There will be a GDW-organised 50 mile reliability ride on 31st January.  The ride will start and finish at Orchard Park Garden Centre in Gillingham (SP8 5JG) and follow this route...

The Winter Challenge ride on Salisbury Plain on the 3rd Jan saw a number of Gilingham Wheelers participate in the 50km event with 380 riders; Nigel Brown was 1st wheeler home in a time of 2:16.39, followed by Vince Hounsome in...

There will an off road ride at 9.15am Alfreds Tower, Stourhead WoodsContact Mike Donovan 01749 850604 / 07811465482 for more details or just turn up prompt. Approx. 2.5 hours……dress warm!

The National Cyclocross Championships and the opening round of the Upavon Winter Series have been cancelled due to the freezing weather, both of which were scheduled for this weekend.  Saturday’s Hillingdon races are...

Friend of the Wheelers, Giles Belbin, has recently posted his interview with cycling author and journalist Matt Rendell on the Daily Peloton website.  It’s well worth a look, Matt has some thought-provoking and at times...

There was a glitch with the forum that I noticed a few days ago, in that nobody was allowed to post anything.  Was probably finger trouble on my part, anyway I beleive it is now working.  If there are still problems let me know....

Posted on behalf of Nigel Brown   I ride with the mountain bike club SPAM and on our website we have whats called a live ride where people can enter when they are riding and if anyone wants to join them, you can get a varried...

Bit short notice but there is a Mountain Bike ride through the woods starting at 1 pm Xmas eve for a couple hour.  Contact Mike Donovan to confirm – 01749 850604 

The 2009 Gillingham and District Wheelers meal and presentation was held at the Coppleridge Inn Motcombeon Fri 4th Dec.   Approx 50 members and their families attended the evening, awards and some pics below:    Senior    ...

For those of you who want to choose an event to race to glory or set a new p.b. at, or for those who simply like to plan ahead, the Events Calendar page is starting to fill up.  In addition to the ones listed so far, there are...

For 1 week only from Sat 28th Nov to Sat 5th Dec Wheels of Gillingham are having a Christmas Clearance Sale.   20% off all new Bikes and 25% off all Accessories

Emma Bradley and Rob attended the World Masters MTB Enduro Champs and have produced a comprehensive report here

We are looking to borrow a Portable PA System (Speakers/Amplifier/Microphone) for use at the GDW Club Dinner and Presentation evening at the Coppleridge Inn, Motcombe on Friday 4th Dec.  If anyone has a PA System or knows...

Hope all the winter training has got off to a good start.How would people feel about a winter training camp on a weekend or two? I’m living in Cardiff at the moment and have space to accomodate plenty of people.Travel...

Three Gillingham wheelers were in action at the Thruxton 4th Cat race and Mike Smith with his handlebar mounted camera captured the pulsating action from James Chant, Will Edwards and Mike himself.   Details on the video page...

Gillingham Wheelers Mike Smith and Alan Hunt have just returned from a Mallorca cycling trip where they cycled over 450 miles and climbed over 28,000 ft round the Island.    For those interested I’ve uploaded a small...

The TVCRA prize presentation and social will take place on Tuesday 13th Oct, 19:30 at the Wyndham Arms at Ilton.  The cost is £6.50. If anyone fancies it please contact John Holman by Sat 10th Oct (also let him know if you have...

Please could all last year’s winners return their trophies to Wheels Cycles before the 31st October 2009…

For anyone interested in cycle touring, and some scenic pictures from France, I’ve uploaded some pictures to the Pictures page from Maria and my 690 mile ride from Bergerac in western France to Marsaille in the south, via...

The Saturday club rides continue to be popular with a number of different routes options each week.  This week the riders started at the usual place (Wheels Cycles shortly after 9am) and went through Bourton, Wincanton, Buckhorn...

Calling all Gillingham wheelers – fast approaching is Glenn Longland’s Downton 2 Day Classic, a real highlight and good way to round of the season.The Saturday morning is a 2,4km Hill climb prologue, half as steep as...

Last Wednesday (16th) saw the final GDW event of the season, a hillclimb at Mere Hollow.  With the hillclimb series title already won by Simon Barfoot, the runner-up spots, ladies’ championship and junior’s...

The final tt of the GDW season was held on the Todber course and was for 2-up teams. Luckily, an even number of riders turned up so 14 pairs took to the roads, helped along on the first leg by a North wind.  Regular pacesetter...

Charles Rees travelled up to Aylesbury on Sunday to take on the country’s top Under 23 riders in the Espoir category of the British Time Trial Championships.  The event was held over two laps of a 10.4 mile circuit which...

Dorset Police have given us the approval to run an extra week so the 2-up tt can go ahead this Wednesday.  We will be starting early – 1800 sign-in for 1815 start with the pairs off at one minute intervals so that we will...