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  The perfect tailwind from the first round had been replaced by the exact opposite, with riders battling against a horrible headwind as...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...

There were lots of improved times at the second tt of the season, thanks to a tailwind from Mere to Bourton helping everyone along.  Julian Chown took full advantage of this to record a course best time and take the overall win,...

It was a case of ‘Rees 3, Somerset 0′ after today’s Pittards’ Trophy Race, organised by Yeovil CC.  Charles Rees carried on with his superb recent form and followed up his wins at last week’s Yeovil...

Thirty riders turned out for the first tt night of the 2010 season, with several new faces, some fast-looking new machines and some fancy new wheels on show.  2009 series winner Paul Hopkins picked up from where he left off last...

GDW debutant Kim Little stormed up the Mere Hollow hillclimb last night to set a new course record.  Apparently, riders who were waiting at the start and saw his electric getaway thought that there was no way he would maintain...

Charles Rees has clearly started 2010 in even stronger form than last season.  After a disappointing finale in South Wales’ Betty Pharoah Trophy Race last weekend, where Charles suddenly found the road blocked by crashing...

The Club Time Trial season gets under way next week.  On Easter Monday at 18:30 the Hill Climb which starts at the A303 flyover at Mere, park in the Mere Car Park – behind Jeans Electrical & sign on from 18:00On...

The Gillingham Wheelers road racing contingent have been getting the miles and solid results in ahead of the early season trophy races, despite poor weather and early season cancellations at Upavon. Mike Smith put in a stunning...

Simon Rouse and James Chant travelled down to CC Weymouth’s first club event of the season to tackle a typical out-and-back course, ie, really fast in one direction and hard work on the return leg.  The rain didn’t...

Just a few final words on Saturday’s Open time trial. Firstly, I have received a remarkable number of complimentary messages about the running of the event with regards to both the organisation at the hall and out on the...