Racing round-up
Back on Sunday 22nd August Kate Parrish raced in a Catford CC 25-mile time trial, bizarrely held on roads south of Ashford. Her time of 1 hour 4 minutes and 9 seconds was good enough to give her third spot…
Racing round-up
Most events that Lewes Wanderers take part in are one-off events, or at the very least part of a series. Over the weekend of Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August Richard Burchett and Simon Head subjected themselves to the 4…
Racing round-up
Husband and wife Brett and Lisa Davis were among the racers looking to take advantage of fast conditions in an a3crg 10-mile time-trial on the evening of Wednesday 14th July. Racing for Drag2Zero Lisa sped up and down A3 course…
Evening 10s Rd 10 and racing round-up
The 10th Round of Lewes Wanderers' series of 10-mile time-trials took place on the evening of Monday 5th July. Pete Morris (Team TMC) set the fastest time of the night with 23 minutes and 15 seconds, but he was only…
Evening 10s Rd 4 & racing round-up
Round 4 round of Lewes Wanderers' series of 10-mile time-trials took place on the evening of Monday 24th May; albeit it was actually only the second event of the series to take place with Rounds 1 and 3 cancelled due…
Circuit of Laughton and racing round-up
The first of the four non-standard time-trials that Lewes Wanderers plan to run in 2021 took place on the evening of Thursday 20th May. The event was in doubt due to forecast gail-force winds and possible showers, but the decision…
Racing round-up
Joe Benians continued his sparkling spring form with victory in a Southborough and District Wheelers run time-trial on the evening of Thursday 29th April. He covered the 9.8 mile rolling course from Frant to Mayfield and back in 26 minutes…
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…