Recent Open and Club TT’s

Four Gillingham and District Wheeler/Wheels Cycles riders were among a field of 63 riders in the West DC Open 25 mile time trial held near Cricklade.  Vince Hounsome was first Wheeler with a mid-table time of 0:56:39 (32nd),...

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Olympic Club Run – Weymouth

I am proposing to do a GDW club run to Weymouth (well actually Preston and the Oasis Cafe) on either Sat 4th or Sun 5th Aug.  There are Olympic sailing events on both days so we will be able to view the racing from the seafront...

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Wyke TT and Other News

Simon Barfoot got another maximum points score tonight, just beating Nigel Brown and Vince Hounsome.  Simon only needs one more win to get the maximum possible points total.  It was a fast night this evening, with the perfect...

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9-up Team Time Trial

The Bicester Millenium club are holding a 9-up team time trial at Silverstone GP circuit on Friday 10th August.  GDW have a spot provisionally reserved for a team which the club are going to pay the entry fee for.  If anyone...

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Round Up

Josh Day won tonight’s hillclimb, crossing the line in 4.42.  There was a nagging head/crosswind for the riders to push against resulting in slower times than normal.  James Chant was second in 5.03 with Simon Barfoot in...

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Gold Hill Bread Winner

A few photos from Sunday’s Gold Hill hillclimb, organised by Colin Dennis of En Route Cycling with a lot of help from Julian and Theresa from Offcamber and a few marshals/timekeepers from GDW .  Haven’t found any...

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Bruton tt and other news

Paul Hopkins won tonight’s tt at Bruton, where some really good weather conditions led to a lot of quick times by the riders.  Paul finished with 45.59, nearly two minutes ahead of championship leader Simon Barfoot (47.46,...

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Wyke 10 and Hillclimb Results

Junior rider Josh Day beat allcomers at both the hillclimb and time trial this week, making it four consecutive wins for him.  He set a time of 23.57 at the Wyke 10 to beat Simon Barfoot by three quarters of a minute.  Vince...

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Bruton TT

32 competitors were treated to really good riding conditions at tonight’s Bruton tt.  Josh Day continued his impressive run of form by setting the quickest time of 47.22 to win both the juniors’ section and the...

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GDW 1-2

Nigel Brown and James Chant were first and second at tonight’s Frome Wheelers 5 mile time trial.  There were only seven riders competing but a win is a win!  It was the host club’s opening evening event of the year,...

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Stour Provost TT – Other News

Only 16 riders turned out for tonight’s tt, the sensible ones stayed away.  The conditions weren’t quite as bad as it looked like it was going to be compared to mid-afternoon, but a strong West wind meant that the...

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Stour Provost TT

It was a really fast night at the second round of the GDW time trial championship, lots of riders improved by over a minute compared to last week, some by two minutes and there were a few pbs as well.Paul Hopkins set the...

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Mere Hillclimb

The first hillclimb of the year took place yesterday, with most riders finding it a big shock to the system.  Despite good weather conditions, times were a little slower than normal. Josh Day was quickest, the only person under...

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EDCA R2/GDW TTs

Jane Pritchard won the ladies section of the second round of the EDCA series yesterday.  Jane beat Sarah Woods and Judith Martin with a time of 1.09.08 on the hilly 24 mile course which runs from...

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GDW Club Forum

Just to let everyone know, if you weren’t aware GDW has a Google Groups forum that is open to all (you have to request access in order to post – this is to prevent spam posts).You need to have a valid email address...

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TT News

The EDCA hilly time trial series kicked off last weekend, beginning with one of the hardest events on its calendar, the 25 mile tt based at Wool.  The course takes the riders up the hill out of Wool to Lulworth on three...

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GDW Open Results

Thanks to everyone who helped out at the Open yesterday, there were lots of compliments from the riders afterwards so pat yourselves on the back.Rob Pears (Bath CC) was the overall winner for the third year in a row, beating...

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GDW MTB Series – Final Round

The final round of the GDW MTB series was held in very wet conditions today in Stourhead woods.  A testing course was prepared by Vince Hounshome that included some tricky descents as well as some drop offs from the main tracks...

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Mountain Bike Series, R6

The penultimate round of the Wheelers’ mountain bike series was held in lovely warm conditions today, although the course was as muddy as ever in places.  It was a much harder course than last month’s fire road...

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Ice Conditions Saturday Ride 11/2/12

Just to let people know that as it’s forcast to freeze over night (-4 deg) and given the wet state of the roads today I will not be planning on going out in the morning to lead the ‘B’ ride.  ...

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Tour de France Film

Came across this short film recently, it’s well worth watching if you’ve got the time – it’s footage from the 1962 Tour de Francehttp://vimeo.com/21306164

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Weekend trip to Normandy

There will be a long weekend trip to Normandy, France from 23 – 25 March, these dates coincide with the end of the week long Tour of Normandy which is a UCI class 2.2 road race so we will be able to take in some of the...

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Mountain Bike Series R5 – Other News

Nigel Brown won again in the GDW mountain bike series this morning, completely dominating the race from start to finish.  Nigel opted to use his cyclocross bike today as the course changes meant the route was mainly on the fire...

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Reliability Ride and Other News

We had the biggest turn out so far for the reliability ride on Sunday, and also the highest temperature as well which made a a welcome change from the previous freeze-athons.  A big thankyou to Simon Barfoot, Ella and Ebby for...

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