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...
There are trophies for the highest average speed in Junior, Senior, V40, V50, and V60 categories. Each is calculated from the best average speed over 10, 19 and 25 mile distances. A rider’s best average speed at each distance is then averaged. This is consistent with...
Does anyone know what the collective noun for a group of cyclists is? The internet is awash with suggestions for such matters, but there doesn’t seem to be a definitively ‘correct’ answer. Anyway, a chatter of Tempo riders gathered in the square,...
We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is hard. Or so John F Kennedy (nearly) said in 1962. That sentiment lives on in this cycle Club as, despite misgivings expressed beforehand in the chatroom, eight of us tackled the Dark Side of the...
Congratulations go to the Club 25 mile TT Champion, Jeremy Addis, and to the road bike Champion at the distance, Nathan Monk. No ladies participated in the event.
Four riders left the square on an overcast Sunday morning heading to Slimbridge. Gloucester was departed via Northgate Street through to the Quays when we crossed the swing bridge and onto the Gloucester to Sharpness canal towpath. Passing many anglers setting...
