Dear all Please read the following important information regarding the track champs tomorrow. Weather - the weather forecast for tomorrow is currently not looking great. However, who knows what the morning will bring so sign on and gear check will open as planned, even if it is wet, but please be aware that we may not be able … Continue reading PPV track championships tomorrow
PPV 2016 MTB Champs entries are open!
Dear All Entries for the 2016 club Mountain Bike Championship taking place on Saturday 1 October are now open! We are returning to the course at Checkendon, kindly provided by the team XC Rampage. This event is being run by Palmer Park Velo, and as last year we are opening it up as an inter-club event. … Continue reading PPV 2016 MTB Champs entries are open!
Ambers Pan-Am success
Dear Club members Amber Joseph, who won our PPV rider of the year award for last year has just won a Silver medal in the Omnium at the Junior Pan-American Track Champs (Amber is eligible to ride for Barbados). Ambers main adversary was a very strong USA rider Summer Moak who had recently rewritten the … Continue reading Ambers Pan-Am success
Dates for club MTB and Circuit championships
The dates and venues for the Palmer Park Velo Club MTB and Circuit championships are as follows: MTB Championship Saturday 1 October (morning) Checkendon Circuit Championship Saturday 5 November (afternoon) Hillingdon These events are open to all Palmer Park Velo members and form part of the club championship series. Entires for these events will open … Continue reading Dates for club MTB and Circuit championships
2016 Club Skills Championships
The 2016 Skills Championship will be taking place on Saturday 17 September at Palmer Park, and online entry is now open. The skills championship is open to all members (2nd claim members can take part but their result won’t count towards the club championship), with trophies/medals for all age categories and genders presented at the end … Continue reading 2016 Club Skills Championships
2016 Club Track Championships
© Chris Macleod 2015 The 2016 Track Championship will be taking place on Saturday 10 September at Palmer Park, and online entry is now open. The track championship is open to all members (2nd claim members can take part but their result won’t count towards the club championship), with trophies/medals for all age categories and genders presented at the … Continue reading 2016 Club Track Championships
Venue change for MTB session this Thursday
Dear All The MTB skills session this Thursday will be taking place at a slightly different venue, though not far away from Balmore Park. We will be at Clayfield Copse in Caversham, making use of the woods (and bomb hole). The address is 200 Caversham Park Rd, Reading RG4 6AA, and is not far from Balmore … Continue reading Venue change for MTB session this Thursday
MTB skills session 30 July
The MTB skills session will be running as usual this Thursday at Balmore Park, starting at 7pm. To enable us to plan the session we need an indication of numbers using the form below. You are not committed to coming, but this will give us a guide of which riders are interested. http://goo.gl/forms/lGfvucQSmbqn68N82
Disc brake guidelines
Due the recent regulations changes put in place by British Cycling, disc brakes are now allowed for competition and training. The restriction noted below no longer applies. With the rise in popularity of disc brakes on road bikes, the club would like to clarify their use at BC circuit races and club sessions. Disc brakes are … Continue reading Disc brake guidelines
Central track session update
I have had a few questions from members about the central track cluster session at Lea Valley, and thought it would be easier to share the answers with everyone in case others have similar queries. * This session is for fixed wheel bikes only, not freewheel * Even though it includes ‘beginners’ we would advise riders to … Continue reading Central track session update
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