I entered this years 12 hour solo champs quietly confident of taking the jersey, I’ve always done well at Newnham as the course suits me and with a shortened lap tactics would be crucial.Having done a few 12/24 hour events I knew that over planning a long race such as this is not always the…
Evergreen Jason reports on a very respectable 5th place at the National Masters “It was like racing on Dartmoor, just under 5000ft in 50 miles! Wet sideways rain – disgusting for August! I thought I’d just try and take the race to them, living down in Devon, I thought attack was the best form of…
Together with Lex Leisure and Mid Devon Cycling club we have been awarded £33,703 after a successful application to British Cycling’s Place to Ride capital grants programme. Combined with a further £28,028 commitment from Mid Devon Cycling Club, Torbay Velopark is set to benefit from over £61,000 of improvements. The welcome funding will be used…
1st Year Junior Callum Start keeps getting stronger as the season progress’s. After getting in the break at the Totnes Vire Junior Race, Callum ended up with a great 2nd place at the E/1/2 Cruise Critliners at Paignton. He reports as follows “E/1/2/3 race at Velopark on Saturday which went very well did a lot…
We have opened another Merchandise store – you can see how great it looks courtesy of some modelling from the Woodger family. Size guide here: https://www.primaleurope.com/pages/size-chart Team store here: https://www.primalcustompro.com/NewTeamMemberCreate.aspx?TeamCode=MIDD44471 Timeline – store open until the 27th August. Delivery 6 – 8 weeks after. Tracer / Traceuse Hoodie – These are a technical hoodie, offering good…
It’s not often that you get to compete in a National Championships on local terrain so Mid Devon members made the most of the opportunity when the Mountain bike Cross Country (XC) champs were held at Newnham Park – Stripey Jerseys, gold medals, hot weather and a deceptively tricky course awaited. Saturdays racing saw the…
PRIZE WINNERS 1st Fastest £25 & W.A.J. Best Memorial Trophy (held for 1 year) – Conrad Moss 2nd Fastest £20 – Robert Willcocks 3rd Fastest £15 – Gavin MacDougall 4th Fastest £12 – Max Churchill 1st Lady £25 -Catherine Hilton 2nd Lady £20 – Hannah Rainger 1st over 40 £12 – Paul…
Nearly 70 riders across the G to Social range met up at either Camelford for the 66 mile route or Lifton for the Social group 45 miler. Getting that number of riders and bikes to the start required 5 vehicles, 4 volunteer drivers and upwards of £800 in expenditure from the Dartmoor Classic proceeds.A huge…
The Dartmoor Classic Cycle Sportive survived tight Covid-19 restrictions and some of the worst weather in its history to complete Edition No.14 at the end of June. Wind, rain and fog greeted a reduced field of almost 2,500 riders, who all had to take ‘lateral flow tests’ to comply with Government ‘test event’ rules, which…
This day’s racing has moved from its traditional late February date to mid-August – well at least the rain will be warmer. The course is well used and provides a mix of fast long straights then some narrow twisting sections where ‘out of sight soon becomes out of mind’ and gives any breakaway a good…