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 […]
Club Newsletter – January 2020
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 […]
Your club needs – Flapjack helpers
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 […]
Indoor Cycling Resumes Monday 30th September
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 […]
Club Newsletter – August 2019
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 […]
National RTTC 24 Hour Time Trial – organised by Mersey Road Club
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 […]
Club Newsletter – July 2019
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 […]
Club newsletter – May 2019
Audax series The club Audax series continues tomorrow, 12th May with the 150k ride. This is a lovely ride up as far as Chedworth then down to Bibury for a traditional lunch stop. A gentle bimble back home through the water park avoiding all the main roads. Remember there are a couple of grippy bits […]
Club Newsletter – April 2019
Good Friday Good Friday racing at Castle Combe is almost upon us. This is a hugely popular open day of racing attracting riders from all over the south west. The club puts on a great day but only with the help from our club members. If you can spare an hour (or more) to assist […]
John Else – 50 years a cycling coach
At the end of 2018 John Else achieved a major milestone, marking 50 years as a cycling coach, during which time he trained and advised a great number of cyclists in the Chippenham Wheelers, across the South West region, and beyond. John started cycling in the 1950s, and over the following decades took part in […]