Racing
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Ride Report – Fred Whittington Challenge 2026
May seemed a long way off when many club members entered the Fred Whitton Challenge ballot in the autumn of 2025. With the randomness of ballot entry some of us were accepted while others were not raising much self doubt as to whether to pay the entry fee and sign up or not. With a…
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Yorkshire Cylcocross Series – Round 2 – Hunsworth12th Oct
Round 2 of the Yorkshire Cyclocross Series took place on a much more convivial weekend than round 1 – glorious sunshine, dry, naer a drop of mud to be seen on the course. Also a much more twisty and technical route on grass in Hunsworth than the mixed surface of the Wyke track. The incorporation…
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Race report: Yorkshire Cyclocross Association – Race 1, Wyke Community Cycle circuit
Autumn sees the start of the Yorkshire Cyclocross Association winter series, kicking off at the Wyke community cycle track. Having dithered about signing up earlier in the year, Jimmy loaned me some grippy mud tyres which gave me the nudge to register. Given the pretty decent summer and early autumn, and drought conditions, I was…
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Yorkshire Cyclocross Summer Series – Round 1, Wyke
Always up for trying something new on the bike, and looking for the healthy edge of “competition”, i perused the local offerings on the British Cycling events page, and spotted the Yorkshire Cyclocross Summer Series.Having tried a few of the circuit races last year at Boddington, and one over at the Wyke community circuit, I…
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