Bath University Cycling Club

Hill Chasers and Ludgershall

Doug — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:26:34 +0000

Club member John Whittington binned his normal Saturday diet of miles and instead ate up Park Street in Bristol to claim 2nd place behind Wiggle Athlete Ben Simmons.

After qualifying in the morning, John was selected to face off against the Redbull invited pro riders. Dispensing all comers John made the final and put on a great show for the thousands of specators that showed up. Nice one #Johnlad.

Earlier in the day, Mark Bleakley grabbed himself an unexpected 2nd place at the Ludgershall Winterseries. This puts him 1point away from gaining his 3rd Cat license. It is unclear how many gels Mark used in the process.

Next week the off road bunch are off to tear up the Forest of Dean. Boom.

Rollapaluza!

Doug — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:48:24 +0000

Well the website is back online. Cheers for bearing with us!

Exams are in full flow so not much riding is getting done, but we are looking toward the light at the end of the tunnel. So much infact we are going to smash this up in Bristol in Feb…

Beside the Peloton

Ed — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:41:13 +0000

Another week, another edit. One for the roadies, as the last proper footage of them we had was from last year. Enjoy.
Thanks to the guys who made it today, and to Jacob and Pierre for helping out with filming.
The camera will probably go away for a bit now. Next vid: velodrome trip? Stay tuned.

Hill Climb Video

Ed — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:35:52 +0000

A quick edit from the Hill Climb on Sunday.

Hill Climb!

Doug — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:26:01 +0000

So we’re holding the annual club Hill Climb next Sunday the 30th October. As it is every year it is quite a chilled out affair and the main aim of it is to have a bit of a laugh – but with a competitive edge. Because it’s Halloween next weekend there is a special Halloween fancy dress category, as well as the usual ones:

Fastest Road Bike
Fastest XC Bike
Fastest DH Bike
Fastest Fresher
Fastest Singlespeed
Best Halloween Fancy Dress

Big thanks must go to Road.cc our club sponsors who are providing us with a bag of stuff to give away as prizes. You legends.

The meeting time will be 10am at the bottom of Bathwick Hill by the bus stop. The course will run right to the junction of North Road, and after everyone who wants to has been up the hill we’ll go to Parade on campus for coffee and cake.

If you plan to ride or have any questions then hit us up on twitter @bathunicc, it should be a lot of fun.

Format will be classic TT start with riders starting off at specific time intervals. Please bear in mind this is not a race – purely a challenge with prizes

Non students are welcome to tag in, but keep in mind this is very unofficial and organised by students and not to be taken seriously, otherwise we’ll make you buy cake at the pub.

Small print…

As we are riding on public roads, you must obey the highway code and ride sensibly. The club will disown you and have no sympathy if you hurt yourself riding like an idiot.

CCTV

Doug — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:30:54 +0000

Doug and Ed have been hard at work documenting the month of October for the club…

Feast your beautiful eyes on this bad boy.

We’ll be filming stuff for the next installment at the Hill Climb, so if you’ve got a rad idea then let us know…

A Grand Day Out

Ed — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:59:03 +0000

Some of the XC riders decided that a trip to Bristol would be a good way to spend a Saturday, and they were right. 8 hours, two pump tracks, a BMX track and a hot lap of Ashton Court after they left, a noticably more tired group arrived back in Bath. Some awesome photos were taken, this one is my personal favourite. Watch this space for a vid on the way too.

Oktoberfest

Doug — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:19:07 +0000

No, not the one in Munich that lasts for two weeks, But the equally challenging 8hour end of season Enduro at the excellent Ashton Court trails of Bristol.

We fielded two teams of pairs, between John and Doug, Ed and James. Alumini Nicole Walters had lost her mind and entered solo.

After a manic start, and a couple of mechanicals per team both pairs settled into their eventual finishing positions by lunchtime.

John and Doug ended up winning by lap (defeating Uni of Nottingham in the process) thanks to some amazing riding by John by posting the fastest lap of the day and sneaking in with 4secs to go. Ed and James finished up in 7th position, top bombing considering the standard of racing.

Nicole kept pedalling and pulled back a few places to finish up 3rd on the Solo podium (we still think she has gone mad).

Pub Crawl 2011

Ed — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:25:57 +0000

The first social of the year, the uni pub crawl went down last Wednesday. With an even earlier start time this year, it got pretty epic as the night went on. Thanks to all who came, and those who organised it. Plans for another one again this year are already in the pipeline….

Bath Uni CC Highlights 2010/2011

Ed — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:54:55 +0000

Anyone who is thinking about joining the club this year – in fact anyone who likes a good video – take a look at this awesome edit that Doug has been putting together. It’s pretty much a highlight reel of most (not all!) of the club’s riding last year. Getting stoked for another year with Bath Uni CC!