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SPALDING CYCLING CLUB

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ROAD RACING

  Road Racing is not for the fainthearted. It requires a good degree of fitness and bike handling skills merely to compete at entry level, but once bitten most participants are hooked by the exhilaration of riding in a bunch at speed.

The key skill required in road racing of any kind, from a local evening criterium to the Tour de France, is the ability to share a limited space of road with other cyclist in a close-packed group that may vary in size from two to two hundred in the bunch, or in cycling terms, the peloton.

Spalding C C does not host a road race, but many members do race at road races around the country. Details about these events can be found on the British Cycling web site. Lincolnshire does host a Wednesday night road race league. These events are handicapped, so are ideal for getting started in road racing. Details about these events will be posted on this web site when they are made available.

 

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