This year’s AGM will be held on Friday 26th October at The Batch, Oldland Common BS30 8EB.
If you thought AGM couldn’t get any better, you’re wrong 🙂 because this year we will be providing chips to help make it more of a social event. Licensed bar will also be open.
AGM starts at 7:30pm.
Add a turbo boost to your riding next season with our 8-week structured turbo training series.
What is it?
Two blocks of eight turbo training sessions run by Chris Davis (British Cycling Level 2 coach). All the sessions will be based on some form of intensity work as riders can do endurance at other times. Of course, intensity is relevant to each individual and riders can choose how hard to ride! The first block of sessions is now available to book.
What will I need?
You will need to bring the following.
Essentials:
– You
– Your bike
– A turbo trainer
– Drink
Preferably:
– HR monitor and/or power meter
– cadence sensor
– Towel
Where is it?
The Batch Community Centre, Park Rd, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8EB
When is it?
Tuesdays from 19:00 to 20:30. The first eight-week block starts on Tuesday 30th October.
Riders need to get to the venue in time to set up and be ready to roll all at the same time. Latecomers will miss the warm-up which will be an integral part of the session.
How much will it cost?
£5 on the night payable by cash or card or SIGN UP to all 8 sessions for only £30 (£3.75 per night).
How do I sign up?
You can sign up on the night or using the booking form here
The leaves are falling and a change in season is coming… So it’s time to burn your lungs for the annual hill climb champs up Belmont Hill. Go as hard or as steady as you like 🙂
Full details on the Events page
Following ton from the feedback and AGM, we have revised the winter kit design to more like the existing jacket (see below). This is still the Windstopper Winter Jacket, the Bibtights have been updated to the Sorpasso style. The new bibtights do not allow for as much design due to the panelling, but the item is a better piece of kit. They are infact more exspensive but Castelli will honour the same figure for our order. They have the same Air Pad as the Volo shorts. Again we’ll require min order of 10 per item.
The club committee and Noel Waldron will manage the kit order through and can answer any questions. Size Guide below as well. We are aiming to send off ASP 18.11.18 Latest. Order and payment can be made using the clothing order form HERE.
Castelli Windstopper® Winter Jacket – £135.00
Sorpasso Bibtights – £110.00 UPDATED
Kit Design and Size Guide
As the days start to shorten, we say farewell to another VCB/KiT TT series and it’s been one of the best in recent years. The dreaded roadworks only affected one event and we had a good number of riders out each week and excellent support from volunteers from both clubs and others roped in to help.
We had an excellent turnout from the club, KIT along with other regulars. 36 riders in-total, 12 from VCB, Thank you to everyone who has made the effort to race for your clubs.
Lee Francis taking the win with a PB of 27:27 [26.4MPH] 2nd Phil Stonelake 27:54 [26MPH] 3rd Chris Davis 28:02 [25.9MPH]. We also had our first tandem racing the course this year with Jo Knight and Andy Legge from BSCC posting 28.07 [25.8MPH]. Top woman was Jo Jago, Sodbury cycle sport posting 30:06 [24.1MPH]
Most importantly, the night was won by Velo Club Bristol with the top 8 riders clocking an average speed 23.8MPH. Kingswood Tri clocking 22.9 MPH, Lee Francis representing KIT (Boo!) plus unattached rider Roy Hobbs time included to avoid time penalties.
Finally many thanks to everyone who helped marshal the VCB vs Kit TT last night, Ken Dicker, Phil Derrick, Alex Francis, Kieran Murphy, Eric Downey, Jo Rushton, Chris Truman and Nigel Brown. Also to KIT for making this a fun and sociable evening afterwards in The Lamb 
😉
🍾 There are two TT’s left in the series with Kingswood Tri hosting next week.
Full results here
The annual “versus” time trial event will be held next Tuesday (17th July) and we need you, VC Bristol riders, to represent your club in this showdown against Kingswood Tri.
Sign-on at the Lamb Inn, Iron Acton from 18:45. First rider off at 19:15.
