GDW Hardriders Open

The Wheelers annual Open is coming up fast, we’ve got 56 entries so far with a couple of days to go until the entry closes.  There have been lots of offers of help on the day, so thanks a lot to those people, we do still...

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Frome Wheelers Open

Frome and District Wheelers held their Open 10 mile TT today on the new Frome bypass course.  Six GDW riders competed, with a surprise fastest Wheeler time from Jane Pritchard.  Unfortunately, Jane was one of a three competitors...

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50 Mile Reliability Ride

Just a reminder about the 50 mile ride this coming Sunday (Jan 22nd), meeting at Orchard Park with a ride start time of 9 am, please see previous post for more details and maps

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Newport Velodrome Trip – Sun 4th March

There are 5 spaces available on the Yeovil CC trip to Newport Velodrome on Sun 4th March 15:00-18:00 due to some cancellations.The cost is £35 per person which includes the coach and the hire of bike.  You just need to make your...

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50 Mile Winter Reliability Ride

The ride will start at 9am, hope to see you there. Route below – food stop marked on map (just past 26 mile marker).   Audax style route (in PDF  format) supplied by Daryol for download below or click here – NB Route...

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Winter Reading

For anyone who is still finishing off mountains of festive food, here are a couple of articles you can read whilst you eat -The first is a feature from a recent edition of Shred, a South West-based mountain bike magazine, in...

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SPAM Winter Challenge

The Salisbury Plain Area Mountain bike club held their annual Winter Challenge at the weekend.  This event usually takes place in January but MOD restrictions meant that the event was brought forward a little this year.  The...

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GDW Mountain Bike, Race 4

It was a case of deja vu at today’s mountain bike race, with Nigel Brown passing Kim Little right at the very end of the race, just as he did at the last round.  Alex Day took third place ahead of Tom Downes and Vince...

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Mountain Bike Round 3 Results

It was another lovely, warm autumnal morning for the latest of the Wheelers’ off-road races, with a record 27 starters turning out.  Organiser Vince Hounsome had added some new challenges to the course, with a descent...

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Simon Rouse says thank you

Simon has asked me to thank all those people who came to see him throughout the day, giving him encouragement and support for his 12 Hour turbo session especially James, Ebby and the boys who helped him pack up at the end.  ...

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Day Trip to Cwmcarn

Join us for a day of off-road riding at the Twrch Trail, Cwmcarn.  The idea is to go in a mini bus and trailer, meeting at Riversmeet Leisure Centre on Sunday November 20th, at 0800.  This will cost £15.  If you would like to...

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Happy Shopper

Head along to Tesco in Yeovil next Saturday 12th Nov and you’ll find Simon Rouse pedalling on a turbo trainer – for 12 hours!  Not just for fun (!?) either, Simon is raising money for the Alzheimers Society, this is...

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Burrington Combe Hillclimb

Three Wheelers turned out for the final round of the WTTA Hardriders series.  This was the traditional season-closer hillclimb event at picturesque Burrington Combe in the Mendips.  The temperature was considerably higher than...

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Lost In Translation

As featured in the must-read cycling website The Inner Ring (Inrng), the brothers Schleck on Japanese TV in the common language of ‘English’ – have a look here

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Downton 2 Day Stage Race

The League International held their annual 2 day/3 stage race last weekend, based around the New Forest and Downton.  Organiser and time trial legend Glenn Longland always puts on a great event and this year was no...

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Cycle Touring news

John Phillips recently completed his latest solo cycle camping trip, this time crossing Spain from Bilbao in the north to Gibralter in the South.  Apart from a wet first day, the weather was wall-to-wall sun with temperatures in...

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GDW Mountain Bike Night Race

The first ever GDW night race was a great success, a big thankyou to Vince for organising everything and to all the marshals and timekeepers who turned out.It was a perfect night for it, warm and the recent dry weather made the...

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Bournemouth Velodrome

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that we have a two hour slot booked in for the new outdoor velodrome at Slades Farm in Bournemouth.The session will run from 2 until 4 on Saturday, October 22nd and will cost £6 per...

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WTTA Hardriders tt

Chris Mullet and James Chant both took part in the latest WTTA Hardrider time trial, a 25 miler on the Frome bypass which was run by Bath CC.  The course is run over three laps which has two horrible drags on it, both of which...

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National Mountain Bike XC Series, Final Round

Newnham Park in Plymouth hosted the final round of this years’s championship.  The riders had good weather for this event, held on a tight, twisty, technical course.Paul Hopkins (riding for Merida) wrapped up the National...

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Wednesday Night Rides

There will be a weekly night ride starting this coming Wednesday (28th), open to members and non-members, rolling out at 7pm.The meeting point will be the Library car park in Gillingham, where the time trial signing-in takes...

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Thankyou!

A big thank you to everyone who have helped out with marshalling this season, it’s been especially helpful since Mary and Dennis have been unable to make it along.A big, massive, HUGE thanks to those who seem to be there...

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Final Hillclimb

Kim Little finished off the hillclimb series in style, confirming his championship win with a new course record.  Kim knocked four seconds from his own record with a time of 4.18 to beat Josh Day by 20 seconds.  Alex Hookins and...

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Club Christmas Dinner – Fri 2nd Dec

The Gillingham Wheelers Christmas Dinner and Presentation Evening will take place at the Coppleridge Inn, Motcombe on Friday 2nd December.So make a date in your diary – more details (menu etc) will appear on the web site...

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