Hopefully by now, most have seen that the West Kent RC have a regular Saturday training ride, so if you are thinking of trying it out, or have a weekend pass to go and tire yourself out so that you don’t “pester” your partner when the light goes down, I’m told by those that have ridden it, that the route is …
The biggest lesson today was if you do not start near the front in a criterium you have lost before the race has begun, unless your head and shoulders above the rest but I am not, the headquarters was really difficult to get to unless you have raced the event before, I was not in the main area where riders …
Sunday began with a dry start at the meeting place, eight of the usual suspects set out for Tunbridge Wells Claverley Park on the Long ride whilst the others went on the Short ride. Those of who know the venue understand that this is a long ride, the leaders were Mick & Mack then came Phil suffering from a bad back , Multi kit Gary, …
Wow! With quality alliteration like that I should write for one of the daily rags…..or maybe not. This mornings Club Run was always going to be a bit of a gamble, The weather reports told of “The End Of Days” but then the press do tend to hyper mega massively hugely extremely over-exaggerate the slightest of rain showers, something I’d …
Yes that’s right last Saturday a number of us went dog racing at Crayford dog track. It was actually a breakfast meeting and was cracking good fun, we met there at 10am where we had breakfast then set about having a good chat and some cheeky bets. In total there was 14 races and all i can say …
I have done few charity bike rides including the London to Brighton and had been out on the odd weekend for some longer rides. I am by no means a super fit, sleek, svelte biking fanatic but I do enjoy a good bike ride and decided that I needed to join a club for fitness, motivation and above all enjoyment. …
Sunday 3rd August This mornings club run attracted a handful of new riders, so a massive West Kent RC welcome goes to Sonya, Darren, Richard and Maurice It was decided early on to split the run into two with separate destinations, allowing us to see what the abilities of the “newbies” was – apologies to those of you who are …
This was my first run out with the new saturday ride, and it was very hard especially for me. We met at the normal place for 9am with the prospect of heavy rain, waiting was Alex, Austin and Lee.We waited until 9:15 when we were sure nobody else was joining we set out on what we will now call Saturday …
Five West Kent members signed up for this event on the E2/10 near Newmarket. Basically it’s a blast up and down part of the A11 dual carriageway but we were given plenty of space by the vehicles. Rain threatened but apart from a few spots didn’t really materialise. The wind however was present, in your face on the way to the …
This was my first race back after a block of training, first race as a third cat and my first race on the Biddenden course, so I didn’t really know what to expect, my main aim for the race was to give 100%, to make sure that after the race had finished I had no doubts or thoughts of what …
Hi – I met you at the Dartford Festival and asked if you could help recruit for the London to Brighton Cycle which is happening on 7th September 14. We have 8 places to fill and it would be great if you could encourage anyone to take part. Details on our website http://www.dvh.nhs.uk/about-us/fundraising/forthcoming-events/ Please reply to either Lol or Steve.c …
Saturday Lol and myself got down to Dartford park at 9:50 to set the stand up as the cars had to be gone at 10:30. As it was a bit short notice we had to improvise on what we had, we would like to think we did a good job. With one of our new flags outside the tent …
This year’s hill climb championship will be incorporated in to the Wigmore / KCA hill climb to be held on Hollingbourne Hill on 5 October 2014.
The Catford CC 25 Mile Time Trial on 31 August 2014 has been nominated as this year’s Hewitt Cup Event. The trophy goes to the fastest WKRC rider on the day.
Many thanks to Trevor Benton and Tony Edwards of WKRC, Duncan Leith of 34 Nomads and Bob Ruskowski of The Dulwich Paragon for being part of the team running the cyling at Crystal Palace on the 5th. Unfortunately the rain/dampness meant that the TT’s were shortened to hill climbs due to a bend that is very dangerous when damp. There …
Sky released this short film on what goes into the trucks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmOObFewkdQ&feature=youtu.be
Dear Wife/Husband/Sweetheart/Girlfriend/Boyfriend/Partner/ whoever it may concern. 1. Between the 5th and 27th of July 2014, you should read the sports section of the newspaper so that you are aware of what is going on regarding the World of Cycling and that way, you will be able to …
From news reports one might think that only cyclists were killed on London’s streets but here are some nymbers, but don’t take into account the size of any of the relavent populations. For 2013 the total death toll from accidents was 132. and made up as follows: 14 cyclists, 65 pedestrians and the balance of 53 reported as’ others’ which …
Let me start by saying you could not have had a nicer day for our first road race, perhaps if I’m being picky it was a bit too warm well for me anyway. We had use of cyclopark from 9am and by the time i arrived at 9:20 Eddie and John had already set up the registration table and were busy …
After the race sunday and a short relax, we would like to get some new photos for the website as we still have use of the track. It will only be a short session comprising a group photo with hopefully the new flags and a couple of track shots with a train shot and a group arrow head formation. …