Keep an eye on the Facebook page for the latest details.
Five VC Bristol riders took on the U7B 10mile TT course at the Severn Road Club Open TT on 30th June.
Results are summarised below.
| Position | Name | Time [hh:mm:ss] |
Club | Ave Speed [mph] |
| 1 | Matt Burden | 00:20:45 | 73 Degrees CC, Westside Coaching | 28.9 |
| 2 | Dean Ware | 00:21:08 | Team Backstedt Bike Performance | 28.4 |
| 3 | Mark Hudson | 00:21:16 | Bristol South CC | 28.2 |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| 13 | Lee Francis | 00:22:24 | Velo Club Bristol | 26.8 |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| 25 | David Rutty | 00:24:22 | Velo Club Bristol | 24.6 |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| 27 | Rob Sutton | 00:24:37 | Velo Club Bristol | 24.4 |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| 35 | Matt Dale | 00:25:37 | Velo Club Bristol | 23.4 |
| … | … | … | … | … |
| 40 | Jim Tickner | 00:26:15 | Velo Club Bristol | 22.9 |
Date: 25th June 2018
Course: U103
Distance: 12.1miles
Weather: HOT!, Wind 9mph ENE
The sixth of the evening time trial series was held hosted by Kingswood Tri Club. Fourteen riders competed, with four representing VC Bristol. Conditions were good, if a little hot, and this led to some fast times. Lee Aston(SCS) took top spot with a time of 26min 50sec, Brett Halliwell second (27min 25sec) and Lee Francis (VCB/KiT) got third (27min 37sec).
Many thanks to Kingswood Tri and the volunteers for hosting.
| Position | Race No | Name | Time [hh:mm:ss] |
Club | Ave Speed [mph] |
| 1 | Lee Aston | 00:26:50 | Sodbury Cycle Sport | 27.1 | |
| 2 | Brett Halliwell | 00:27:25 | SW Cycling | 26.5 | |
| 3 | Lee Francis | 00:27:37 | VC Bristol / Kingswood Tri | 26.3 | |
| 4 | Chris Davis | 00:28:39 | Giant CC Halo FIlms | 25.3 | |
| 5 | Darren Pitman | 00:29:02 | Sodbury Cycle Sport | 25.0 | |
| 6 | Simon Jennings | 00:29:08 | VC Bristol | 24.9 | |
| 7 | David Leighton | 00:30:07 | Severn RC | 24.1 | |
| 8 | Gaz Poulson | 00:30:16 | unattached | 24.0 | |
| 9 | Jeremy Tiley | 00:30:20 | Sodbury Cycle Sport | 23.9 | |
| 10 | Matt Dale | 00:31:03 | VC Bristol | 23.4 | |
| 11 | Chris Britten | 00:31:24 | Sodbury Cycle Sport | 23.1 | |
| 12 | Ian Sparrow | 00:32:42 | Sodbury Cycle Sport | 22.2 | |
| 13 | Mark Bishton | 00:33:39 | VC Bristol | 21.6 | |
| 14 | Claire Lawrence | 00:34:16 | Sodbury Cycle Sport | 21.2 |
Velo Club Bristol Open 10 Mile TT on the U102 Iron Acton 08/04/2018
Having had to cancel two open events on this course last year due to road works, we were delighted that we were finally able to host our annual event on Sunday. Conditions on the day were dry, with winds of 8/9 mph. The U102 is an out and back sporting course along a B road.
Jon Gates had the honour of being last man off and he didn’t disappoint, winning the event with a cracking time of 21:39. Nick Livermore came second with a time of 22.21, narrowly pipping third place James Cook by just one second. James finished with a time of 22.22.
We were delighted with the number of female riders, who totalled over 20% of the field. First female with an impressive time of 24.01 was Elizabeth Bennett, second place Megan Dickerson 24.42 and third place went to Lauren Johnston 25.53.
The Vets competition was based on VTTA standard times which Jon Gates would have won, however we only gave out one prize per person. First place went to Rick Johnston (-3.30), second Luke Smith (-3.21) and third Mike Cox (-3.05).
