They call it the ultimate ‘Race of Truth’. The National 24 Hour Cycling Time Trial Championship was run this year on North Country roads, but, as in the previous two seasons, members of the Thornton Road Club, based at Hythe, competed in strength.
Tag: Rye & District Wheelers
Rye & District Wheelers provides the setting for this group of Rye’s Own articles, where buildings, people and events meet in the magazine’s record of the district. Readers can move between “Rye 1946”, “Rye Town Band 1938”, “KCA 3 Up Team Time Trial”, “Editorial”, and “Wheelers Looking for Ladies”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
Wheelers Looking for Ladies
Rye & District Wheelers are looking for more ladies to join the club and help maintain the amazing success achieved by its women members over the past 10 years.
Wheelers Triumph In Kent
Local cycling club, Rye & District Wheelers have made history in Kent Cycling circles by becoming the first club ever to win the KCA Best All Rounder Team Trophy, an event which aggregates the best times over distances of 25, 50, 100 miles and 12 Hours by the fastest three riders from one club in … Continue reading Wheelers Triumph In Kent
Tour De Rye Et Romney Marsh
Despite the Weather Forecast, the day dawned bright and clear on Sunday 14 September for the start of this year’s Rye & Winchelsea Rotary Club’s Fun Run.
Editorial
Many people have asked about the artist who provided last months cover picture of Mermaid Street . Beat rice Cloake from Hythe is the artist, she has been described as a romantic in modern times who writes poems in watercolour. We could not improve on this description of one of our favourite artists.
Outstanding Performance
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY RYE WHEELERS IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT Only the best 40 teams in Britain are selected to ride in the National Team Time Trial Championship. The Rye & District Wheelers Team of Steve Gooch, Barry Goodsell and Nick Wilson found their names on the sheet when the order of start was officially announced.
Cycle Path Not Finished
The Rye Harbour Road cycle / footpath ends just yards from the spot where Graham Matthews, 22, was killed in August 2004 when his bicycle was hit by a car
Rye 1946
1945 saw the end of World War Two. VE Day (victory in Europe) and VJ Day (victory in Japan) came and went. Rye, along with towns all over the country, licked it’s wounds, mourned its dead and rejoiced in the return of many servicemen who had been away from their home for as long as … Continue reading Rye 1946
Rye Wheelers “50” Championship 2010
Steve & Bronwen are the Champions Rye Wheelers 50 Mile Time Trial Championships On an almost perfect morning the 2010 Rye & District Wheelers 50 Mile Championship (incorporated in the VTTA “50”) was keenly fought out on a Romney Marsh course. 17 riders, thirteen men and four ladies, took the starter’s signal and rode off … Continue reading Rye Wheelers “50” Championship 2010
Twelve Hours in the Saddle
How do you fancy spending a whole twelve hours one Sunday on a push bike? Sounds painful? You have heard nothing yet. This twelve hours is a race! The idea to go as far as you can in the time. Even the Tour de France riders do not spend that long on their bikes in … Continue reading Twelve Hours in the Saddle