Author: Sheni Jiwa

On the 6th July a group of ten Wheelers met in the New Forest for a day of gravel riding on a mix of gravel and mountain bikes. The trip was brilliantly organised by Jim who’s kindly provided this super account of our day…. The omens looked grim. “Double blobs too much for me” –…

Our club Audax Series for 2024 concluded with our traditional Fish and Chip day trip to the seaside in perfect conditions on 29th June. Results and medal awards are shown further below. Congratulations to everyone who managed to go just that little bit further this year! We enjoyed our morning stop at Chew Valley Lake. Unfortunately…

Our Spring Gravel Ride Program kicks-off on 2nd May with the first of our regular weekly Thursday evening gravel rides around our local byways and bridleways. Although we’re mainly a “road club” there does seem to be an appetite for more “gravel” rides these days, so we’ve put together a program of rides for May…

We’ve now held 4 of our 7 audaxes in this year’s series, which are proving to be as popular as ever. Perhaps it’s the attraction of all those hills? Or maybe just the chance to ride in good company? 40 of us turned out to ride April’s Kennet Hop 125km Audax on a lovely spring…

The ever popular Tuesday evening sessions at Castle Combe Circuit resume from April 9th – September 17th 2024. We are arranging some specific Chippenham Wheeler group riding sessions on these evenings. As we have done in previous years and had enough riders, we have formed 2 or even 3 groups of differing abilities. This is…

We had a blast on the 24th edition of Fletcher’s Flapjack 109km Audax on Sunday 3rd March. 131 riders audaciously braved the icy start for the promise of vast quantities of cake, flapjack and the traditional beans on toast lunch, in what turned out to be a lovely sunny day. Eric Fletcher would have been…

Thanks to everyone who came along to our Skittles Night on 17th November. It was lovely to see all parts of our club represented across the 6 teams and everyone enjoying themselves. The racing side of the club clearly had the competitive edge, with both of the time trial teams ending up in the Grand…

Sherston Velo CC have kindly offered us some spare places on a 2 hour mixed ability Newport Velodrome session booked from 1-3pm on Sunday 26th November with Jason Streather as coach and wondered if any of our members fancied joining them? Costs for the session looks likely to be approx £32pp for the session, bike…

All welcome including partners/families for a fun night of Chippenham Wheelers team skittles, helping to raise funds for Doorway, our club charity. Make up a team of 6 and add your Team Name on your entry. Or come along and we’ll make up teams on the night. We’ve booked the Sports Club main function room…

Well that’s a wrap on our club Audax Series for 2023 with all 7 audaxes now completed. The new route on the 175km Audax back in June seemed to work well, passing through Longleat safari park on our way to Sherborne for an enjoyable lunch stop. The damp morning weather gave way to a dry…