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[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Saturday 10am Gentle Cafe Ride: The 12-14mph average speed Gentle Cafe Ride is going out to Croperdy and features a coffee stop at The Red Lion as part of a 26.4 mile loop. Saturday 10am Intermediate Ride: The same coffee stop at The Red Lion, but a faster[…]
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[…]
Long, balmy evenings of unbroken sunshine around the longest day of the year are rewarded with the longest time trial in our racing calendar: the 30 mile event held on the K4/30 course just outside Banbury which takes in the rolling Cotswold hills as part of a clockwise loop. As it’s such a long ride,[…]
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[…]
This weekend we have five rides planned. Saturday 10am Gentle Cafe Ride: The 12-14mph average speed Gentle Cafe Ride is going out to Sugarswell and features a coffee stop at Monkeybean Coffee Shop as part of a 28.2 mile loop. Saturday 10am Intermediate Ride: The same coffee stop at Monkeybean Coffee Shop, but a faster[…]
After the exertions of last week’s 25 mile TT, we return to the K4/20 20k course on Wednesday for something shorter and faster – no 16% hills to negotiate! The first rider will be off at 7pm under the watchful gaze of Keri who is also doing the sign-on which starts at 6pm at Ludlow[…]
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[…]