Jane Pritchard put in a strong ride in extremely windy conditions to finish as fastest lady rider at the DB Max 10 mile time trial.  The event was held at the Castle Combe race circuit, and Jane’s time of 27.19 was good...

Lizzie Hutson was in imperious form as she stormed to victory in her age group at Ironman UK in Bolton on Sunday 1st August.  It was her first attempt at the distance, in which she managed to qualify for the Ford Ironman World...

James Oliver, of the Wessex Wizards triathlon club, posted the fastest time at last night’s tt.  James was the only rider to get under twenty four minutes with a time of 23.49.  All the riders had to contend with a...

Our ever-present marshal Vic Hansford will be on holiday this week so if anyone would like to marshal or bring someone along with them tomorrow night who could then that would be very much appreciated.The TLI weekly evening...

Both James Gray and Charles Rees scored road race wins in the last week.  James became the third Wheeler to win at Ilton this season, breaking away shortly after a mid-race sprint prime to take a clear solo win.  James will now...

The last two weeks of GDW tts have seen Julian Chown take two wins and now has a maximum score of 450 points in the championship.  Julian won last week’s 19 miler at Bruton by 16 seconds from Kim Little (47.30 and 47.46). ...

Tonight’s Wyke time trial saw a fifth win for Paul Hopkins this season, his time of 23.12 was enough to beat Julian Chown (23.39) into second place.  Charles Rees was riding in non-aero mode and came third, about a minute...

Simon Rouse took on the challenge of the Welsh CA 12 Hour time trial last weekend.  This was Simon’s first attempt at a 12, and he did well on what was a really windy day, finishing in 29th place with a final distance of...

Just to say I completed the ride yesterday (Sun 04/07) and thanks to all who sponsored me on what may well be the longest ride I ever do!  Total distance was 1,822 miles, camping all the way and completed in 31 days with one day...

As I’m sure most people know, last week’s GDW Open was held on a different course to the one originally scheduled due to a fatal crash during a time trial three weeks ago.  Many of the original entrants decided to...

Paul Hopkins put in a brilliant ride at this evening’s time trial, knocking over 30 seconds from his own course record to set a new benchmark of 21.50.  For the second week in a row, Julian Chown lowered his course best...

Results from yesterday’s very hot Open time trial at Ashton Keynes are now available, click on the attachment to have a look.  Despite the change of course from the dual carriageway to a ‘slow’ one on the...

Sunday 20th June:  Unfortunately for all those Father’s who were hoping to use their ‘day’ to escape via a blast around the local hills and dales, there won’t be an organised GDW ride this week as I...

It was bright and sunny but really hard work for the riders in the strong winds at last night’s tt.  Although most people were slower than usual, Charles Rees set a very fast time of 23.19 to win and Julian Chown finished...

As many of you are aware John Phillips is on a one man mission to cycle to Monte Carlo & back a distance of some 1700 miles in aid of the Help for Heroes charity.  John is now into his 2nd week of cycling, and Maria informs...

Sorry for any confusion this is causing, but the road closure in Wyke for the resurfacing work has already ended so this week’s tt will be on the Gillingham course as originally planned.  Meet at the Library car park for a...

For all of you who can’t make the social Saturday rides or who just want, maybe, a quicker blast around the beautiful scenery of our local area then the GDW Sunday ride is back.Meet up at 9AM in the carpark beside Wheels...

On the last day of National Bike Week, 27th June, I will be running loads of rides from Taunton. The idea is to involve as many folk as possible, so there will be family rides from 15 miles upwards, and two great rides for...

 There were some fast times at last night’s Bruton tt, in spite of the rain making the faster parts of the course a bit tricky.  The final miles were made quicker than usual thanks to a tailwind and that contributed to a...

Only 10 riders out on the wet Mere Hollow climb this week.  Kim Little sped up the hill to take a dominant win and knock one second from his course record with a time of 4 minutes 34.  James Chant and Simon Rouse are chipping...

At this morning’s very windy Somer Valley CC Open time trial, the Wheelers found themselves in a spot of confusion and controversy.  Charles Rees, Simon Rouse and James Chant ‘won’ the team prize but...

A large contingent of 8 Wheelers were among 44 riders who braved attrocious conditions on Saturday afternoon in the second of this years Frome Open 10 mile time trial events.  A strong south westerley wind made the return half...

1.  Check out the Time Trial Course pages, the GDW organised UC47 10 Mile TT on 26 June 10 has now been added in OS map as well as Google Maps.   2.  Have updated this years Bruton Open 19 mile Video so that it is now semi...

A bumper field of 40 riders took to the roads around Todber and Stour Row last night for the latest GDW time trial.  Paul Hopkins has been concentrating on mountain biking lately and returned to tt-ing in top form, knocking five...

The South Road Race championships take place on a 14.5 mile road circuit starting and finishing at Upavon airfield this Sunday  23rd May commencing at 10:00 am.    The main event is for seniors in the E/1/2/3 category who do 6...