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
This piece of film will be mainly of interest to grey haired racing cyclists from the 1960’s.
John and Dave Ashdown are featured in the first race, with Richard Wall doing a cameo appearance after a face plant.
Bob French and Lynn Chambers of the Hastings Club and Gerald Maryann of Tunbridge Wells appear in the second race, which finished on Brighton Sea Front. Continue reading Cycle Racing in East Sussex 1960
Amazingly it was confirmed last night that this years KCA Best All Rounder was jointly won by last years winner Dean Chittenden of Abello-SFA Racing Team and Pav Bryan of Rye & District Wheelers in an average speed of 24.674 mph across 4 Continue reading Rye Wheeler is Joint Kent Champion
With the completion, at long last, of the cycle / Footway linking Rye & Rye Harbour we must move on and get the cycle route around Rye under construction.
This route would circumnavigate the town, linking the existing Cycle / Footways from Lydd to Rye, Cadbrough to Winchelsea and the new Rye Harbour route. Continue reading Cycle / Footway Open – Now we Must Move on
East Sussex County Councillor Carl Maynard open’s Graham’s Way with Graham’s Father Brian who has never given up the struggle to get the Cycle / Footway from Rye to Rye Harbour completed since his sons untimely death on the notorious stretch of Road in 2004. Continue reading The Opening of Graham’s Way
It is almost eleven years since Graham Matthews was knocked off his bike on Rye Harbour Road and killed.
This was a notoriously dangerous stretch of road to anyone walking as there were no places to get off the road, the verges were covered in brambles and undergrowth right up to the edge of the turnpike. Continue reading Cycle / Footpath Finished Today
There was no peace for the wicked, or any one else for that matter,
at the Rye Wheelers Annual Barbecue. Continue reading Barbecue Competition
Bernard Clark’s Page in the April Rye’s Own is causing lots of interest this month.
Bernard is the born and bred Ryer that tells it as it is – He writes the things that most people agree with but would not dare to say. Bernard has always stepped in where angels fear to tread. He is cantankerous and accident prone but always funny. Life makes him scowl but his outlook makes others smile. He talks a lot of sense among the nonsense and if he were standing for Parliament he would, no doubt, be elected.
He was a keen cyclist when he was young, riding with some style for the Rye Wheelers. He has been trying to make a come-back but unfortunately keeps falling off but he will get there eventually.
Bernard was the star of a local film when he was young. “Bernard’s Nightmare” was not a box office success but we have found a copy and are having it transferred to DVD so that readers will be able to view it on this website – Watch this space.
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