News 2014
Sunday Cycle 25th May 2014
Sunday Cycle 25th May 2014 A fair good turn out today for the Sunday cycle. The morning was dry, if a little cool. The group headed off for Gulladuff, Portglenone and then onto Ballymena. In Ballymena we stopped -- there were four members of the group who wanted to put in a few extra miles in preparation for the Wicklow200, and s...
Read MoreClub Road Race
The next Club Road Race will take place this Thursday night on the Lisnamuck course. Sign On will be from 6.30pm on Tobermore Main Street and racing starting at 7.15. Everyone welcome...
Read MoreWicklow200 Support Car
Folks, Fiona Glass, wife of regular club cyclists Adrian, has kindly volunteered to come down to Wicklow with the Carn boys are drive the route with us. However, a passenger to sit in along with Fiona would be much appreciated. Their duties would be to watch the road, take photos, and relish the site of the green&black peloton. If ...
Read MoreSunday Cycle 16th May 2014
Sunday Cycle 16th May 2014 Another wet Sunday, another wet Sunday cycle. But the crack was good as the 10 cyclists left the rec car park as usual at 8am. Our route was -- starting in Maghera , we headed to Draperstown via Tobermore. Then, a wee lung opener as we ascended the Cahore Road. Then descended down the Drumard Road and continu...
Read MoreWicklow 200 Update
Folks, we now have only 3 more training Sundays until our big sportif – the Wicklow 200. Below I’ve drafted up a cycling plan which is aimed at continuing the build up of our stamina and climbing ability, so that come the start of June, we are at the peak (every pun intended) of our physique. NB, although aimed primarily at those doing the Wicklow 2...
Read MoreSunday Cycle 11th May 2014
Sunday Cycle 11th May 2014 After the excitement of seeing and watching the Giro for the past couple of days, it was back to the grind for the Sunday cyclists. 8am saw a dozen or so very wet boys huddled under the tree at the side of the rec carpack, for such was the ferocity of the falling rain. Big Pete Kelly commented that...
Read MoreRNIB/Tandem Cycling
On May 8 over 30 tandem bikes set off from Lisburn and completed a tour of the towpath to the Waterfront hall in Belfast and back. Cyclists from Cookstown, Lurgan, Newry, Lisburn, Belfast and Dundalk took part alongside famous faces such as Dr Janet Gray MBE, the blind world champion water skier. The event was awash with pink, just taking place prior to the Giro d'Italia. Lisburn in Focus, a ...
Read MoreGiro Stage 2 Bus
Folks. The bus taking us to the Giro on Saturday (KOM location on the Ballycastle-Cushendall Road) will leave Maghera sharp at 8am, so plan to be at the Rec at 7:45. Cost is £10 --- kids go for free. We will be bringing the gasibo and bar-b-queing facilities, so take your own sausages/burgers/stakes/baps and have a grand feed. Some sea...
Read MoreMessage from Chairman
A huge thanks to our very own Aidan for organising another very successful Tour of Ulster this weekend, his hard work, leadership, commitment, attention to detail and organisational skills certainly paid off. This event did not happen by itself, it was planned over the past few months, organised to the last detail and executed with military precision. Bigthanks to a...
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Marc Heaney travelled to Kanturk to compete in the Corkman 2Day youth race with the Cycling Ulster Youth Academy U16 squad. Stage 1 on Saturday morning was a tough 70km 2lap stage with several long climbs to conquer. At the finish the Ulster team were well placed coming into the uphill finish, Marc got boxed in at the sprint finish and crossed the line in 10th place. Stage 2 was th...
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