League International held their annual 2 day/3 stage race last weekend, based around the New Forest and Downton.  Organiser and time trial legend Glenn Longland always puts on a great event and this year was no...

John Phillips recently completed his latest solo cycle camping trip, this time crossing Spain from Bilbao in the north to Gibralter in the South.  Apart from a wet first day, the weather was wall-to-wall sun with temperatures in...

The first ever GDW night race was a great success, a big thankyou to Vince for organising everything and to all the marshals and timekeepers who turned out.It was a perfect night for it, warm and the recent dry weather made the...

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that we have a two hour slot booked in for the 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...

Chris Mullet and James Chant both took part in the latest WTTA Hardrider time trial, a 25 miler on the Frome bypass which was run by Bath CC.  The course is run over three laps which has two horrible drags on it, both of which...

Newnham Park in Plymouth hosted the final round of this years’s championship.  The riders had good weather for this event, held on a tight, twisty, technical course.Paul Hopkins (riding for Merida) wrapped up the National...

There will be a weekly night ride starting this coming Wednesday (28th), open to members and non-members, rolling out at 7pm.The meeting point will be the Library car park in Gillingham, where the time trial signing-in takes...

A big thank you to everyone who have helped out with marshalling this season, it’s been especially helpful since Mary and Dennis have been unable to make it along.A big, massive, HUGE thanks to those who seem to be there...

Kim Little finished off the hillclimb series in style, confirming his championship win with a new course record.  Kim knocked four seconds from his own record with a time of 4.18 to beat Josh Day by 20 seconds.  Alex Hookins and...

The Gillingham Wheelers Christmas Dinner and Presentation Evening will take place at the Coppleridge Inn, Motcombe on Friday 2nd December.So make a date in your diary – more details (menu etc) will appear on the web site...

The final Ilton Road Race takes place this Sunday 25th Sept on the closed circuit at Merryfield Airfield.  There are races for all categories and entries are taken on the day at no additional cost.Youths U16/U14/U12/U10/U8 start...

TLI’s fantastic 2 day/3 stage race takes place on October 8th and 9th this year.  As usual, it will be a prologue hillclimb and handicapped 50k road race out across the New Forest on the Saturday afternoon with a 25 mile...

Nigel Brown recently took part in this year’s Brecon Beast off road marathon event.  This involved riding 87 kms of the Brecon Beacons National Park over some tough trails, some of which are the highest tracks in Southern...

Josh Day won the latest round of the hilllcimb series, racing up Mere Hollow last week in 4 minutes 23 seconds, just one second away from the course record.  Kim Little maintained his championship lead with second place while...

There are some pictures on the ‘Pictures’ page from today’s Tour of Britain stage which travelled from Taunton to Wells via Cheddar Gorge.  The photos were taken at Cheddar and on the top road over the Mendips...

Both the Southern XC mountain bike and EDCA time trial series are finished for this season now, with both championships seeing several GDW members well placed in the final tables.In the Southern XC, Paul Hopkins (Merida UK)...