A day to exercise Presidential and Vice Presidential Prerogatives

A day to exercise Presidential and Vice Presidential Prerogatives

The Met Office having declared a State of Emergency (or at east a Yellow Warning of wind), prudence led to the Club’s rides being cancelled today but as the morn looked bright and clear I decided there was a good opportunity for a ride and ignored the cancellation...

Tewkesbury Ride

Seven riders left the square on a relatively mild December morning, heading out of Gloucester over Westgate Bridge and toward Maisemore village. Once at Maisemore the ride leader took the Over Old Road, which many riders had not used previously. Once at the top of the...
Crank of the year

Crank of the year

The “Crank of the Year” trophy is not normally sought after, but one rider on today’s tempo ride would have been very pleased to have it in his back pocket. His crank sheared, which neartly brought him off. Although theoretically possible for a...

New runs list available

The Sunday rides list for January to April next year, including the Spring tour to Abergavenny, is now available here: GCCC-Sunday-Rides-list-for-Jan-to-Apr-2025
A (no) Novice Ride to Nailsworth

A (no) Novice Ride to Nailsworth

Another rainy Sunday, arriving at Kings Square I only saw one cyclist and he had his lights turned off, so I thought “he’s not keen to be going out today”. More people actually turned up so our band of six were looking for the novice rider but found...
An unwelcome Santa

An unwelcome Santa

A dozen or so of the club’s hardier members were huddled in the shelter of Iceland’s entrance as the last of the overnight showers blew across Kings Square. Seven joined the Tempo ride and we made good progress along the well travelled route through...