On Wednesday 30th August PPYCC members Tom Pughe-Morgan (age 14) from Plumpton Green and Lukas Nerurkar (age 13) from Hangleton, both keen cyclists who have competed in regional and national road and track competitions throughout the season, are attempting an Everest challenge on Ditchling Beacon. What is Everesting?– Everesting involves riding repeatedly up a single hill until a…
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The Outer Ring session will be on ROAD bikes today.
National Youth Circuit series Last Sunday hosted the final round of the British Cycling National Youth Circuit Series at Olivers Mount International Motorcycle Circuit, Scarborough. The circuit has a top and bottom split. The climb back up Olivers Mount is very tough, twice as steep as Ditchling Beacon but thankfully only about 250m long but…
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The weather looks set dry for tomorrow morning and so we expect to be using track bikes for a series of handicap based track events.
A holiday isn’t a holiday without some racing! Monday night racing at the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome in Marymoor Park WA was introduced to the colours of PPYCC in fine style this week when Alfie joined in with the regular Monday night racing slot for youth and mens cat 4. The night’s events Starting out…
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Both Inner and Outer Ring sessions return to the Velodrome as normal this week, following our break last week because of Pride! Inner Ring: Sign on at 8.45, ready to ride at 9am, with skills focussing on co-ordination and balance, followed by racing until 10.30am! Outer Ring: Sign on at 10.15, ready to ride at…
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The cobbled omloop takes place in the hamlet of Kostvlies about 20km’s from Assen. It was a very windy day and having ridden the loop the previous day it was easy to see where the wind would of use and where it would be hardest. The race also included a section of cobbles…
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Time Trial This took place in a small village about 20 km from Assen. The cat 7 race was over 13km and the cat 5 over 7.5km. It was a windy and wet day which produced some slippery conditions at the start with some riders slipping on the start ramp. Josh was early out…
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Developed by the Mayor of London and his agencies in 2013, Prudential RideLondon is a world-class festival of cycling, and is a legacy from the 2012 London Olympic Games, in it’s 5th year in 2017. The Grand Prix road races for boys and girls in under 14 and under 16 age categories are on the opening…
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The Classic is what Assen is all about and brings to the young riders all of the trappings of a full tour stage, police outriders, team cars the works. This is what makes Assen so special and this year has attracted nearly 800 riders from 23 countries as far as New Zealand and South Africa…
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