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  • 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 ->

  • Category 6 ride led by Danny Hood

    The first ride of autumn saw a rather impressive turn out of thirteen for today’s cat sixer. The one and only eye-talian stallion rejoined us for his first club run since his knee surgery. Good to see you … more ->

  • Category 3 ride led by Barry Page Nine riders met at Ware for a rather hot ride to High Easter. We lost one due to a chain gremlin but the rest carried on through Essex on good roads to our watering hole. We then lost … more ->

    Photo of the ride to Strasishall