Having been asked recently to take on the role of Sportive Secretary, this is the first of hopefully regular newsletters promoting sportives within the club and highlighting some of your achievements. Sportives are mass participation cycling events. Most often they are timed although they are supposed to be non-competitive (not […]
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The annual Paris – Roubaix Challenge took place on 12th April in Northern France, giving amateur cyclists the chance to ride the classic cobbled sections the professionals race the following day. This year three St Ives riders, Andy Wylde, John Batchelor and Ken Rolland took part. Andy sums up his […]
Tim Parish reports: I’d entered the Long Ride of the “Flat Out in the Fens” sportive as my final preparation for “La Marmotte”. However, those of you who’ve been on a club run to Welney would probably doubt the wisdom of anyone entering a 152 mile Fen-based sportive held on […]
The day dawned bright & clear in Wales, I sniffed the air & sensed leg/arm warmers/gillet/rain jacket/overshoes etc. etc. would not be required, and my last possible excuse to back out (slight sore throat the previous day) had subsided. So I set off on the 7 mile mostly downhill ride […]
The day didn’t start off too promisingly for me, waking at 02:30 feeling like someone was making balloon animals out of my lower intestine. Given I had already paid my entry fee and spent a large chunk of Saturday cleaning my bike and fixing an annoying creak from around the […]