Category Archives: Sportives

Active week for members

Here is a quick run down on some of our members activities recently.

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Cycling Weekly Wiltshire Wildcat by Kevin Attridge

A 5am start and 130 miles to drive before you even turn a pedal isn’t everyone’s idea of a day out on the bike! It was a mix of work and leisure for my first sportive of the season and … Continue reading

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The Kentish Killer – by Nigel Wharton

With two weeks off the bike and recovering from a cold, it was not ideal preparation for the challenging Kentish Killer sportive starting from Brands Hatch on Sunday 23 February.

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Ronde Picarde 2012

The Ronde Picarde had been marked on my calendar for a long while and when, barely a week ahead of the event, my workmate Matt said he had a spare place in his car, I didn’t take much persuading. He’s … Continue reading

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Dragon Ride 2012

by Dave Campbell, 10 June 2012.  As you know, while a good number of the club were riding Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, 2 riders, Dave Campbell and Andrew Collyer travelled to S. Wales to take part in the Dragon Ride sportive. We … Continue reading

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Paris – Roubaix

by Sally Smith Thrills, spills and gutsy riding resulted in the Medway Velo Club taking third place in the club competition of the Paris – Roubaix sportive this Sunday (10 June). 16 members travelled to France to be amongst 6000 … Continue reading

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Isle of Wight Sportive

An Overseas Adventure by Mic Florey Pete, Geoff and Harve left earlier in the day and Kevin picked me up at 17:00 for our 126 mile drive to the New Forest.We had a straight run down except for a 5 … Continue reading

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Dragon Ride

by Andrew Collyer Although I spent three years as a student in Wales, I never did any serious cycling in that time. There’s something wrong with that and this year I decided to change it by entering the Dragon Ride, … Continue reading

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Chiltern Hundred Sportive

by Mark Simpson – 5th June 2011 This year my family & friends who live in Buckinghamshire, persuaded me to ride the annual Chiltern Hundred Sportive, the longest “Gran Fondo” route no less, 111 miles with 2620 metres of climbing. … Continue reading

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Eastbourne Sportive

by Adam Mumford On Sunday 22nd May, myself, Geoff, Kevin and Mike went to Eastbourne to take part in Eastbourne cyclo-sportive challenge. We started at 8:45am and had a difficult start to the day, riding in to a 24mph headwind … Continue reading

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