NORTH DOWN RIDERS ACTIVE ON TWO FRONTS Mention the word March and you could be excused for assuming that we have, at last, reached springtime. However, North Down’s cyclists have learned that the calendar is an unreliable guide to the actual conditions they are likely to face on the roads. Last weekend was the second of the new racing season… Read more »
CYCLISTS GEAR UP FOR NEW SEASON The biting, cold wind and flurries of snow this week can only mean one thing ; the start of the cycle racing season has arrived. Photographs of last weekend’s John Haldane Memorial road race at Hilltown showed the riders dressed more for a polar expedition than a bike race but at least the weather… Read more »
Training and Nutrition Talk Wed. March 8th at 7.30 Darren McWilliams Will be giving a talk on training and nutrition in the Club Rooms all welcome.
While the next generation of North Down champions are riding the boards in the shelter of the Manchester velodrome, most of their clubmates will be hitting the open roads. Last weekend’s reliability trial around the Ards peninsula drew a huge turnout of well over 100 riders keen to get in a fast pre season run in decent weather and on… Read more »
NORTH DOWN CYCLISTS PREPARE FOR NEW SEASON With a new cycle racing season less than four weeks away, North Down Cycling Club members have been taking advantage of the unseasonably dry weather recently to get in some training miles. February is normally the month for reliability trials, long runs of between 50 and 70 miles, open to all riders, which… Read more »
Date Event Location Start Time April Wed 5 5 mile Time Trial Dixon Road 7pm Wed 12 Circuit Time Trial Dixon Road 7pm Wed 19 10 mile Time Trial Dixon Road 7pm May Wed 3 1 KM Time Trial Orlock 7pm Wed 10 Road Race tba 7pm Wed 17 2 Stage Time Trial Dixon Road 7pm Wed 24 2 up… Read more »