I’ve been riding for a few years now, enjoying it more and more, and when 15 years of racing yachts came to an end last season, I felt that if I were to ever race a bicycle, this year would be a good time to start. I therefore began to take the first steps towards…
Poole Wheelers – Gary Dighton Memorial 10 Andy Perkins clocked a new personal best of 19:12 to take second place in the Gary Dighton Memorial 10, in Poole on Sunday. Seeded as last man off, having clocked 19:15 on the same course last year, Andy faced a very strong challenge from ‘in-form’ Lewis Keightley (Team…
The Mid Devon CC Rider Support Fund paid for Joe Saunders, Louie Priddle and Harrison Wood to travel over to Belgium to race. Here are their thoughts on the experience. Harrison reports on Day One “This was my first ever experience of continental racing and I was excited to say the least! Louie’s Dad kindly…
Talented Junior Harrison Wood reports on a successful raiding party to the Tour of the Milbury’s I fancied the look of this race on the British cycling website due to the short TT and then road race in the afternoon. The plan was then firmly put into action when my mum revealed her best friend…
Race Report – Sid Valley 10 10th May 2017 Perky’s 2017 Campaign Underway With my early season disrupted by holidays, work events and sinus problems, it’s been a slow start to 2017. After a handful of lacklustre TT results, it was nice to get a first win chalked up. I much prefer evening events to…
Harrison Wood reports after a day in the break: I was looking forward to this event after a good set of races at Chitterne and Tom Hawkins. The start sheet however had me doubting how I’d do due to the strength of the field. The event was being promoted by Kibosh who did a great…
It’s official – the new kit has been registered with British Cycling and has now been adopted as the Clubs Race Kit. Monday 8th May saw a mammoth turn out for the free Jersey giveaway to Dartmoor Classic volunteers where nearly 200 Jerseys were distributed to members. The Dartmoor Classic through its rewards and recognition…
So this is my first year racing, having only been cycling for about 14 months now . It started with the social rides throughout last year and progressed very quickly into something im now hooked on. That combined with the pressure of Andy Parker and Tim Prowse breathing down my neck to join MDCC and…
Today was my first road race since my eventful cadence Junior National so I was excited to get back into the road racing fun and games (and pain). I was tempted to ride John Andrews 3/4 but decided I’d rather take a pasting in Chitterne! The start sheet suggested to me that this was going…
My main goal was to come out of the week with a Cat 2 licence. I was on 28 points and needed to get 12 to get it. On the Tuesday I went up to Westpoint and raced in the 2/3 race where I spent most of the race in the bunch and ended up…