Category Archives: News

After 4 months of “Swan Lake”, we decided to change to a “Jodrell” shot. Jodrell Bank Observatory from Cross Lane, Over Peover / Goostrey, on 2nd May 2013. This should keep us going for another 4 months (although we have 4 more … Continue reading →

British Cycling Coaching Course for Pete Smith Pete Smith reports: “Just finished my Level 2 Coaching Course down in Leighton Buzzard. We had sleet, hail and rain to contend with, in almost freezing temperatures! I had to do the group … Continue reading →

Roy Hayhurst, Quiz Master, was complimented by the 20 Members and Guests, on his hard work and excellent visual (Powerpoint) presentation of a wide variety of questions on Cycling and Non-Cycling topics, plus the presentation of the answers, which included … Continue reading →

The following link should provide a movie assembled from clips taken from a tripod mounted camera in order of riders reaching the A50. Due to my failure to switch from the stop button to the start button on the remote, … Continue reading →

Social Ride, Saturday morning, to Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre. A record turn-out of 20 riders, enjoyed good conditions – see photo. (details to follow) 20 Riders on Club Social Ride on 20th April 2013 Five Members rode M&DTTA “25” TT … Continue reading →

Our Head Coach – Charlie Evans’ report (edited): “Thanks to you all (existing Members) for making last night a success. I certainly believe we met our objectives of helping the young riders to start to get to know each other, … Continue reading →

M&DTTA 10-mile TT on Chelford Course, Saturday, 30th March Three Members made this event the start of their competitive season. The bright sky and the dry conditions partially offset the effects of the cold wind and the low temperature, so … Continue reading →

The clubs hilly reliability trial may have been cancelled because of the weather, but the weekly Sunday club run was not. The mornings weather forecast gave a maximum of 2 degrees which would feel more like -4 degrees with wind … Continue reading →

Charlie Evans reports: On the 9th March, James Bailey and I went to Darley moor to compete in the circuit road race there. It was my return to road racing after approx 4 -5 years and James first ever road … Continue reading →

This weekends weather forecast (snow/ice/strong winds), once again has forced the postponement of the Hilly Reliability Trial. To get an idea of what its like on higher ground see the Cat and Fiddle web cam. Remember the lanes will be … Continue reading →

British Cycling Go-Ride Conference at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday, 9th March Our Club made further significant progress to achieving British Cycling’s go-ride accreditation as five Members participated in various workshops, throughout the day: Pete Smith did a further Coaches Training, … Continue reading →

A crisp day with biting easterly wind was always going to be a challenge in the hills around Macclesfield Forest and so it was; out of Congleton, up Blackie Bank towards Rushton, via Danebridge and Wildboarclough , via Macclesfield Forest … Continue reading →

Todays reliability trial was postponed until March 24th, due to freezing conditions and snow. Even so a few hard nuts tried it. Pete Smith, Mike Jones, Stephen Jackson, Andy Malbon and Chris Dale, made it as far as the Hanging … Continue reading →

Thanks to Nick Decker and his team of reliability ride helpers (Denise, Peter H and Lorraine), we now have the first Bob Job Points awarded for the 2013 competition. See the Quick Link for convenient access to the table. The … Continue reading →

The weekend saw two club runs in bright sunshine, in stark contrast to recent weekends. There was a good turnout for both rides with nine riders on Saturday and ten on Sunday, with four even doing both days. On Saturday … Continue reading →

The clubs 65 mile pre season reliability trial took place on Sunday Feb 10th. Riders could opt for either 12.5 miles an hour or 15 mph average speed. The morning was cold and wet. None the less 12 riders signed … Continue reading →

Sunday, 27th January – Club Ride to M&DTTA Lunch & Prize Presentation, Middlewich Georgina and Bob Norton and Peter Nelson formed the Clubrun and enjoyed ice-free lanes and even some sunshine as they worked up an appetite for the usual … Continue reading →

The snow and icy conditions which have hit us, have forced the postponement of the planned club rides this weekend. Saturdays Social Ride will now be on Jan 26th. CANCELLED because of continued snow/ice conditions Sundays Reliability Trial rides will now be … Continue reading →

Last Sundays club run started with five riders on a very cold but bright day. We kept to the main roads through Holmes Chapel, Cranage and Lach Denis. Bob Norton, Jim Cook, Wayne Powell, Dean and Tristan Roberts, then chanced … Continue reading →

The club runs list just published by Denise has been used to update the website – see Quick Link on the right ->