Club riders Suzy Patience riding for the Ambulance Service and Oli Wright Thames Valley Police, both took part in the Emergency Services National TT Championships on Saturday. The 10 mile event was organised by Derby Mercury RC and run on a course starting at Gunthorpe, near Nottingham. The 50 rider entry were treated to very[…]
Our intrepid trio of racers: Stuart Quick, Tobi Ng and Dan Reynolds were in action again during the week and the following is a brief account as to how they all got on. Stuart went to Abingdon on Wednesday for the ART Summer Series Cat 4 race, run on the closed road Dalton Barracks airfield[…]
Held on the club’s longest 30 mile course, the Edmunds Cup is also the club’s oldest trophy – first awarded in 1913. The distance of this event and the hills it encounters makes it a tough challenge attracting only a relatively small entry of the most dedicated riders. The circular course starts at Tadmarton and[…]
Star riders Simon Bull and Stuart Quick made a return visit to the K33/10 course south of Alcester on Saturday, this time for Beacon Roads Cycling Club’s Open 10 mile Janet Kelly Memorial TT. On the drive over the heavens opened with a very heavy shower, but by race time the roads had more or[…]
Club ride leader Andy Perry writes another blog, this time on the merits of a smart turbo trainer But, but, but; riding a turbo is boring? Yes, it sure can be, but it’s a means to an end and with everything you can now do with smart trainers, even the boredom has lessened. Also remember[…]
It was one of those overcast, wet, not very warm and miserable nights when you think – surely no one will turn up tonight – and yet eight brave riders thought, why not. So well done to them all, including our ever present timekeeper Keri Williams and a full complement of six willing marshals. The[…]
As we’ve reported before, the Thursday night summer Milton Keynes Bowl Crit series is a great way to get into road racing, as well as a good way of learning race strategy. Three Star riders, Stuart Quick, Tobi Ng and new member Dan Reynolds were in action last week and this is a brief account[…]
Six club members travelled to Oxford to attend the Didcot Phoenix CC Open 25 mile Time Trial on Sunday. The 60 rider entry tackled the H25/17 fast undulating course in dry conditions, which comprises a return section of the A420 between the outskirts of Oxford and Faringdon. Top Star rider Simon Bull (photo Lydia Watts)[…]
Near perfect time trialling conditions greeted the 22 riders who competed in last night’s Manners Cup Handicap 25 mile TT. This is one of the club’s oldest trophies, first awarded in 1926, which in recent years has been held on the K4/25W Banbury/Gaydon B4100 course. An event of this distance, together with a field of[…]
There have been some large entries this year for the club’s Wednesday night TTs, but this week the weather took its toll with only 19 riders prepared to brave the wet and not very pleasant conditions. This week’s event should have been held on the Tysoe 10 mile course, but on-going road works forced a[…]