The last 12 months has been tricky for everyone but we are all hoping as the restrictions ease we will start get back to enjoying some of things that have been missing from our lives once again. As a club, our activities have been largely suspended but we now have a road map back to events…
Notice to All Members: The Mid Devon Cycling Club AGM will take place on line at 19.00hrs on Saturday 6th March 2021 using the Zoom meeting app. Details of how to join the meeting & instructions on how to use Zoom and associated reports will be E mailed to members who have asked (Interim Hon…
Sunday 1st November saw rides taken on the Mud and Roots MTB XC event at Ashcombe. To kick start the day of racing Under 8 girl Charlotte Ward came in 3rd in a very competitive race with some local BMX riders trying out MTB racing. The Under 10’s saw Matthew Holmes take the over win…
Harry Jukes has finished this years’ Time Trial season on a high! Harry from Praze-an-Beeble races for our Mid Devon Junior Race Team but has been, and still is, an avid member of the local youth club Wheal Velocity Cycling Academy. On the 11th October Harry took part in the National Junior Closed Circuit TT…
Mid Devon riders race up Porlock Hill, it is known as the steepest A road in the country with many stories of cars overheating going up and burning brakes coming down. The good news is that the Hill Climb did not going up the 1 in 4 main road climb but the longer, gentler and…
Message to Prospective New Members: We now require all rides, maximum of 6, to sign up by 2000h on the Saturday eve before the Sunday ride. We have always allowed 1 or 2 ‘trial rides’ before you have to join. We want to continue with that but with ‘The Rule of 6’ we have to…
Andrew Perkins used his experience and knowledge to help experienced youth rider Callum Start to step up for his 1st senior race at the Cycle Sport South Hams Circuit Races at Torbay’s Velopark. To comply with the current covid guidelines the event consisted of three 15 minute races – scratch, points and pursuit. The new…
Andy Perkins rolls back the years and claims the win in the return to racing event at the Velopark. To comply with the current covid guidelines the event consisted of three 15 minute races – scratch, points and pursuit.The new format proved popular with new riders wanting to try out racing aswell providing a new…
Three Mid Devon Youth riders took part in the new Devon Grit event for gravel bikes, MTBs & cyclocross bikes. The event takes in the best gravel trails of East Devon. There were three distances to choose from; 76km,58km and 36km. This was one of the first cycling events under the new COVID-19 rules and was very…
Last Sunday, 31st May, Mid Devon Cycling Club would have held it’s 90th Birthday Celebration with members and their families choosing to ride a 90 mile, 90k or 90 minute route all arriving back at Teigngrace in the afternoon where there would have been a BBQ and large cake. What a glorious occasion it would…