Many thanks to all the riders who turned up for this Saturdays ride a good turn out of 30 riders lets keep it up.  If this continues we will look at bringing in a 3rd group this will slot in between the 2 existing rides. this...

In an effort to promote more people wearing GDW club kit it was agreed at the recent club AGM that any club member wearing club kit would have a discount of £1 on the standard TT fees for club Time Trials.

Kim Little writes -The weekend of March 23rd/24th was the first round of the National Points MTB Series at Sherwood Pines in Nottinghamshire.  The weather forecast for the weekend was not looking good with reports of deep snow...

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...

Kim Little raced up Mere Hollow to yet another GDW hillclimb win last night, beating James Chant by 25 seconds.  Everyone found the going even harder than normal, with cold temperatures and a strong headwind along the route...

Wheels Cycles in Station Road, Gillingham have a special offer for the start of the club TT Season. – Purchase a pair of Profile Design Legacy Aerobars (Normally £60) for £40**GDW members only. Subject to availability....

There was a good turn out of wheelers at the 2013 castle coombe easter meeting with riders representing in both 4th and 3rd category races. James Foster, Nigel Brown (riding for Westbury Wheelers), and James Hawkins (in his...

Taunton Vale Cycle Racing AssociationIlton training starts next week (Thurs 4th April) at the Merryfield Airfield at 19:00, signing on for 18:45.  The sessions continue on Thursdays throughout the season (apart from 2nd &...

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 start sheet for the Open is now available, see the attached document.  Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to help out on the day

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...

Entry is now closed for our Open on March 9th, the startsheet will be published on Friday.  If anyone is able to help out with marshalling or in the hall please let me know – jamescbf@btinternet.com 

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...

The penultimate round of the GDW mountain bike race was won by Kim Little, who has been getting some great results both off-road and on-road lately.  Kim took full advantage of his early season form to beat Nigel Brown after...

Free training weekend with Pendragon Sports: 23-24/02/2013A special weekend of cycling using the roads of stages 1 and 2 of the Tour of Wessex. The weekend is designed to give a flavour of the routes and to get some miles into...

Hot on the heels of winning the fourth cat race at Ludgershall last week, Kim Little bagged another win at the weekend.  This was in the second round of the spring Gorrick mountain bike series, with Kim racing in the Masters...

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...

Kim Little won the second of the two fourth category races at Ludgershall on Saturday.  The race was held in freezing temperatures and snow, and by the end of 30 minute plus three laps event most riders were unable to change...

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...