I’ll be there.

The trick is to work together with other riders. Having previously won the Lantern Rouge I can only advise dig deep on the first hills out of town. Try your utmost to stay with your group. It’s not that big a hill and there’s a big downhill coming up. If you get dropped as I did try and stay for a while on the back of the groups coming through…[Read more]

Start Time:
11.00 am 40km U/15 Men and Women
11.30 am 56km U/17 Men and Women
12:00 pm – 56km Open Support Race. and 56km over 50’s Support Race
12:30 pm -104km Collie to Donnybrook & Return Cycling Classic.
Depends which event you are taking part in Richard. Turn up 11.30-12ish if you are doing the last one. It doesn’t take long to get t…[Read more]

Doesn’t matter Lesley. They will allocate you a handicap place based on any past racing history supposedly. Hopefully it will reflect your riding ability but often not. Everyone starts when their time comes up. The slow people first the fast ones (scratch) about half an hour later.

Good on you Jack. It was one of my first races three years ago. It is very hard. I’ll be there again trying to hang onto a group – any group – any wheel in fact. Wear your club kit. We’ll see you there.

Did anyone take any notes from the night or record it. I couldn’t be there but would love to get a copy of anything anyone wrote down.

Thankyou to whoever puts the tent up at Pickering every time I race there. I presume it’s El Prez but sometimes he’s not even there. When it’s pissing with rain and cold it is a godsend. Thank you whoever you are.

Wonderful news. Look forward to seeing you back on the road soon.

Oh you are forgetting the magnificent achievement of recently joined member in his brand new kit Bryan Thurstan ( aka poodle) who came a glorious second in D Grade after leaving the lead guy out the front for the whole race presuming the group would just reel him in and then finding in the last few kilometres that they weren’t going to reel him in…[Read more]

Greg and I will be there Mark T. Andrew Williams is not coming – he didn’t give a reason – just mumbled something about being happy to be picked up by the sag wagon when he attempted the race. Don’t know about the other guys. I reckon save your legs as much as you can for the last 20K when it kicks up all the way back to Collie. Just try and…[Read more]