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...

The Gillingham & District Wheelers / Wheels Cycles Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 23rd Feb at the North Dorset Rugby Club, Gillingham at 7.30pm. Food (think its Lasagne) will be provided at the end of the...

Just a reminder about the 50 mile ride this coming Sunday (Jan 22nd), meeting at Orchard Park with a ride start time of 9 am, please see previous post for more details and maps

There are 5 spaces available on the Yeovil CC trip to Newport Velodrome on Sun 4th March 15:00-18:00 due to some cancellations.The cost is £35 per person which includes the coach and the hire of bike.  You just need to make your...

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...

The ride will start at 9am, hope to see you there. Route below – food stop marked on map (just past 26 mile marker).   Audax style route (in PDF  format) supplied by Daryol for download below or click here – NB Route...

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...

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 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.  ...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...