A lot of our members enjoy the thrill and excitement of competitive racing. Cycle Club Ashwell is affiliated to British Cycling, the BTT, CTC and the Eastern Road Race League, which means as a member you have plenty of races to enter. We have many British Cycling licence holders in the club so there’s always members to race with on the road, track or all-terrain cyclo-cross races and leagues.
For more information and race reports, visit the racing section of the club forum.
CC Ashwell Primavera Road Race
The Club organises its own successful 55km road race around May each year for all 3rd and 4th Category British Cycling racing licence holders. To find out more about this event, or volunteer to help organize the event on the day, contact Carmelo, email carmelo@ccashwell.com
Click here to download the 2011 Race Programme.
CC Ashwell Cross
The Club is active in the Eastern Cyclo-Cross League and organizes one of the league's races every year. Riders and volunteers to help run this event are very welcome. Email Mark Wyer for more details.
What do I need before I start racing?
The first thing you’ll need to sort out before you enter a race is your British Cycling racing licence, as without one you won’t even be able to enter a race. Visit www.britishcycling.org.uk to join and apply for a licence; you’ll need at least a silver membership and a licence is about £30. If you’ve never joined BC before you can join with a Bronze membership which gives you a provisional licence which is only good for cyclo-cross and ‘go race’ events. The full licence (only available with silver and gold membership) will allow you to enter all BC events, including road, track, cyclocross and mountain biking.
Racing in Club colours
Don’t forget that if you’re representing CC Ashwell in a race then you’ll also need to be wearing our club kit.
For more information about racing, contact Trahern, email trahern@ccashwell.com
A note on Sportives and Reliability Rides…
Though not racing by definition, many members enjoy testing themselves in non-competitive sportives and local Reliability Rides, around the country and abroad. CC Ashwell have been to the Dragon Ride, Cheshire Cat, Etape du Dales, La Marmotte, the Étape du Tour and the Cape Argus Tour in South Africa among many others. See our calendar and visit the forum to find out more.
