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  • Category 3 ride led by Paul Henderson 

    A warm gentle breeze, bright blue sky and brilliant sunshine was what the ride leader wanted on his first ever lead. What he got weather wise was not quite as bad as forecast, it was bad, which I … more ->

  • The club’s Annual General Meeting will take place at Allenburys at 8:00 pm on Sun 17th November.

    Please do your best to attend! This meeting is important to the smooth running of the club and plans for its future.

  • Congratulations to Peter on another amazing ride.

    The Paris-Brest-Paris event is the oldest in the cycling calendar having first taken place in 1891 when it was a professional race. Nowadays 1200 km is a bit too far for the professionals and the event has become … more ->

    Screenshot of Peter's timings
  • Gareth Wignall turned his focus to long-distance time trials and achieved club records over 100 miles and 12 hours.

    On 23rd June  he achieved a 100 mile time of  3hrs 58mins 34secs – an average of 25.15 mph. This beat the club’s 1987 record by … more ->

    Photo of Gareth and baby Ada
  • Category 6 ride led by Danny Hood 

    What is it with the weather forecasts lately? They are less reliable these days than a certain football team with a two goal lead. The rain more or less promised for all day, then guaranteed for about lunch … more ->

    Photo of the Cat 5 riders taking refreshments at Cammas Hall Fruit Farm
  • Category 2 ride led by Lib Rocco

    Popped my cherry and led my very first category 2 club ride. Five riders met at 8:30am in Ware to begin a 70 mile ride to Great Waltham. One had to cut the ride short … more ->

  • Category 6 ride led by Tony Dos Santos

    What a beautiful day! 14 riders turned up; I was terrified! Lovely to see Franco. 

    We had a great first half of the ride. Everyone was brimming with confidence and vitality. Then, Mick “the chain” Gornall, the inevitable happened … more ->

    Photo of the Cat 5 ride enjoying lunch in the sunshine.
  • Category 2 ride led by Nathan Brede

    The category 2 team of 5 riders covered 60.2 miles on their tour of Essex at an average speed of 18.9 mph. It was a good testing ride, and the team team worked well together.

    Cafe stop too … more ->

  • Category 5 ride led by John Farnham

    Six Wheelers and one guest rider assembled at Much Hadham for a similar ride to last week, but this time featuring a longer return route with the intention of making the total distance up to about 50 miles. Outward … more ->

  • Category 2 ride led by Nathan Brede

    On the category 2 ride out to Gamlingay, Bedfordshire, we covered 80.2 miles, averaging 18.2 mph with 3400 ft of climbing approximately.  It was a very windy ride, especially going out to Gamlingay, but the team worked well together. We had one puncture … more ->