The final round of the GDW MTB series was held in very wet conditions today in Stourhead woods.  A testing course was prepared by Vince Hounshome that included some tricky descents as well as some drop offs from the main tracks...

A record 67 riders have entered the upcoming Open, you can see the startsheet here We have helpers for most of the junctions, however we do need someone for the Hunter’s Lodge turn please.  Also, if you would like to bake...

Please complete the Survey regarding a new proposed Time Trial course on the GDW Survey TT page

The Wheelers annual Open is coming up fast, we’ve got 56 entries so far with a couple of days to go until the entry closes.  There have been lots of offers of help on the day, so thanks a lot to those people, we do still...

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...

Frome and District Wheelers held their Open 10 mile TT today on the new Frome bypass course.  Six GDW riders competed, with a surprise fastest Wheeler time from Jane Pritchard.  Unfortunately, Jane was one of a three competitors...

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...

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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