Manchester and the South Pennines – all welcome
Nick Holmes Biemme have a small amount of high quality kit on offer. Follow the link and indictate the kit you are interested in before its too late ! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V-l18dYq0hPI9UUiBLnGeSHnR1rlRHr-p0rVu2jX_OA/edit?usp=sharing If you could let me know by the 10 January 2020 that would be great.
Talking to Nigel and John the feeling is if you want to add track Cycling to your skill set then the best route is to get your track accreditation, full details of the process is below: http://www.nationalcyclingcentre.com/track/rider-development/accreditation-stage-1/ If you want to buddy up … Read more
I have had a couple of queries regarding reliability rides. Traditionally the club runs 3 rides: 16 January 2022 Widdop 47.5 Mi 23 January 2022 Gisburn 74 Mi I love these tough winter rides as they represent a real adventure at a very dead time … Read more
I know the weather is set to warm up however its worth taking a few minutes to read the attached article as preparation for the next cold snap. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/how-to-ride-in-the-snow-307104 Ride Safe
From John Drake The club is looking at the potential of having a velodrome session so members can try out track cycling, but needs to establish what the interest from members is to see if it is worth arranging. The session would cater for all … Read more
A report from our esteemed club secretary Nick Holmes: Calderdale Poet, Ted Hughes wrote of Crow Hill in Luddenden “Sheer sides under the sodden moors: When its not wind its rain….” We had both, there was very little wind but we had to contend with … Read more
A very sunny Easter weekend 2019 saw Centreville members get their white winter legs out and covered in factor 50, the better to enjoy cycling in all its forms, from time trialling and triathlon, to a trip away in Girona, NE Spain where Dan Martin … Read more
Centreville’s Charlotte Boothman has made a strong winning start to her time-trialling in 2019, building on her excellent results in 2018. Vets Dan Shackleton and Paul Basson have also started well, along with Ben Stead who placed 2nd at the Macclesfield 25 recently to add … Read more
Centreville’s Ben Stead rode to an excellent 2nd place in the Macclesfield Wheelers Open 25 time trial on Sunday April 13th 2019 on the J2/9 course near Jodrell Bank. Ben averaged a shade under 28mph for 53.41, to winner Alexander Royle’s 52.14 (Manchester Bicycle Club). … Read more
Reluctant to blow his own trumpet, I bent Dan’s arm over a number of weeks until it hurt almost as much as his feet in a 12 hour to tell us about his excellent time trial season in 2018. Many thanks to him for writing … Read more
