After the announcement earlier this week from Boris of the “Roadmap” back to normality, the Committee met virtually to discuss the best way forward and when to reintroduce a leisure programme of events. Our focus was the time trial season, weekend leisure rides and Saturday Chain Gang. As of Thursday 25th February, British Cycling (our […]

On Sunday, 30th August, we had the long-awaited return to group leisure rides for Chippenham Wheelers. We certainly picked a good day for it, with pleasant temperatures, sunshine and a tailwind home. Over 20 riders joined in, with a mixture of the usual suspects and gratifyingly, a couple of new members. Starting from Chippenham Sports […]

Article by Dr Jamie Brosch, Leisure Rider and Club Committee member. Background As you may know from the club newsletter, your committee has been keeping a close eye on the government’s rapidly evolving social distancing rules and the more specific British Cycling guidance, regarding club activities. Until now, the additional measures required to meet this […]

Updated: 05/04/20 Latest Government advice highlights the need to stay at home as much as possible, to help reduce the spread of the Cornonavirus. You are currently permitted to exercise outdoors once a day for a walk, run or cycle, either alone, or with members of your household. When doing this, you must minimise the time […]

A very Happy New Year to you all! We trust you enjoyed a pleasant festive break and hope that Santa brought you everything on your Christmas list! 2019 was a year of many highs and just as many lows, but overall some fantastic achievements by our wonderful club members. So as we start a new […]

Back before Christmas, we communicated to you about our ever-popular Flapjack Audax, an event organised by the club, open to both club members and non-club members alike. This is now a call to ALL CLUB MEMBERS for offers of help; simply give up a few hours of your time by volunteering at one of the checkpoints on route, and go […]

Following the success of last winters coached club indoor cycling (spinning), sessions will start again on Monday 30th September. Having looked at various venue options, Springfield Sports Centre, Corsham has been selected to meet our needs. Springfield Centre has a large number of bikes which are located in a bespoke full time Spin studio and […]

Following a mostly lovely July, August has arrived warm, damp and windy, often all at the same time. The Tour de France is over for another year and what a cracker it was too. We have another Prime Minister, but we will steer clears of politics in this club. What will you do with that […]

On 20/21 July 2019 three club members rode in the National RTTC 24 Hour Time Trial and all three finished.  By all finishing the club achieved 3rd team. Here are their stories. Paul Winchcombe 24 Hour Virgin – No More So in June 2018 I rode the Welsh 12 Hour and somehow talked myself into […]

Another month has come around and we have been blessed with warm dry weather following a lot of wet in June. Take a look at the stories below to catch up on what some club members have been up to and more importantly, what is coming up next. Audax News The last in the Club […]