A large B ride left King’s Square, which was split into two groups on the A48 to ease traffic flow. The Route took them south west through Minsterworth, an unexpected direction considering the destination was to the North, but gave an opportunity to ride through the...
The A ride leader, after some debate, turned out to be Neville. The group of eight set off down Bristol Road, soon taking in the cycle path alongside the bypass, to the edge of Quedgeley. Our only notable mechanical occurred here: Captain’s bike shed a bottle cage....
La Vuelta a Espana is noted for seeking out steep and sometimes unnecessary hills (such as today’s stage to the Velefique, unnecessarily climbed by the Vice-Captain in the past), and this provided the inspiration for this morning’s Sports ride to Dursley. Three...
In addition to the already announced Club Tour to Newbury from 3 to 5th September there will be an off road option for Friday and Sunday, and possibly Saturday too. The idea is to start from Swindon (there are trains from Gloucester at 7:05 and roughly every half hour...
An early (8.30) departure saw four attendees set off down a reasonably quiet A48 to Chax Hill, checking out the Club 10 championship course: two sets of temporary traffic lights may demand a change of course! It was then a left turn to Rodley where a substantial...
Two Gloucester City riders did brilliantly in last Sunday’s 12 hour, so it was an honour to have one of them ride out with us on this morning’s Sport ride. A succession of steep hills, and careful descents, due to debris washed across the roads, took us...
