Wolverhampton Wheelers CC

This coming Tuesday's time trial is on the Hilly K21/22 course. Signing on from around 6:30 at Halfpenny Green.
If you want to pre-enter via Spond the group link is: https://group.spond.com/ZFGSF otherwise we can accept cash on the night.
Please remember that this is a CTT event and so a helmet, front and rear lights are compulsory.
Don't forget that there is a road bike only category too, and its double points on the longer courses! Hope to see you there.

The WWCC Time Trial Team at last nights K21/10b event.
25 rides took part in last night's TT. conditions were good with a fairly strong head wind on the way out, but it was suitable cooler than last week.
Congratulations goes to Dave Meacham with the overall win and Richard Sadlier as the fastest wheeler. The road
bike win goes to Josh Roberts with a big personal best and Steve White was the fastest Wheeler in this class.
It was great to see some new riders at the event setting down a mark to look to beat in the future.
Next week will be the first of our longer 20 mile hilly TT from Halfpenny Green. The course has some cracking views
and presents riders with some different challenges to consider, plus its double points for these events so well worth
attending. Hope to see you there.

It’s important to have ‘Rules, Cycling Rules’!!

The new “inclusive” cycling clubs are going to kill someone.

And I’ll be the one who gets called a gatekeeper for saying it.

I watched a group ride last week. 30 riders. Zero hand signals.

Overlapping wheels everywhere.

One guy braking mid-corner in the bunch.

It was the most “welcoming” ride I’ve ever seen.
No intimidating rules. No stuffy customs. Just “show up and ride.”

It was also a ticking time bomb.

I LOVE that cycling is becoming more accessible.

The traditional club model, with its unwritten rules and insider knowledge, has kept too many people out for too long.

But the pendulum has swung too far.

These “rules” we’re abandoning? They’re not there to exclude people.

They’re cycling’s version of Darwin.

Holding your line through corners. Signaling when you stand. Never overlapping wheels. Calling out road hazards. Knowing how to ride a crosswind in formation.

These customs weren’t invented by stuffy club elites to make newcomers feel small. They were developed over 100+ years of trial and error.

They exist because the alternative was crashing, injury, and chaos.

Every mature industry has “unwritten rules” that seem like gatekeeping but are actually compressed wisdom.

In surgery, there’s a protocol for everything.

In aviation, there’s a checklist culture.

In cycling, there are bunch riding customs.

Calling these “barriers to entry” misses the point entirely.

I rode with a new club last month that throws out all the “old school” rules.

They’re growing fast.

Everyone’s having fun.

Until someone hit a pothole and went down.

Then three more riders went down because they were overlapping wheels and couldn’t react.

The organizer said: “Crashes happen, it’s part of cycling.”

No.

Preventable crashes happen when you ignore 100 years of hard-earned knowledge.

I want to mix up the status quo

I want new clubs that challenge stuffy customs

I want fresh energy and perspectives

I want lower barriers to entry

But

I also want these clubs teaching the fundamentals that keep people safe

I want them respecting why the rules exist before breaking them

You can be inclusive AND have standards.

The most welcoming thing you can do for a new rider isn’t to eliminate all the rules—it’s to teach them why those rules exist and give them the skills to ride confidently in a group.

We don’t need to choose between tradition and inclusion.

We need to teach the newcomers what took us decades to learn.

Because the group ride is more fun when everyone knows what they’re doing.

And the rules aren’t there to exclude you, they’re there to bring you home safely.

We have been updating our Club Safeguarding info in conjunction with British Cycling requirements to keep all of our riders safe.

Next weeks league TT is being hosted by WRCC and is scheduled to be on the K21/10b Shifnal course, starting at the Cowshed at Boningale, sign on from around 6:30.
Don't forget your helmet and front and rear lights.
Look forward to seeing you there.

21 riders contested tonight's K21/11 sporting course. The weather was hot to say the least with the tarmac on parts
of the course showing signs of melting, but a gentle breeze kept things tolerable.
Congratulations to Paul Horton with a personal best and the overall win. The fastest wheeler was Richard Sadlier
also with a PB. The road bike win goes to Josh Roberts and the fastest Wheeler on a road bike was Steve White.
Many thanks to Nicola and Ian for time keeping, so many riders at the event, they had to race round to the finish with
just enough time to record the first of the finishers.
Full detailed results should be on our web site shortly and are available on our Spond group (https://spond.com/invite/ZFGSF) now.

The next time trial league event is this coming Tuesday 26th May is on the sporting 10 mile course. If you want to pre-enter via Spond the group link is: https://group.spond.com/ZFGSF or pay CASH ONLY on the on the line.
Please remember that this is a CTT event and so a helmet, front and rear lights are compulsory.
Don't forget, there are: road bike only, open time trial, ladies, handicap, veteran and junior trophies up for grabs, so come and give it a try.
It's a great opportunity to see how you can improve over the season against yourself and others on some fantastic courses.
Hope to see you there.

Another successful trip to Majorca with a group of Wolverhampton Wheelers CC
Thanks must go to Phil Thomas, Phil Jackson for arranging & Steve Bradley for organising routes.
I’m sure you can all see everyone had a fantastic time 🚴‍♂️🚴🏻‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴🏻‍♀️☀️☀️

Well done to all that rode tonight's TT. Riders had to contend with a bit of a tricky cross wind, but at least the rain
held off.
Congratulations goes to Tom Herbert and Haley Brain with the overall wins. Fastest male Wheeler was Richard
Sadlier and Fastest female Wheeler was Harriet Cosnett who rode an superb race to beat some excellent riders from
all categories.
Many thanks to Bridgnorth CC for organising tonight's TT.
Next week returns to the sporting K21/11 course at Halfpenny Green. Hope to see you there.

Next weeks league TT is being hosted by Bridgnorth CC and is scheduled to be on the K21/10b Shifnal course, starting at the Cowshed at Boningale, sign on from around 6:30. Entry is £6 to non Bridgnorth CC member, cash only or entry via the CTT website.
Don't forget your helmet and front and rear lights.
Look forward to seeing you there