Hi All, I’m writing this email from the comfort of my sofa and with a slight drizzle coming down outside, its satisfying to know that the Sunday club runs clocked up over 100 miles in fantastic sunshine this morning! Two rides left the Broadway, with the men’s ride (approx 60 miles) heading over to Brill [...]
This weeks time trial was held on the Stadhampton CC118 course on a really wet and windy evening. 5 hardy riders turned up to tackle the conditions, with Rob Gray (RAF) completing a highly respectable 23.10! Top DPCC rider was Phil Stacey, picking up the lead scratch points this week. See you at for the [...]
Hi All, Here are the provisional results from last night, the CC241 10mile TT at Fairmile. Conditions were excellent with light winds and warm temperatures, so it was great to see some fantastic times being recorded. The TT season is well underway and Mick is logging the times for Didcot Phoenix club members on his [...]
Hi All, Just a quick note to say that we now have enough orders to make our club kit order and hopefully details will be available soon. This means we need to receive everyones cheques as soon as possible. Please bring your cheque/cash to a Time Trial or contact clothing@didcotphoenix.co.uk to find out where it [...]
Hi All, This weekend sees the return of the Abingdon Cycling Festival, an opportunity for local riders to take part in sevearl arranged bike rides, an Audax hosted by DPCC, plus soak up the atmospere will some local beers and good food care of the Loose Cannon Brewery and Kings Head and Bell, Abingdon. Didcot [...]
Hi All, We had a great club ride this morning and it finally felt warm out on the bike…shame about the strong wind, but you can’t have everything! There were two rides today, with the ladies heading over to Abingdon to meet up with the Freewheelers and the guys cycling out to an amazing cafe [...]
Spring has arrived, in theory rather than practice, but it means club events and club riders are out in force enjoying the longer days, start of the TT season and the prospect of races, audaxes and sportifs filling the calendar. Making the most of the long Easter weekend, the club was certainly busy with the [...]
I was cold and it was windy, but dispite this 15 riders turned up to race on the Harwell Hilly course this weekend. First DPCC rider in was Nick Druce, with a couple of ex club members heading up the field. Next Sunday we are on the Cholsey Hilly course and hopefully some warmer weather [...]
Hi All, If you take a look at the TT pages on our website, you can now see columns where you can volunteer to help out throughout our TT season. In addition, the club is also some help to draft an Audax routesheet which we are preparing for the Abingdon Cycling Festival. If you are [...]
Four hard men (and a soft photographer) turned up at the meeting point to see if a club run could be squeezed out of the wintry conditions. It couldn’t ! It was slippery under foot and Ron’s bike had picked up an inch of ice on the underside of the frame and in the cassette [...]
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