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These are great mid-week rides starting on the 4th April and continuing throughout the summer, every Tuesday and Thursday. They are a great way to learn to ride at a faster pace, whilst working as a group. There will be different pace groups, with around five riders in each group.  The aim is to ride […]

To celebrate 65 years of the club in 2017, we arranged for club member and grandson of original founding members Audrey and Bill Rushton, Kristian Bond, to photograph the club jerseys through the years. The collection has survived thanks to our Welsh Commissaire and longstanding club member from 1963, Ken Williams. The jerseys will be on […]

Whether you are new to riding or looking at getting back on your bike after a break, the monthly Beginner Ride is a great way to enjoy riding your bike with others, building up your fitness and confidence and a chance to enjoy a sociable coffee stop! The route for the Sunday 2nd April will […]

For the fifth time this season, Ystwyth ladies Lois Brewer, Leah Brewer and Anita Saycell made the 200-mile round trip to Stourport-on-Severn to compete in the University of Birmingham one day stage race. Stage 1 in the morning was a 10-mile TT on a very lumpy course – Anita was the fastest YCC rider with an […]

The great thing is that time trialling is for everyone, it doesn’t matter whether you have a road bike or the latest aero bike, whether you are 19 years old or 90 years old!  Everyone has the same goal trying to beat their own personal best time.  The club runs a great weekly Wednesday evening […]

Jon Mould o JLT Condor oedd gyntaf dros y llinell yn un o rasys lôn cynharaf y tymor, sef y Tour of the Mining Valleys, a gynhaliwyd gan Glwb Beicio Ystwyth yn Aberystwyth, Ceredigion ddydd Sul 5ed Mawrth 2017. Fe gadwodd y glaw draw am ran helaeth y ras, ond wedi cawodydd trymion yn gynnar […]

Jon Mould of JLT Condor sprinted for the win at Ystwyth CC’s early season Tour of the Mining Valleys in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion on Sunday 5th March 2017. The rain kept away for most of the race, but early morning downpours teamed with wind and low temperatures made for a challenging morning on the hills inland […]

Jon Mould of JLT Condor won Ystwyth CC’s 2017 Tour of the Mining Valleys in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion on Sunday 5th March, having finished 2nd to teammate Ed Clancy at the Eddie Soens Memorial race at Aintree the previous day. Full results, race report and photos are to follow, with thanks to Kristian Bond for the […]

Just a reminder that there are no Sunday Club Rides this Sunday (5th March) to encourage as many people as possible to be on the course cheering on the riders from many parts of the UK taking on the Tour of the Mining Valleys Road Race. The race starts at 10:30am and the route is: … […]

The Woolly Mamil early season race series was run on four consecutive weeks on the Stourport circuit near Kidderminster, with sisters Lois and Leah Brewer and Anita Saycell representing Ystwyth CC. The field was open to all categories of rider from elite through to novice racers (4th category) and involved a 45 minute race on […]