On the last day of National Bike Week, 27th June, I will be running loads of rides from Taunton. The idea is to involve as many folk as possible, so there will be family rides from 15 miles upwards, and two great rides for...

 There were some fast times at last night’s Bruton tt, in spite of the rain making the faster parts of the course a bit tricky.  The final miles were made quicker than usual thanks to a tailwind and that contributed to a...

Only 10 riders out on the wet Mere Hollow climb this week.  Kim Little sped up the hill to take a dominant win and knock one second from his course record with a time of 4 minutes 34.  James Chant and Simon Rouse are chipping...

At this morning’s very windy Somer Valley CC Open time trial, the Wheelers found themselves in a spot of confusion and controversy.  Charles Rees, Simon Rouse and James Chant ‘won’ the team prize but...

A large contingent of 8 Wheelers were among 44 riders who braved attrocious conditions on Saturday afternoon in the second of this years Frome Open 10 mile time trial events.  A strong south westerley wind made the return half...

1.  Check out the Time Trial Course pages, the GDW organised UC47 10 Mile TT on 26 June 10 has now been added in OS map as well as Google Maps.   2.  Have updated this years Bruton Open 19 mile Video so that it is now semi...

A bumper field of 40 riders took to the roads around Todber and Stour Row last night for the latest GDW time trial.  Paul Hopkins has been concentrating on mountain biking lately and returned to tt-ing in top form, knocking five...

The South Road Race championships take place on a 14.5 mile road circuit starting and finishing at Upavon airfield this Sunday  23rd May commencing at 10:00 am.    The main event is for seniors in the E/1/2/3 category who do 6...

Times from tonight’s tt are now on the ‘Current Results’ page

Appolgies for taking a liberty to make the following charity appeal but…….. on Friday 4th June I set off to ride solo and unsuported the 1700 miles from Gillingham to Monte Carlo and back again in aid of the Help for...

Charles Rees won the latest round of the Wheelers’ time trial series, lowering his course best time down to 23.18 in the process, a very quick time for a hilly course.  James Oliver, one of several riders from the Wessex...

Email received from Thibaut Lambert thanking the wheelers for their hospitality ========================================================= Good evening, I was the French biker from Shaftesbury. A little mail to thank you and your...

The regular Sunday Club rides are now back starting Sunday 13th June at 09:00 departing from Wheels Cycles, Gillingham. See the Club Rides page for more information.  

The League International weekly road races start up again this week.  They are held every Thursday at 1900 from Moreton Village Hall near Wool in South Dorset.  The races are approx. 27 miles long and for all category riders but...

Bank Holiday Monday saw the second round of the GDW Hillclimb Championship at Mere Hollow.  The perfect tailwind from the first round had been replaced by the exact opposite, with riders battling against a horrible headwind as...

The first of the Tor 2000 series of road races gets underway at Merryfield Airfield, nr Ilton this Thursday 6 April. Further information on the BCF Web site here    There are classes for youths U16/U14/U12/U10/U8 starting at...

As many members will have heard by now, Charles Rees has been signed up for the rest of this season to ride for Team Raleigh Avanti, the feeder squad for Raleigh’s Premier Calendar race team.  Thanks to Charles’...

Vince Hounsome took his first win of the season at the latest GDW time trial, a result which means he is now heading the championship table after four events.  His time of 24.07 was 17 seconds faster than Kim Little in second...

Simon Rouse managed to knock a huge chunk of time from his previous 10 mile p.b. at the Bath CC Open on Saturday, held on the U47 course near Cirencester.  Sporting his new aero helmet and Wheelers skinsuit, Simon completed his...

Traffic lights at Wyke Hall caused a shortening of the regular course at the latest round of The GDW tt series.  James Oliver powered round to post the fastest time of the night with 23.07.  Stuart Kerton, these days riding for...

There are some temporary traffic lights at Wyke Hall today.  If they are still there tomorrow evening we will still be riding on the Gillingham 10 course but will move the finish line to somewhere appropriate earlier on the...

Updated Time Trial course pages with a link to courses drawn in Google Maps showing Start, Finish and Sign-On locations.   Any feedback, suggestions etc are welcome please contact Mike Smith...

Gillingham Wheeler Mark Geddes participated in his first road race at Merryfield airfield Ilton in the Somerset Road Club Circuit race on Sat 17th April.  In near perfect conditions Mark and Mike Smith raced in the 3/4th Cat...

Simon Rouse has been in regular time trial action lately, recording some good times in the process.  At Severn RC’s 25 mile tt last weekend, on a course that is recognised as a ‘slow’ one, Simon was 26th with a...

Congratulations to Charles Rees again.  After sprinting to second place in last night’s Maindy Velodrome 2/3/4 cat criterium, Charles has now scored enough BC points to move up from 3rd cat and into the 2nds.  This will...