Club Ride Diary
Updated Guidelines for Club Rides
Following the resumption of group rides (see Announcement) and experience gained from our A & B rides on Sunday we have updated our guidelines for group riding as follows: DO NOT ATTEND any club event if you, or anyone in your household, is symptomatic, or...
Club Rides to restart
Sunday, 5th July, sees the first club ride for some time. The destination for the B ride is the Woodlands cafe in Cinderford. If anyone wants to lead a shorter ride to Birdwood or Huntley, please let the Vice Captain know. We will be asking riders to ride in small...
Club and Social Rides in July
The club has been carefully monitoring government regulations, advice from cycling governing bodies, and observing what is happening in practice around our area and now believes there is a case for some club activities to recommence from Sunday 5th July. We recognise...
British Cycling Update on group cycling
International and national level races, including national series and championships The suspension is extended to the 1 September 2020. Regional racing and non-competitive events e.g. sportives The suspension is extended to the 1 August 2020. Club and group activity...
Where did you ride today?
It was a beautiful sunny morning for a ride, with lots of solo riders and couples, as well as runners, on the Haw Bridge loop through Norton and Ashleworth. Rather encouragingly many of them didn't look like regular cyclists so perhaps when things return to normal...
Covid -19 (coronavirus) impact on GCCC activities
In the light of Government advice and that of the national cycling bodies, below, we have decided to cancel all group events until 30 April. This means that all our club activities (Tuesday and Sunday rides, social gatherings, committee meetings,and time trials) are...
Covid -19 (coronavirus) General Advice
As we are all aware, the Covid-19 epidemic now poses a high risk to all of us in the UK. The virus belongs to the same class as those that cause colds but is genetically very different from them. Firstly, this means that, like a cold, it is easy to catch: it is...
A handful of riders brave the bad weather
With the President, who was set to lead today's ride to Dursley, self isolating with some (thankfully not all) coronavirus symptoms and the Vice Captain suffering cabin fever in Spain where the country's state of emergency had placed the country in lockdown and...
Colwall blue sky lambs. Spring at last!
Our Sunday ride leader took a route through Redmarley and the Bromsberrow estate and Eastnor, braving Clenchers Mill ford en route. After all the recent rain this was a brave move, one not followed by all, but a successful one. Elevenses were taken at Cafe Morro in...
First day of spring
Sunshine and hail, today's ride had it all. A well matched group from the Gloucester City Cycling Club enjoyed the superb scenery from the Linton Ridge towards May Hill before turning South into the forest for refreshements in Cinderford. Thirteen started, one went...