| Welcome to the South Western Road Club website. The SWRC are a friendly Cycling club based around South West London with a membership of over 150 cyclists. The active heart of the club are the four groups that meet on our Saturday rides, with rotating three monthly list of the planned destinations, which take in the roads and lanes of Surrey, Sussex and Kent. There are also midweek rides and in the summer months training sessions during the evening. You are welcome to try us out on a club ride. Use this site to find out more about us and some of the things that we do in the Club. Find all the upcoming events here on this website, together with what SWRC members have been doing here ..... The Saturday Club Runs list updated to end September 2010 here....... |
If you can't find the information about the club you require please use this contact us link to email our Club Secretary.
The Club meeting place is the Hook & Southborough Parish Hall, Hook Road, Chessington from 8.30pm the first Tuesday of the month. |
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Surrey League Road Race - Sunday 3rd October. Mark Packman & Alan Parkinson will again be organising this years Club Road Race on behalf of the Surrey League. The event HQ will again be at Alfolds Crossroads village Hall. The Race Day Timetable is:- 9.30am 3rd category riders - 55 miles 13.30pm 2nd/3rd category riders - 75 miles Please contact Mark Packman or Alan Parkinson for more information and offers of help.
The SWRC Bike Box The Club is now in possession of a bike box which members can hire for all their transporting needs. SWRC May Flyer Cyclosportive Sunday 9 May, 2010 346 cyclists rode the 12th May Flyer sportive, 200 on the 90 mile route and 146 on the 50 mile route. There was a problem with signage on the day, with the short course being worst affected. Sometime between the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, someone had removed a number of directions signs resulting in some riders going off course. The Club can only apologise for the confusion that this caused and would like to thank all of the riders involved for the good spirit in which they reacted to the problem, even though it meant they posted longer ride times than would otherwise have been the case. We are considering how we will make sure that this does not happen again next year. Finishing Times for the 2010 May Flyer Sportive Can Be Found Here.... Click at bottom of page for long or short route. SATURDAY CLUB RIDES - IMPROVED C GROUP We now have a well established C Group for the Saturday rides in order to provide an opportunity for club members and new riders to join a ride at a more modest pace and distance than generally undertaken by the A and B Groups. Start is at 0930 at Cobham car park, as for the other groups, allowing people to choose their ride on the day.
As with the other A & B groups the C group also starts from Betchworth on the first Saturday of each month. Distance will generally be 40-45 miles at a pace that keeps everyone together and avoids the steeper hills. A tea stop is also scheduled for each ride to keep energy levels up! The club runs list shows the destination, so all you have to do is turn up at the start. We want members to spread the word once they have tried the ride and it will become the ride of choice for those looking for a more relaxed outing. Come and give it a try! .
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Alan Wins Trans Wales 7 day mountain bike race. Alan Parkinson has won the vets category in the Gore Bike wear - Trans Wales 7-day mountain bike Challenge race. The event which launched in 2006 and is now in it's fifth edition started in Builth Wells and is run over 500km with special timed sections along the route. Stage finishes were at Knighton, Llanidloes, Machynlleth, Cwmystwyth, Cilycwm, Brecon and then back in Builth Wells. 180 Riders competed from 15 different countries with Aussie Ryan Hawson (Ay-up Lighting) winning the solo male category. SWRC Spring Onion Sportive - Sunday 14 March 2010 Times for the 2010 Spring Onion Sportive Can Be Found Here...... SWRC 12 Hour Club Record Smashed Colin Parkinson, has broken his club 12 hour record again covering an amazing 276.5 miles at an average speed of 23 mph in very poor conditions at the Elmet CRC 12 Hour Time Trial. Competitors covered two circuits of 30 miles and 14 miles numerous times for 12 hours. He beat his previous record by 9.17 miles.
On Sunday morning, Colin and partner Fiona set their alarm for 5am and Colin started the event at 6.58am, although Fiona had already done a lot of work preparing food and drink to be handed up to Colin during his ride. Colin started fairly fast, covering the first 100 miles in 4 hours 6 minutes (24.4mph), going through 200 miles in 8 hours 29 minutes (23.6mph). The wind was relentless and then it started to drizzle, followed by a downpour for the last hour, leaving Colin shaking with cold by the finish. The ragged surface was jarring and his right foot went numb after 80 miles. The conditions took their toll on Colin’s bicycle as well as him. His rear wheel seized up and he had to change bikes. Colin also experienced the loneliness of the long distance rider, as riders rarely see each other during long periods of sustained concentration and effort. He said that it was like being in a desert (or a coma) at times. However, it was all worth it. Colin was 3rd fastest competitor and said that for him, beating the Club record was like winning a stage of the Tour de France.
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