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By Paul on May 3, 2011
Excellent stuff from VC Beverley in the first round of the East Yorkshire RR league on the Sproatley circuit last Thursday, with Pauls R and W 3rd and 6th respectively and Rob, Chris H and Droppy close behind.
Cool conditions with a stiff breeze made the flat course harder than it otherwise would have been, forcing [...]
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By Paul on April 8, 2011
Think you’ve done a long ride? Think again. Here’s a report written up by VC Beverley member Oliver Johnston (currently most running in prep for a marathon) of his conquest of Spain’s Camino de Santiago 270km monster ride.
Check out the PDF here.
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By Paul on March 31, 2011
With last year’s Mallorca cycling week still clearly on our minds, our suitcases were packed with all the necessary accessories usually reserved for a polar expedition. However, it turned out that for most of the week we had perfect cycling weather and we enjoyed plenty of café stops along the 600 km [...]
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By Paul on March 28, 2011
Seacroft Wheelers Road Race – quick report
Tentative start to the road-racing calendar at this season-opening event
‘Laid back’ was not quite how I would have expected to describe the first road race of the season. Especially after early reliability rides like Hull Thursday’s had been turning into high-speed batter-fests. Perhaps it was because most people here [...]
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By Paul on March 20, 2011
With a time a whisker over 62 mins for the 24 miles, Paul W and Rob managed 27th out of 33 finishers at the George Ely Memorial TT on the Hardriders course, held on Saturday 19th March.
We reckon that Rob’s residual ‘man flu’ cost us a couple of minutes and of course we were on [...]
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By Paul on December 19, 2010
Yet again Sam Dyason takes the festive club run honours, pitching up this time in a full Father Christmas suit and beard. Although after a few miles of riding, Sam’s heinous lack of rear mudguard did result in the impression that Santa had experienced a scary moment.
Eight intrepid souls turned out for a shortened club [...]
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By Tim Green on July 9, 2010
Four VC Beverley members broke away from Group 3 to lead this TLI race south of the river on June 16th, eventually netting a 6th for Ben and a top 20 for Chris, Gary and Paul W. We held off the scratch group till less than 1k from the finish. Top teamwork and strong performances [...]
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By Tim Green on July 7, 2010
The third East Yorkshire Road Race League event
Walkington circuit, 27th May 2010
We scored our first win of the season on the Walkington circuit, with a fine lead-out from the boys to set up Ben for the sprint.
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By Paul on May 27, 2010
Looking purposeful…
…and across the line!
We scored our first win of the season on the Walkington circuit, with a fine lead-out from the boys to set up Ben for the sprint.
Sunny but cool weather greeted this third race of the series, with a light westerly headwind that would hopefully keep [...]
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By Paul on May 19, 2010
Another East Riding League race, another good turnout for VC Beverley, with a six-strong field of Ben, Rob, Steve C, Chris, Gary and me lining up.
This time at least we had decent weather – dry, but still a bit parky for May, so that intimidating embrocation tang still punctuated the pre-race [...]
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