Audax riders will be very sorry to hear that Mareve Hansen, Peter Hansen’s wife, died on 22 April. Many current riders will remember Mareve helping at controls on Peter’s rides locally, but may not be aware that Peter and Mareve were three times Audax UK Tandem Points Champions (in 1986, ’87 and ’88) and completed PBP together on the tandem in 1987.
Our thoughts are with Peter and his family at this sad time.
12 April, 2015
Starting from Falmouth Organiser Adrian Hitchman
This year saw a particularly good turn out on the Cornish 100. Over 100 riders set off into a breezy Cornish spring day, jerseys of every hue making a splendid display around Pendennis head and beside the Falmouth beaches before the main business of the route. A stiff Sou’westerly was noticeable on the route down to Longrock, but provided some welcome assistance on the climb out of Gweek and on the route back to Falmouth.
There are links to the results lists below, and pictures of the events on the Falmouth Wheelers site.
 103kmStarts 09:00 |
no AAA | A Cornish 100 AUK id 15-135 100 Rider validated |
 50kmStarts 10:00 |
no AAA | A Bunny Hop AUK id 15-134 33 Rider validated |
5 April, 2015
Starting from Penzance Organiser Martyn Aldis
The Many Rivers to Cross and Four Hundreds 200 X-rated events have something of a history of attrition. Gales, deluges, heatwaves and hills have produced a fair proportion of DNSs and DNFs over the years. This year looked promising, with good weather forecast and the PBP qualification timetable probably contributing to a reasonable start list for events of this type, but illness and logistics still managed to reduce the starters to a total of ten hardy locals and two “furriners”.
Chapeau to all those who took part in these challenging rides.
 307kmStarts 06:30 |
 5 AAA |
Many Rivers to Cross AUK id 15-327 6 riders validated |
 207kmStarts 08:00 |
3.75 AAA |
Four Hundreds 200 AUK id 15-326 1 rider validated |
You may have seen in the press that the upgrade of the single carriageway section on the A30 North of Truro is now moving into the early stages of planning with a public consultation. Lack of provision for non-motorised users is given as one of the problems with the existing road. The growth of motor traffic along the A30 has taken made the natural spine route more or less untenable for cycling and the crossing points at Chybucca and Boxheater junctions fairly tricky.
There is a public exhibition at Starbucks Chiverton Cross today, Wednesday 25th March until 6pm, and all the information displayed is also on the web with a Questionnaire. Let’s make the case for genuine cycling provision.
Not as well known as London-Edinburgh-London or Paris-Brest-Paris, but probably more challenging than either, the Mille Cymru is a 1000km+ ride that seems to cover most of Wales (the hilly bits). Chapeau to Trevor Stephens, who has let us have this ride report. Continue reading
