Author: vcneditor

Sunday 14th December was VCNs annual Xmas Ride

33 members joined for a shorter non-stop ride finishing at Trowse Manor Rooms for club sponsored food and refreshments.

4 groups set out for approximately 40 miles

• Club Pace 15-16mph
• Middle Group Pace 17mph
• Middle/Fast Pace 18mph
• Fast Pace 20mph

Great time had by all and well done everyone for the fabulous bike and rider decorations. Middle group started out with an early puncture whereas Middle/Fast groups compared repair time between a Tubeless and Tube replacement. Fast group didnt let up and returned to HQ sharpish to finish setting up the sandwiches, and test the cakes!

Winner of the prize for Best decorated bike / rider was Holly Kay shown here with her Santa beard, closely followed by Ali Trippett. Congratulations on a well deserved bottle of Winbirri wine.

Thanks to all the members who attended and to those who contributed food, drinks and homemade cakes.

Sunday 21st September was the Clubs late Summer VCN subsidised group meet at the Grain Kitchen in East Harling.

36 Members organised into 3/4 paced groups enjoyed Coffee, Bacon Rolls and Avocado on Toast.

Routes and groups were excellently organised by Michael Wild and an army of Ride Leaders; Nick Kidd, Kersrtin Schankatt and Neil Vaughan.

Well done to all members in making this a success

Big thanks to the Grain Kitchen for hosting us and allowing us to use their private side room.

Sunday 17th August was this years 100 mile Tour De Broads Sportive event organised by Pedal Revolution.

Around 30 VCN members attended the event and were split into 3 evenly paced groups:

• Club 15-16mph
• Club Middle 17-18 mph
• Fast 20mph

This years event did not dissappoint – VCN members cruised around the lovely Norfolk Broads taking in the beautiful views and lighting up the roads with our Red and Black kit colours.

Great refreshments at the 3 feed stations, lunch stop and post ride Ghost Ship 0.5% back at Event HQ

Well done to all VCN members who completed it and a big thanks to the Organisers for a great event!

3rd August was VCNs Summer Gathering – a post ride Pizza at Redwell Brewery subsidised by the Club

Depsite the threat of Summer showers, 24 riders turned up at 9am at the Forum and we split into Club and Fast groups for a regular ride of around 50 miles. Halfway round we managed to squeeze in a quick coffee stop at Old Buckenham before meeting up again at 1230 at the Redwell Brewery in Trowse (near Norwich) for well deserved food and refreshments.

Thanks to our members for the great vibes and Redwell Brewery for a great venue!

Click to access Pizza-Menu-2025.pdf

VCN held its annual Open 10 mile Time Trial event at the Fast Harleston-Bungay B10/43 on Saturday 5th July 2025. It was hot and sunny afternoon with a strong wind from the SW.

With 47 top entrants this was a closely competed event and it did not dissappoint!

The Open leadboard was topped by Chris Holmes (VCN), Dan Blackburn (VCN ) and Mark Richards (DAP), Female category topped by Denise Hurren, Sarah-Jayne Graves (VCN) and Kerstin Schankat (VCN).

Massive thanks to all the VCN volunteers, timekeepers, marshalls, family and friends, who gave up their time to support the club, to make sausage rolls and cakes and who made it a great event!

Full results are listed on the CTT website:

https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/events/30728-vc-norwich-10

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