Saturday to the world peace cafe, Sunday ride to Marsh green cafe and an away day to Cannock! Suns out, let's play! #belperbc

The Belper BC Hill Climb Event 2026 Sunday 6th Sept 2pm, Holly Lane. Entries through CTT website (see poster) This will be an open event and also club championship, so everyone is welcome 😊 There is also an incentive to beat the Belper BC club chairman!!! Using the cricket club for HQ, Hurt Arms after for drinks/food Any profit from the event goes to club charity (The Blue box in Belper) STATS 1100m climb, 123m height gain, max gradient 14%, average 11.2% Entry https://www.c

by Belper BC 6 riders completed Cycling UKs newest route in Dumfries and Galloway over the last week ranging between 4 and 6 days, using campsites and wild camping. The weather was better than expected mainly raining at night. The route is a good mix of tarmac, gravel and forest tracks with a possibility of enjoying the 7 stains MTB trail centres. Being a dark skies area the night time sky can be lit up by the millions of stars ... Unfortunately it was too cloudy! #belperbc

Tonight 13 riders out in 2 groups taking on the lovely climb all the way up to Alport Heights. Apologies for completely forgetting to take a picture of the first group at the a triangle but fortunately I caught up with them at the Holly Bush. Drama free ride tonight and that’s the way we like it.

Supported by Belper BC Sunday 16 August saw 110+ riders assemble at Mercian Cycles new factory & HQ in Little Eaton, Derby, for a staggered start in small groups of 6 to 8 riders, in each of the four Festival rides; the Bill Betton Memorial & Jeff Bowler Road Rides, plus the Crowbar & Ventura Gravel Rides. The first and longer Road and Gravel Rides set off by Sue Betton, Bill’s wife and Mercian business partner for many years. A great social day was had by all, albeit a li

Excellent social ride out to Spokes Cafe on Jubilee Campus which is on the site of former Raleigh factory. Early start to avoid the heat and a few new trails ridden. Great company as usual.

20 something riders out tonight in 3 groups on a lovely sunny evening. Lots of hills, lots of lovely quiet roads and a dry ford! Then back to The Grapes for refreshments. Same time next week?

WORLD RECORD!!! Belper BC rider Richard Thoday is a world record holder!!! From Richard: Back home and in recovery mode now. Having set out to try to break two world records at the same time on 6th August at Reading velodrome I set out in the heat at 5pm to try to ride 234 miles without dismounting and 520k in 24 hours. With a great amount of support from spectators, media and support crew I set out lapping the 459m velodrome at Palmer Park Leisure centre with monotonous regu

DARLEY MOOR SESSIONS - THURS 13th Aug. Free to club members Ladies coach available to help with group road riding. This is a great place to practice road riding ALL WELCOME Tickets and more info: https://www.belperbc.co.uk/event-details/darley-moor-circuit-just-ride-session-2026-08-13-17-30 #belperbc

Belper BC rider, Alex Latham -Boal has just completed the race within the maximum time allocated! His stats are: 5070km in 20 days averaging 253km per day! Two Belper BC riders have completed the TCR , Alex and Byron! Chapeau to you both! #belperbc #TranscontinentalRace #TCRNo12 #lastdotalex #tcr @lastdotalex @byronbuck