Entries now open! Conditions of entry And keep up to date with the action as it develops here https://www.facebook.com/NationalHillClimb2020/ Delighted to announce that Reading CC on behalf of the London…
read moreTBA Ride of the Year TBA Anthony Maynard Spirit Award TBA Club Person of the Year Anisa Aubin Audax & Sportive Rider of the Year James Churchard Men’s TT BAR,…
read moreA magnificent turnout in the chilly sunshine on Sunday 25th, at the final count, there were 82 riders! Even including Dave’s contingent from Minehead I think this is still up…
read moreMike Fenwick and Greg Woodford went for a week to Tenerife. Here is Mike’s summary. I expected to work hard on a week’s training in Tenerife but managed a bit…
read moreOn behalf of CTC Wantage, you are invited to join us on our annual festive ride from Wantage to Uffington White Horse Hill, which again is in aid of Whizz…
read moreTubeless Tyres for Road Bikes – Part 2 Got comments? Go to the RCC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/readingcyclingclub/ Taking the plunge One Sunday morning in April I had just started descending…
read moreTubeless Tyres for Road Bikes – Part 1 Got comments? Go to the RCC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/readingcyclingclub/ Much of our experience of cycling concerns struggle. Struggle to keep up. Struggle…
read moreThe membership fees have been changed for the first time in a number of years. There will be one membership for adults and one for under 18s. Members of other…
read moreThis fund was instigated by long term Reading CC member Bill Blake in 2013. As Bill felt that he was no longer physically able to help at club events he…
read moreAs Club Secretary, I pick up most general correspondence from people trying to get in touch with the club. This week’s bag includes an email from a member of the…
read moreCyclo-cross Secretary Steve Bale has nominated next Sunday’s event at Chiltern Edge School for selecting Reading Cycling Club’s CX champion for 2011. The award will go to the highest-placed RCC…
read moreWe have received the agenda for Cycling Time Trials 2012 AGM, and note a number of proposals that are likely to be controversial. In particular: 11. Mandatory use of a…
read moreWhy ride LEJOG? Everyone who does this ride has a reason. It is not undertaken lightly and uses up training time and a fair chunk of holiday allowance. Last year…
read moreLong time RCC stalwart Dave Gaida is pictured here at the last club TT of the 2010 season, where he retired as an official timekeeper, with local super-vet John Woodburn…
read moreIt’s not often I get the opportunity these days to go for a ride away from home, so I was looking forward to being able to take my bike on…
read moreReading has a double National Masters Champion in the form of Reading Cycling Club’s Nicholas English. Nick was competing this Sunday in the A category (for riders aged 30-34)…
read moreCircuit racing news. Reading’s Joe Harris continued his successful campaign in the Hog Hill circuit winter league: “The race started fast with a few breaks trying to go early, and…
read moreMany Brits think of the USA as the land of armed pickup trucks, obesity, people who say “trunk” when they mean “boot” , where they shoot cyclists for fun, and…
read moreA pleasantly sunny but fairly cool morning, and a rising north-westerly breeze made outwards hard going but the riders enjoyed a fast return leg. Justyn Cannon took top honours in…
read moreA warm night saw a good turnout for the club 25 championship. There was a constant breeze and it was not the fastest of nights. Our new club champion is…
read moreRod MacFadyen was Richard Skinner’s guest on BBC Radio Berkshire back in December 2007, talking about cycling and fitness. Thanks to some audio wizardry by Colin Bates, you can listen…
read moreReading Cycling Club has been promoting cycling in Berkshire since 1974. With almost 200 members, the club is dedicated to giving cyclists the opportunity to race, ride and enjoy life…
read more“Bealach-na-Ba (Pass of the Cattle) is the UK’s biggest road climb. It rises from sea level to 626m altitude in 10km. You’re unlikely to have ridden it because it’s set…
read moreBike to Bordeaux – diary Please note this is a typed copy of my original diary and some may only make limited sense as it was between 10 and 11pm…
read moreWell, I’ve just about recovered enough to tell the tale of our French adventures in the Duo-Normand (four weeks of physio seems to have done the trick). Mark Pettitt and…
read moreTour of Flanders 2002 – by Rod MacFadyen Another year, another visit to the Tour of Flanders. The programme: travel on Friday, ride the popular event on Saturday, watch the…
read moreRide Until You’re Completely Chateau’d – Roy Booth More ambitious plans for trips further afield having gone awry, last year the RCC trip to see the Tour de France was…
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