Manchester and the South Pennines – all welcome
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
Report by the Club President John Drake On the 13th of October 2019 ABC Centreville member Ken Whitehead became a World Champion at the World Masters Track Championships which were held at Manchester Velodrome, the home and originator of the Masters Championships His victory came … 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
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
Steve Whittington reports: Wet Wet Wet Myself and Paul Basson were in action at the 2018 edition of the famous season opener, the Eddie Soens Memorial on Saturday 10th March. With single digit temperatures and the prospect of rain forecast, I’ve gotta be honest, I … Read more
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
ABC Centreville celebrated an excellent year of competition and just plain enjoyable riding in 2017 at our presentation night, with members active in road racing, time trialling, track, audax, sportives and touring as well as some memorable trips and training. Centreville also organised one of … Read more
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
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
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