The fastest team was Bristol South CC smashing it with a total time of 69.58.
There are some fantastic photos of the event courtesy of Rich Lewton – http://www.richlewtonphotography.co.uk/Photos/2018/VC-Bristol-Open-10-U102/
Preliminary Results (subject to formal CTT approval)
|
Position
|
Name
|
Time
|
|
|
1
|
Jonathan
|
Gates
|
00:21:39
|
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2
|
Nick
|
Livermore
|
00:22:21
|
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3
|
James
|
Cook
|
00:22:22
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4
|
Luke
|
Smith
|
00:23:20
|
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5
|
Alex
|
Allen
|
00:23:24
|
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6
|
Robert
|
Borek
|
00:23:43
|
|
7
|
Lee
|
Francis
|
00:23:50
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|
8
|
Peter
|
Hatt
|
00:23:52
|
|
9
|
Elizabeth
|
Bennett
|
00:24:01
|
|
10
|
Gareth
|
Jones
|
00:24:03
|
|
11
|
Steven
|
Cottington
|
00:24:05
|
|
12
|
Jon
|
Steel
|
00:24:17
|
|
13
|
Mark
|
Bradley
|
00:24:24
|
|
14
|
Darren
|
Pitman
|
00:24:25
|
|
15
|
Megan
|
Dickerson
|
00:24:42
|
|
16
|
MIke
|
Cox
|
00:24:46
|
|
17
|
Jim
|
Beales
|
00:24:52
|
|
18
|
Rick
|
johnston
|
00:25:02
|
|
19
|
Daniel
|
Kempe
|
00:25:13
|
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20
|
Paul
|
Derrick
|
00:25:14
|
|
21
|
Chris
|
johnson
|
00:25:23
|
|
22
|
Richard
|
franklin
|
00:25:26
|
|
23
|
Greg
|
Lancaster
|
00:25:29
|
|
24
|
Martin
|
Howe
|
00:25:39
|
|
25
|
Kerry
|
Trigg
|
00:25:45
|
|
26
|
Lauren
|
Johnston
|
00:25:53
|
|
27
|
Hannah
|
Munday
|
00:25:56
|
|
28
|
George
|
Beck
|
00:26:04
|
|
29
|
Kevin
|
Garland
|
00:26:08
|
|
30
|
Nigel
|
Vuagniaux
|
00:26:13
|
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31
|
Michelle
|
Lee
|
00:26:21
|
|
32
|
Matt
|
Dale
|
00:26:53
|
|
33
|
Richard
|
Emery
|
00:27:08
|
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34
|
Ray
|
Perkins
|
00:27:19
|
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35
|
Stephen
|
Penman
|
00:27:37
|
|
36
|
Robert
|
Latchem
|
00:27:50
|
|
37
|
Ashley
|
Dunn
|
00:27:59
|
|
38
|
John
|
Critchley
|
00:28:11
|
|
39
|
Jacqueline
|
Wadsworth
|
00:28:15
|
|
40
|
Robert
|
Hutchinson
|
00:28:23
|
|
41
|
Claire
|
Graham
|
00:28:26
|
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42
|
Heidi
|
Blunden
|
00:28:36
|
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43
|
James
|
Keeton
|
00:29:46
|
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44
|
Mark
|
Bishton
|
00:30:29
|
|
45
|
Mary-Jane
|
Hutchinson
|
00:32:08
|
|
46
|
Jo
|
Ruston
|
00:33:57
|
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DNS
|
Robin
|
Fox
|
|
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DNS
|
Will
|
Munday
|
|
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DNS
|
Mark
|
Collins
|
|
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DNS
|
Stefan
|
Hurst
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|
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DNS
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Lauren
|
Dolan
|
|
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DNS
|
Andrew
|
Legge
|
|
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DNS
|
Joanna
|
Knight
|
|
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DNS
|
Craig
|
Hopkins
|
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DNS
|
Helen
|
Priest
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| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
