Congleton Cycling Club

The second of Congleton C.C.'s 2008 Reliability Trials took place on Sunday 20th Jan. The idea of Reliability Trials is to ride a set route within specified target times. This second event was 65 miles, with the objective of completing the route at 12.5 or 15 mph. For 2008 all the club’s reliability routes have been redesigned by Karl Austin, to use lanes and minor roads, avoiding the A roads as much as possible. Sunday’s ride took the riders via Brereton Heath, Middlewich, Church Minshull, Little Budworth, Utkinton, Kelsall then through Delamere Forest to Acton Bridge, then Comberbach, Great Budworth and back to Congleton via Tabley, Knutsford, Lower Peover, Lower Withington and Hulme Walfield.

A damp and windy but very mild day faced the 21 riders leaving the Rugby Club at 9 o’clock. Two riders from Macclesfield Wheelers joined our Congleton C.C. members but the Leek C.C. riders did not participate due to their Prize Presentation Lunch. The main group quickly split up into the headwind, with riders forming smaller groups for the rest of the ride. All completed the route at the required speed with the fast group of seven riders, headed by Neil Skellern, completing the route in 3hr 50 mins at an average speed of 17.2 mph.

For details of Congleton Cycling Club activities see; www.congletoncyclingclub.org.uk

The Club meets every Thursday at 8.30pm at the Rugby Club, Park Street and welcomes anyone who would like to swap ideas and stories on all cycling topics.