Ben Stead rides to 2nd at Macclesfield

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

Dan Shackleton’s 2018 TT season

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

An introduction to track riding and racing

From John Drake, ABC Centreville’s club chairman and experienced track racer and coach ABC Centreville always looks to develop members’ participation and skills wherever possible. This article seeks to provide information on track cycling and the avenues to participation. There are a number of ABC … Read more

Charlotte Boothman turns up the heat on summer 2018

If the tarmac wasn’t already in danger of melting in the searing heat of summer 2018, Charlotte Boothman would have blistered it anyway with the impressive TT rides she has laid down this year in her first full season for ABC Centreville. Her year began … Read more

Charlotte Boothman takes her 5th win of 2018

Centreville’s Charlotte Boothman has had a storming start to her spring TT campaign, with 5 wins out of 9 outings to date. Charlotte  delivered Centreville’s first win of 2018 in her first race for the club, clocking a speedy 17.46 for first woman on a … Read more

The Cheshire Cat Sportive 2018

A good day indeed for best bikes Jon Taylor reports on his day out: ‘Remember Its not a race and abide by rules of the highways at all times’ the Tannoy announcer declared as at 8am on a sunny Sunday morning in excess of 2500 … Read more

Charlotte wins for Centreville!

Charlotte Boothman delivered Centreville’s first win of 2018 on her first race for the club, clocking a speedy 17.46 for first woman on a shortened 7.5 mile course at the NLTTA 10 on Saturday 10th of March 2018. Charlotte was 25th overall out of 89 … Read more

Circuit of Ingleborough TT 10th March 2018

Centreville’s Dan Shackleton reports: After last weekend’s time trial programme was written off thanks to the Beast from the East, Saturday’s Circuit of Ingleborough turned out to be only my second race outing of the year. The Circuit of Ingelborough organised by Pendle Forest CC … Read more

Reliably icy-dicey

Centreville Reliability Ride 1: 7th January 2018 An excellent turnout of massed Centreville members racked up outside Rochdale Town Hall for an early blast, and as it turned out an icy one too, the first victim being Nick, our esteemed club secretary who was bruised … Read more