The season of evening 10 mile TT’s starts from next week w/c 15th April (some clubs start a bit later). Please see below a full schedule of evening 10s in Cheshire. https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/district-club-events/9?fbclid=IwAR3sr0dQmdEA2JnQKd-tVal60uo4oe9PbWD-rzVNpCrqJ1trwwfSwNy4oiU#anchor We should soon have an update on the Southport 10’s and Bashal 10’s. For Rainford 10’s follow links to Wigan Wheelers and Triathlon […]
Jo’s guide to your first TT race 1. Make sure you note where the HQ is 2. Be at the HQs at least an hour before the event / an hour before your start time – allow yourself enough time to sign in, pin your number and warm up. 3. Your start time will be confirmed […]
We welcome riders on electrically assisted bicycles on our club rides as long as the bike meets the following requirements (in line with guidance from British Cycling) A. The bike must have pedals that can be used to propel it B. The electric motor should not be able to propel the bike when it is […]
A REVIEW OF THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF SECOND CENTURY A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE BY PETER ROSCOE Reflections on Our First Century Decline It is fitting to go back to what has been referred to as ‘The Halcyon Years of Bury Clarion” the latter half of the 1940’s, the 1950’s & the first half 60’s’. […]
That Bury Clarion is a very special club there can be no doubt. Time changes all things though and for some we have changed so much that there is only the nostalgia of the wonderful times of yesteryear but we who experienced them look back with infinite pleasure on…….. Sunday runs in all weathers and […]
I’ve been posting my late father’s memoirs bit by bit and I’ve come to the section where he joined Bury Clarion as a Rookie in 1951, so I thought I’d post it, as it might be of interest to current club members and perhaps for the Clarion’s historical archive. Bob Chadwick, was a keen member […]
By Peter Roscoe
THE BOOM YEARS By Peter Roscoe Our memberships had increased to 83 in 1953. We got rid of our football shirts but bought a new bladder for the football. Arthur Martin became the first winner of the club’s best all rounder Championship. The following year our membership including six associates rose to 100. This […]
BETWEEN THE WARS By Peter Roscoe By 1918 things were picking up. We bought another whistle and a Primus stove. In 1919 we bought another stove and a kettle. We also paid ten shillings for a kettle to be ‘altered’ and a box to put these assets in. This year we really pushed […]
From a Bury Times article at the time of our 50 years celebrations in 1951 we learned the following: On a January day in 1901 seven determined ladies mounted bicycles, adjusted their flowing skirts and straw boaters and rode slowly through Bury’s streets. They ignored cries of ‘shame’ and ‘hussies’ from outraged pedestrians and the […]