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Come and celebrate the velodrome mural

Many of you will have seen the new mural at the velodrome which is looking fantastic. The completion of the mural is being celebrated next weekend from 12.00 onwards, please come down with a picnic and join in the fun and games!

Easy Fundraising with PPYCC

Thankyou to all of our members who have helped raise money through Easyfundraising donations so far. Please do consider joining up if you’re not already on the scheme, especially if you regularly buy goods online. Register today and we could win an extra £200 donation! There are over 4,000 online shops taking part. Cycle shops…
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PPYCC Committee Member to do Lands End to John O’Groats

In just over three weeks time, our PPYCC Treasurer Richard is setting off to ride from Lands End in Cornwall to John O’Groats in Scotland with Ride Across Britain to raise awareness (and money) for the Pancreatic Cancer Charity, in memory of his dad. He will be setting out on 10th September to ride 980…
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Outer Ring Saturday 20th August – Celebrating La Vuelta a Espana

We have a substitute coach tomorrow, Anthony, who has not made an appearance since last season. He will be leading a session based around celebrating the start of the Vuelta a Espana, a famously hilly race, and the flat first stage starting in the Netherlands. Think lots of laps, needing lots of water and maybe…
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Boardman CX Team (52cm) Rolling Chassis For Sale

With cross season coming up you might be looking for a cheap way to start the youngsters off in the wonderful thrill that is Cyclocross racing (or yourself if you are on the shorter side!). This frameset is about a 52cm seat tube with approximately 55cm virtual top tube. In most sizes this is probably…
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Road bikes tomorrow!

Geared/Road bikes for both Inner Ring and Outer Ring tomorrow. The forecast is for VERY HOT so please bring water, lots of water and sunscreen!Our focus tomorrow is “Manipulating points of contact” so we’ll be working on bike handling skills.

PPYCC Hill Climb is open to enter

The PPYCC Hill Climb event on Sunday 11th September is now available for booking. This event is open to any youth rider aged 6-16, they don’t have to be a member of PPYCC or British Cycling, so please invite your friends! Places are available on a first come, first served basis. Details are at the…
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A Summer of Racing

U14 rider Noah Wheller has written this excellent blog post about what PPYCC riders have been up to on track and road during the season so far. Thankyou Noah, and congratulations on securing first place in the SCRL Youth Major category since this post was written! This year Preston Park has had a great summer…
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Bike for sale

A friend of the club is selling this kids road bike (45cm frame), it will come with two spare inner tubes as well as a bottle cage already attached. It is in very good condition, all gears and brakes are working well and tyres show minimal wear. This bike would suit a rider who is…
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Reducing costs and membership fees

The PPYCC committee met recently and decided to reduce membership fees from £25 to £15 for individual members, and from £15 to £5 for additional family members (whether young people or adults). This is from immediate effect so when you renew it will be at the new prices, including if you are currently overdue. This…
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