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Coming up: pain & suffering for Paris-Roubaix

Sunday 14th April 2019 will see our latest edition of the VC Walcot 'Classics' Ride where members and guests ride some of the less hospitable lanes around the city of Bath.
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Preparation rides announced pre-Bike Bath

Velo Club Walcot collaborating with the organisers of Bike Bath to give a leg-up to newer and less confident cyclists.
Members of the Bath based cycling club VC Walcot
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Christmas Party and Awards 2018

Velo Club Walcot once again hosted its annual prize presentation shindig at Widcome Social Club.
Cyclists from the Velo Club Walcot in Bath England agree to help organise a famous cycling event Bike Bath in 2019
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VC Walcot shakes hands on partnership with Bike Bath

Bike Bath supported by National home builder Redrow  announce partnership with local cyclists, Velo Club Walcot for 2019 event.  
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Odd Down coaching proves successful

Cyclists in a group can go faster and further by the members often going slower than they are individually capable of. Which is easier said than done. That's why Velo Club Walcot uses a professional British Cycling-accredited coach...
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Claverton Hill records broken for both men and women

Favourable conditions and superb athletes combined to make the course records tumble at the 2018 edition of the Velo Club Walcot Hill Climb.   The largest ever turnout of competitors fought it out on the half-mile hill between the…
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VC Walcot visits the Bicycle Academy

A group of club members and guests recently visited The Bicycle Academy in Frome to hear founder Andrew Denham speak on the recent developments in the finest steel tubing and how it can be made into frames for custom-made bicycles.
Velo Club Walcot Emergency First Aid Course September 2018
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Our first First Aid course completed

A dozen members of Velo Club Walcot completed a course in First Aid during September, so that we're better prepared for accidents and emergencies on our club rides. According to WESport under whose banner we attended at the University of the West of England (UWE)...

Sunday meet-up snapped by Google Street View

An eagle-eyed member of Velo Club Walcot has spotted riders on Street View assembling at Orange Grove Bath on a Sunday morning back in May 2017   It was actually Gail Armstrong wife of member Arran who noticed the distinctive green,…
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VCW conquers the Classics Ride 2018

Once a year on the day of the famous cobbled Paris-Roubaix race in France, Velo Club Walcot members pay tribute to the horrors of terrible road surfaces by taking on some of the steepest, shoddiest lanes of the West Country.   Seven…
Cycling Club VC Walcot rides every Sunday in all weathers
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April 8th Classics Routes Announced

Organiser Arran Armstrong has published this year's fiendish celebration of all things epic and timed as usual to coincide with the climax of the Classics cycling season: Paris-Roubaix   Sunday April 8th is the date for this year's…
Velo Club Walcot members smiling and waving at Barrys Bristol Blast cycle ride
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VCW blasts around Bristol

VC Walcot was out in force for Barry’s Bristol Blast, a jolly 116km loop south from Bristol via Glastonbury   Last Sunday 25th March, our 13 riders largely made up from the usual Sunday Clubriders 2 group did a great job of completing a…
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Race Results: 2nd Team for VCW in Bath CC TT

Velo Club Walcot took second place team in the Bath CC promotion today, a counting event in the season-long Western Time Trials Association series. Best-placed member was Tavis Walker in eighth position. The results sheet is here Arran…
Bike Bath 2018
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Diary Date: BikeBath 2018

  Coming again on Sunday 1st July 2018 is BikeBath, our city's one and only big, annual public-participation event and based on the legendary Recreation Ground. There are 25, 50 and 80-mile loops designed for the whole family…

Tour Series 2015 Finale Comes to Bath

Tour Series 2015 Finale Comes to Bath Bath’s biggest cycling secret for 2015 (but maybe worst kept) is out of the bag! The Pearl Izumi Tour Series is coming to the city on the evening of 11th June. Aside from the Tour of Britain, which…