Manchester and the South Pennines – all welcome
Centreville’s ace (it’s the club logo – see what I did there?) time triallist Dan Shackleton rode well all season, and won the club BAR trophy. He finished 7th overall in the Manchester and District Time Trial Association league, despite being a V40 and only … 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
Gran Fondo Masters World Championships, Albi, France, 2017 ABC Centreville’s Steve Whittington reports on his strong ride: After qualifying for the World Masters Championships at the Tour Of Cambridgeshire in June (see here https://www.centreville.org.uk/tour-of-cambridgeshire/ I was back in action in GB colours for the final on the 27th August. … 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
Withington Wheelers 10 mile TT – Saturday 26th August 2017 Wigan Wheelers 25 mile TT – Sunday 27th August 2017 For the bank holiday weekend I had a double-header – a 10 mile TT on the Saturday afternoon and a 25 mile TT on the … 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
Danny Shackleton reports on a great ride in the Team Swift 12 Hour Time Trial – Sunday 30th July 2017 Sometime towards the end of 2016, having completed one 10 mile time trial and a few hill climbs, I decided that 2017 would be the … 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
The A50/6 is considered to be one of the fastest 50 mile time trial courses in the country, being an out and back course based mainly on the A50 dual carriageway between Derby and Stoke. With the event having a restricted field (72 men and … Read more
