Lockdown Week 7, 8th May 2020
If you have kids, you’ll have been on a long car journey when one of them asks, ‘Are we nearly there yet?’ and your heart sinks because you still have miles to go. You may even remember being that kid. It’s so tempting now to look out of the window from our semi-enforced isolation and
Turbo trainer rides
While we can’t get together on club rides at the moment, we are still meeting up to ride and race together on Zwift. You can join the ever-growing Penge CC team by signing up at ZwiftPower, then represent your club in the virtual red white and green by joining Penge CC Zwift riders. If Zwift
Lockdown Week 6, 1st May 2020
A friend of mine used to be in the SAS. I’ve always been fascinated by stories of survival against impossible odds and John must have got fed up with my persistent thirst for tales of heroism. For someone like me whose only experience of danger is overcooking it coming down Titsey, his life seemed infinitely
Lockdown Week 5, 24th April 2020
It’s going to be a while until we get back to normal. Just before we went into lockdown, the club committee met and agreed to cancel all group activities until mid-April. Well, this week we met again, and have extended this until the end of June. We’ll keep looking in the meantime, but sadly this
Lockdown Week 4, 17th April 2020
Another week ticked off and most of us seem to have relaxed into the restrictions placed on us and, dare I say it, even started to take advantage of some of the upsides. There’s only so much time you can spend on the turbo and there’s no footie on, so a sunny 4-day weekend over
Lockdown Week 1, Friday 27th March 2020
Already, just a week into lockdown, we’re finding ways to adjust to these extraordinary circumstances. The revelation has been quite how well equipped we have become to be online – whether that’s to keep working, to order vital supplies or to exercise. Yes, we’re all going Zwift-crazy! For me, though, the best thing we did
Interview with Hal
How did you get into cycling and what made you join Penge CC? I got into cycling by going on my bike with my stabilisers and doing races with my Dad while he was running, and I was cycling. I saw children cycling in Crystal Palace Park crit races and decided I wanted to do
Youth Go-Ride sessions – SUSPENDED
All sessions at Alexandra Junior school are now suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak. PLEASE NOTE – The school has had new gates put in since summer 2019 so entry to bike club is no longer via the main school gates on Cator Rd but via the school gates on Bertie Rd. IF DRIVING PLEASE
Youth Go-Ride sessions – Sat 9 Nov 2019
Next session at Alexandra Junior School will be Sat 9 Nov. Racing results Race 2 on 5th Oct are now published: https://sites.google.com/view/southlondongoracing/home Access The school has had new gates put in over the summer hols so entry to bike club is no longer via the main school gates on Cator Rd but via the school
Hill Climb 2019 results
Well done to the 48 intrepid riders who took on the Old Polhill Hill Climb this morning in pretty damp conditions. Obviously everyone is a winner for just taking part, but here are the results…*drum roll* Female podium: First place: Helen Proudlove 3:48 Second place: Juliet Tate 3:52 Third place: Rachel Lynn 3:54 Male podium: