An Introduction to Road Racing
Road and Circuit Racing What is it? The key feature of racing on roads and circuits is that they are bunch races. This means a mass start and in all probability most of the race riding in a group. This…
Reg Porter Rd 2 and Liwa Race
Round 2 of Lewes Wanderers Reg Porter Trophy took place on Sunday 19th January. Disappointingly while the morning was bright, dry and sunny the thermometer reading hovered around zero, and what with many roads still wet from midweek rain the…
Evening 10s Round 13 and racing round-up
Back on the morning of Sunday 28th July Dan Street and Joe Benians took part in a criterium race forming part of the Eastbourne Cycling Festival. On the tight street circuit both were unfortunate to be in the second half…
Evening 10s Round 10 and racing round-up
Long-term roadworks on the A22 enforced the adoption of a newly devised course for Round 10 of Lewes Wanderers’ series of 10-mile time-trials on the evening of Monday 8th July. Rather than the out and back from East Hoathly to…
Evening 10s Rd 7, Crits Rd 3 and racing round-up
After the previous Monday’s event was cancelled due to torrential rain Round 7 of Lewes Wanderers’ series of 10-mile time-trials took place on Monday 17th June and incorporated the club’s Fixed Wheel Championship. Behind Pete Morris (ASL) who completed the…
Crits Rd 2, ESCA 50 and racing round-up
The second of Lewes Wanderers’ series of three Criterium road races took place on the evening of Thursday 13th June. There was a slightly depleted field, perhaps in part due to the threat of further downpours, but as it was…
Evening 10s Rd 4, Tour of Cambridgeshire and racing round-up
Round 4 of Lewes Wanderers’ series of 10-mile time-trials took place on Bank Holiday Monday 27th May. In the unexplained absence of many of those who had thus far dominated previous rounds several others among the field of fourteen, including…
Time-trial and racing round-up
If it wasn’t bad enough rising at dawn and with the temperature barely above zero in order to race a time-trial on quiet roads then to be stopped by the police mid-event is surely adding insult to injury. This was…
ESCA Hardriders and track
On Sunday 10th March new Lewes Wanderers rider Joe Benians took part in Round 3 of the Sussex Cycle Racing League Closed Circuit series at Preston Park, Brighton where he finished a highly encouraging 6th out of 21 racers in…
Road/Track Racing Round-up
LWCC Crits are now live on the British Cycling website. Three consecutive Thursdays in June – 6th, 13th and 20th. Would be great to have a full LWCC team at the races – spaces for 7 riders on the team.…