Good Start to New Year by Local Racing Cyclists
Rye Wheelers were out in numbers at Bethersden on New Year’s Day to ride in and support the Southborough Wheelers Open 10 Mile Time Trial.
New Year Cycle Race
Category: Cycling and Racing
Still Going Strong at 82
Maurice Carpenter
St Leonards character, Maurice Carpenter, is one of the town’s best known racing cyclists.
As far back as 1952 Maurice, at the tender age of 19, recorded over 225 miles in a 12 hour race and took the Hastings & St Leonards Cycling Club record that had stood in the name of J F Mackie since 1935! Continue reading Still Going Strong at 82
Southborough Wheelers New Year’s Day Cycle Race
Fourteen Rye Wheelers Entered
The Southborough & District Wheelers 10 Mile New Year’s Day Cycle Race has no less than 14 Rye Wheeler Entries in the 91 strong field. Continue reading Southborough Wheelers New Year’s Day Cycle Race
Rye Sports 1962 – The Day that the Rain Came Down
Not a great August Bank Holiday Monday but you will enjoy this film in the comfort of your front room.
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KCA Luncheon
Rye Wheeler Pav Bryan is Joint Best All Rounder Champion of Kent
Kent Cycling Association Annual Luncheon and Prize Presentation – Sean Yates is Guest of Honour
They Cycled 960 Miles In Seven Days
They Cycled 960 Miles In Seven Days.
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Out with the Wheelers
The Rye & District Wheelers have featured in so many issues of “Rye’s Own” over the past 50 years. Mike Ashdown, who still rides with the Club today, was featured in that very first issue, winning the Wheelers 25 Mile Championship for the second year running. These days you are more likely to see him or his brother Jon, out on a club run with Steve Blattman than racing it out in time trials or on the track where he made such a name for himself and the Wheelers in the 1960’s. Continue reading Out with the Wheelers
Wheelers Tuesday Run at Appledore
At Appledore on the Way Home
The Rye Wheelers Tuesday run is a comfortably paced ride that anyone who rides a bike fairly regularly can easily manage.
It leaves from North Salts at 12 Noon in the winter month (from when the hour changes) and 1pm. in the Spring Summer and Autumn (The time changes when the hour goes forward). Continue reading Wheelers Tuesday Run at Appledore
Rye Wheelers Have a New Star
Michael Maxwell wins East Sussex Cycling’s Junior Hill Climb Title
Rye Wheelers have found a new star rider in 17 year old Michael Maxwell who has been mentored through his junior career by another Rye star, the former Kent 12 Hour Champion, cycling coach Pav. Bryan. Continue reading Rye Wheelers Have a New Star
ESCA Hardriders 1964
The First Race of the 1964 Season
Roy Humphries pushes off the first man in the 1964 East Sussex Cycling Association 12 Mile Hardriders event.
Some of the riders taking part included Gary Booth, Chris Parsons, Peter Miles Dave & Jon Ashdown, Mike Ashdown, Bob French. Continue reading ESCA Hardriders 1964