Author Archives: Anita Saycell

Earlier in the day the best of the British riders battled out the British Time Trial Championships, including our local regular pro rider Lowri Richards and our course record holder Josh Tarling. A fantastic win for Josh to earn the national stripes and great to see local names in the line up! Inspired by the […]

The first of the club’s Strava challenges, saw club members heading out on the trails and the road to clock as many miles as they could while enjoying the mixed weather! The top three riders would be recognised for the following; The Strava challenge ended at midnight on the 16 June and the winners were […]

With a rare full sun on the forecast, it was great to see nine riders lined up for the Llety Gwyn 10 mile course. Unfortunately, a mechanical at the start meant that one rider had to abandon, leaving the eight to tackle the course. With the TT secretary away training hard abroad, the riders were […]

With many away this week, it was down to four riders to take on the rolling Cwm Rheidol 10 mile course. With a strong south westly wind, which proved a battle on the outward leg but a welcome assist on the return to the finish line, it wasn’t going to be an easy night for […]

With a change from the usual 10 mile time trial, the riders had a chance to test their descending skills as well as their climbing. The route starts near Nant yr Arian and heads down to Lovesgrove roundabout before heading back up the same way, totalling around 300 meters of climbing over the 20km time […]

Returning back to the Llety Gwyn course this week, the riders had a chance to compare their times from two weeks ago. This relatively flat 10 mile course, takes the riders from Llanbadarn out on the A44, then down the Rheidol valley to the half way turn. However the sunny spring weather decided to hide […]

The riders returned this week to the rolling 10 mile Cwm Rheidol route. This out and back course tested the riders legs, with the effort proving worthwhile, as many riders improved their time from a couple of weeks ago. Most notably, David Bond and Mike Fitch, both managing to knock a couple of minutes from […]

Everyone welcome (members and non-members) this Sunday, meet for 9.30am at Plascrug Leisure Centre for a social ride that finishes at Yr Hen Lew Du, Aberystwyth for cake and coffee provided by the club. See you all there!

As a club we have raised and donated over £1,500 to Papyrus, a national charity working to prevent suicide in young people. Thanks to everyone that was involved and came together for the memorial ride, auction, club dinner and the raffle. As a club this enabled us to raise this fantastic amount in memory of […]

This week saw twelve riders taking on the flatter Llety Gwyn course, named after the local hotel that used to be the sign on location for this 10 mile time trial. The Llety Gwyn course is one of the oldest of the club courses. The route heads out on the A44, then down towards Cwm […]