Summertime, And The Living Is Easy

Another glorious day for cycling – just a shame about the drought conditions. At least today wasn’t muggy, with a decent bit of freshness in the air. A good sized group was at the Square which by the time we’d traversed the Over causeway had swelled to fourteen....

Race victory and a new 50 record for Club riders

Nathan Monk won the road bike category in the Royal Dean Forest Club’s open 25 today on R25/7 with a time of 1h 5m 43s and in the ECAA Championship event held on the E2/50D2 at Newmarket Tim Radley set a new Club 50 mile record of 1h 42m 25s, beating the...

Who needs hills?

There seems to be an opinion that for a ride to be hard, or difficult, there has to be a sufficient amount of hill climbing involved. With this in mind a mixture of the Tempo and Intermediate rides set out on route to Clive’s Fruit Farm at Cropthorne. The ride...

Speed can hurt your legs

With nine riders in the square on a near-perfect morning for a ride, we decided to set off as a single group and see how it developed. We thought the unusually flat parcours was unlikely to split the group, but some took the absence of elevation as a cue to go harder...

2025 Ten Mile TT Club Championship results

The championship was decided on a hot summer evening on the Dursley course. From a filed of fifteen riders our three Champions are: Open category Champion: Matt Hill Road Bike Champion: Ian Cole Ladies Champion: Joanna Hunek DATE COURSE NAME DISTANCE (MILES) 8/12/2025...

2025 Paul Barnard Challenge Cup results

The Paul Barnard Challenge Cup is awarded to the winner of the Club Events competition. Paul was killed on 22nd July 2003 while cycling on the Northleach bypass at 7.30am. The trophy was given to the Club by his parents in 2004 and is awarded to the rider with the...