The 2013 GDW time trial season got underway on Wednesday night, with plenty of regulars joined by some new faces as well.  The times were some way off of most riders’ personal bests, a very strong East wind making the...

We are pleased to announce that you can now join as a GDW  member on the internet.  This facility is provided by British Cycling and will cost 70p (about the same as a 1st class stamp and an envelope) and is accessed through the...

The 2013/14 GDW club membership fees are due from the 1st April,  the form is available for download on the membership page.   Pete Humphreys is the new membership secretary so all forms to be sent to him (address on the mem...

The 2013 Gillingham and District Wheelers evening Hill Climb and Time trial series gets underway at 6:30pm on Monday 1st April with the Mere Hill Climb up Warminster Hollow.  Riders should meet in Mere car park for signing on by...

The recent poor weather and low temperatures have caused the cancellation of many events over the last two weeks, but today the latest round of the WTTA Hardriders time trial series took place at Maiden Bradley. The 24 miles...

Barney Cox has been racking up the BC licence points lately and has now moved up to a 3rd category licence.  Barney’s been racing at the Ludgershall/Army CU winter series on a regular basis and has scored second and third...

The club held the annual Open tt and the final round of the winter mountain bike series at the weekend.  At Bruton on Saturday, the Open was blessed with a lucky break in the weather, treating the riders to a couple of hours of...

…as well as the club’s Open time trial this Saturday, we also have the final round of the GDW winter series of mountain bike races at Alfred’s Tower.  Meet at the tower car park on Sunday (10th) and sign in for...

The Gillingham & District Wheelers / Wheels Cycles Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 14th March at the North Dorset Rugby Club, Gillingham at 7.30pm. Food will be provided at the end of the meeting, so please...

The next Dorset Vintage and Classic Auctions event has lots of interesting bicycles entered, from a 19th century Velocipede and Ordinary bikes through to several from between the wars.The bikes – plus the usual array of...

British Cycling are looking to train up more marshals for road races.  The local accreditation courses will be run through Poole Wheeler David Wade, for anyone who might be interested in helping to support local roiad racing...

Nigel Brown was the clear winner of Sunday’s race at Alfred’s Tower, which was rescheduled from a couple of weeks ago due to the recent snow.  The race took place on a very muddy short course which meant everyone got...

GDW 2013 kit order is being finalised. Please contact the shop asap to be included in the order if you wish anything specific. The usual stock of Summer items will be ordered.So far we have orders for the following...

It’s that time again, 50 miles on the bike in the freezing weather.  The annual ride linking up some of the Gillingham Wheelers’ time trial courses will start and finish at the Riversmeet Leisure Centre, Hardings...

Offcamber held the fourth round of their winter series of mountain bike races on Sunday which featured a bumper entry of 58 riders.  It was a chilly but dry morning at Inside Park, though a lot of the course had got considerably...

There are a couple of early opportunities for the speedier riders among you to get some race miles in – the Perf’s Pedal race is on February 10th this year, it’s open to E/1/2/3 cat riders, entry closes on Jan...

The club annual dinner and awards evening was held at Indigo Blue restaurant attended by 48 people.  For those who could not make it here is the list  of the prizewinners:TT Series 1st Overall and Club Champion  – Simon...

The third round of the GDW mountain bike series took place on a sunny Sunday morning in Stourhead Estate, with Paul Hopkins completing six very consistent and fast laps to take the win.  Paul was giving his new lightweight...

The annual hillclimb blast up Catherine’s Hill in Frome takes place on December 16th this year.  It’s always an atmospheric event, and should be even more so with its new pre-Christmas slot.  Most of the places are...

Many of you already have GPS enabled Garmin devices, or have downloaded the Strava App for your Android phone and may be already out there collecting King of the Mountain awards (KOMs).For those that haven’t; either get...

STOP PRESS – After several years at the Coppleridge Inn, Motcombe the Gillingham & District Wheelers Dinner and Presentation evening will be held at the Indian Restaurant in Mere (Indigo Blue) on Sat 24 November....

Vince has managed to sort out the various permissions needed for us to race at Alfred’s Tower woods so the mountain bike schedule looks like this –  13th Oct sat evening about 19.30  28th Oct sun morning  18th Nov...

Josh Day rounded off the GDW road season with the fastest time at the Mere hillclimb, winning with 4.36.  Kim Little had a bit of an off-night with 4.47 while James Chant and Simon Barfoot tied on 5.05.  NIgel Brown was next up...

Visiting rider Paul Caton of Welwyn Wheelers set the quickest time tonight, winning with a 23.18.  Times were pretty good, a strong tailwind through the middle section helping a lot.  Kim Little was second, just ahead of Simon...

51 rides competed at the first Gillingham v Frome v Westbury interclub on Wednesday evening, a brilliant turnout.  After a lot of number crunching back at The George in Longbridge Deverill, the GDW team of Paul Hopkins, Nigel...