Manchester and the South Pennines – all welcome
Nick Holmes This event marks not only the end of the Cycling Season but also a change in the years seasons. Over the last few years we have had, favourable tail winds, Hail storms, Heavy Rain and localised rain, of note is the fact that of a … Read more
Ben and Neil at the Rake Hill Climb 2017 Pain-fest fanciers Neil Swithenbank and Ben Whitehead lined up for ABC Centreville at the famous/infamous Rake Hill climb in Ramsbottom on Sunday. This 875m course ramps up to 22% and gives you a fair kicking if … Read more
West pennine Hill climb on Blackstonedge, 1st October 2017 ABC Centreville had a good day at the office on Blackstonedge today at the West Pennine hill climb, with Louis Szymanski taking the win with a storming 7.41 and leading the club to the first team … Read more
ABC Centreville’s Louis Szymanski won the Hadrian’s Wall Road Race from Bampton near Carlisle in a classy win over several elite riders, including second placed Dylan Byrne of VCUK Velochampion Racing Team who Louis was able to ride away from on the last climb to … Read more
One of the hardest sportives in the UK The Goose Eye Grimpeur Sportive will give you a day to live long in the memory. With a saw-tooth profile of 3612m of climb over 200km, wild high spaces and lush river valleys, it is Beauty and … Read more
Centrville’s John Taylor has kindly organised a club donation of cycling clothing to the Africa Kit Appeal which collects kit for young racing cyclists in Africa: “Our mission is to provide the kids of our supported African countries with the cycling apparel they need, not … Read more
Going Under the Hour “I decided to have another crack at time trialling this year (my last time trial was in 1992!) and so entered a few early season time trials on my road bike with clip on bars. I soon remembered how painful time … Read more
ABC Centrville trackie Jon Taylor with an update on his experiences returning to racing on the track at Manchester Velodrome: “After a few years away from the track I regained my accreditation and decided to have a go at track racing in the Friday night … Read more
Belmont Hill Climb 2017 Centreville’s Louis Szymanski blasted up the course to win the Belmont Hill Climb on 21st June 2017, in 9 minutes 53 seconds – more than half a minute in front of second placed David Powell of Horwich CC, with Team ASL … Read more
ABC Centreville’s in-form rider Louis Szymanski was only denied the win by a strong new course record from JLT-Condor professional James Gullen which beat Chris Boardman’s previous mark. Louis writes: Despite the promise of heavy rain from the forecast, reasonably favourable conditions greeted the competitors … Read more
