Barry Charlton (Swinnertons) completed the BDCA ‘100’ this afternoon (Saturday, 6th September) in 3 hours 58 minutes and 19 seconds on a course near Uttoxeter. This is the first time that a rider of a singe tricycle has beaten 4 hours for 100 miles. The previous record…
TA EAST E-NEWS 5th SEPTEMER 2014 To TA East members and friends From Ferg Muir East Anglian recipients of TA East E-News will already have been reminded of the East AGM on Saturday (6th), so I will confine myself to saying we hope as many members as possible will attend to avoid difficulties over…
Dennis Heggs (Midland Region) died on 21st August. He had recently celebrated his 87th birthday. His funeral will be on Monday, 8th September at 12.00 at Nuneaton ‘Heart of England’ Crematorium, CV11 6WZ. The family will be pleased to see cyclists attending this celebration of Dennis’s life wearing their…
TA EAST E-NEWS – AGM ISSUE – NEWSLETTER DATED 1ST SEPTEMBER 2014 To TA East members From Ferg Muir THE TA EAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IS THIS SATURDAY – 6THSEPTEMBER PLEASE COME. Members of the TA East are earnestly requested to attend – with several of our usual attenders unable to…
Jane’s End to End record attempt was covered in an article covering 2/3 page of Cycling Weekly on 14th August: On http://www.velouk.net/2014/08/13/news-tricyclist-jane-moore-sets-record/ It’s made the CTC forum:- http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=89641 and from that thread, also the East…
TA EAST E-NEWS 18th August 2014 To TA East members and friends From Ferg Muir Here is a quick round-up of tricycle news: There is still JUST time to buy CYCLING WEEKLY for Thursday 14th August …which has three-quarters of a page devoted to a article by Richard Abraham on Jane…
We arrived home yesterday after a leisurely – for me – drive down from The Top in stages. During the ride, my fantastic support crew gave me some of the messages that had been posted which did a lot to drive me on and lift my spirits but yesterday I…
Pictures taking during Jane’s epic ride (Please feel free to send your photos to the webmaster for inclusion): [nggallery id=26] The order is rather random and I need to rotate some of them, which I shall try and find some time to sort out, alomg with captions for those without.
This was held on a beautiful afternoon (9th August) in the gentle town of Halesworth, North Suffolk, in conjunction with the Flat Section of the Veteran-Cycle Club. We gathered at the Focus Café on the Thoroughfare for 3pm and sat in the blazing sun drinking tea of coffee and catching…
Jane wanted the 47 miles to go sign as its in John Taylor’s book.And a side shot of Jane at the top of Berridale. She rode up it on Burple as she had lower gears.Some previous record holders walked that bit… ..But gear ranges were not as great then.
