Author: Armidale Cycling Club

  • Round 14 – Boorolong

    Round 14 – Boorolong

    It was a day for the front-runners yesterday on Boorolong with Jo Wauch and Jacqui King claiming an excellent one-two finish over the 30km hilly course. Starting off four minutes, Jo caught Go rider Jacqui on the return leg and the two combined well to keep the chasing packs at bay, ultimately crossing the line…

  • Race Day Emergency Contact Details

    Race Day Emergency Contact Details

    Although it is fortunately a very rare occurrence, occasionally we might have an incident or a breakdown during our club races that requires us to get in contact with the person on race duty that day. To ensure that this can be done quickly and easily, we will now be including the mobile phone number…

  • Round 13 – Dangarsleigh 30K

    Round 13 – Dangarsleigh 30K

    For the first time since April, we were back on Dangarsleigh for club racing yesterday. The council have done a great job resurfacing the earthquake cracks in the road and there were more than a few riders hoping for a rapid out-and-back effort as a result. Mother nature had other ideas though and a strong…

  • What’s Handicap Racing Like?

    What’s Handicap Racing Like?

    If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like actually participating in a handicap race, or how our club races go on the weekend then this 5-minute race recap taken from the bike of club member Andy Robb should give you a good idea. Handicap racing is where all riders compete on the same course but start…

  • Round 12 – Long Swamp 45K

    Round 12 – Long Swamp 45K

    A mid-winter 3-lap assault of the hilly Long Swamp course could have gone either way yesterday but the weather gods behaved and an excellent race ensued. With regular handicapper Mick Hoult away racing in Tamworth with Keglegs, there were no favours dished out for our perennial club whinger. Kirky had gone to the trouble of…