With the Club returning to the Portway course for its annual hill climb there was intense specualtion as to whether John Barnes’ 34 year old course record would finally fall. Despite strong efforts from the new Champion, Patrick (illustrated), and the reigning...
Eight riders at the Square, split into two groups, one group planning to climb Horsepools and Frocester and the other ‘faster’ group on a rolling route to North Nibley. The pace on the faster ride was quite spicy and we arrived at Eastwood Garden Centre ahead of the...
Today’s steady ride was designated as Retro with riders encouraged to don older jerseys or ride vintage bikes. John W took the award for best effort with his immaculate Italian steed, a brand named after a group of four gamblers. Twelve riders departed the square...
Now pay attention, this is very complicated. There were eight in the square, four opted for the Tempo ride and four for the Fast. The fast guys were late starting as a power meter crank needed a new battery (not something that would have been appropriate on the Steady...
Eleven participants formed into eight teams. First place went to Ana and Emma. The rest came shared second place The evening was wrapped up with a good social at the end.
Matt Hill extended his Paul Barnard Trophy lead in the last TT of the season, the Elmore loop road bike event, leaving next week’s Portway hill climb to decide the final result. A welcome increase in the size of the field brought some new challengers to the line...
