CLUB HISTORY
Welcome to the Gillingham & District Wheelers Cycle Club.
Gillingham & District Wheelers was founded in 1993 by a handful of enthusiastic cyclists and now has around 100 members. We consider ourselves to be a social and sporting cycling and triathlon club with a primary focus on road cycling and triathlons. Our members include social weekend riders, through to racing cyclists and triathletes; young to old and the in-between. We are affiliated to British Cycling, Cycling Time Trials, British Triathlon and the Wessex Cyclocross League and openly welcome all cyclists.
We offer:
- Regular group road rides during the week and at weekends for a range of abilities
- Summer Time Trial series
- Autumn Hill Climb event
- Spring and Summer Road and Crit races
- Swim and run training sessions
- Plus club social events and of course coffee & cake!
Members regularly enter British Cycling, British and International Triathlons, Cyclocross , and CTT events in both youth and senior categories, and also embark on major Sportives and Grand Fondos across the UK and Europe including Prudential Ride London, Velothon Wales, L’Etape du Tour, Maratonna dles Dolomites, Morzine Sportive and GF Mont Ventoux. Members have also ridden across America, to the Black Sea, from Spain and the south of France to Dorset, London to Paris, Lands End to John O’Groats and many others simply enjoy the fantastic riding around our local areas of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.