Club's new kit gets an outing at the Manchester Velodrome

Alanssandro, Stewie, Carlos and Jan, all holding their stomachs in... ;-)

Stewie, Alanssandro and Jan...all very happy 'cos they never use brakes anyway

Go on Alannsandro, get above that red line...

Probably Carlos, but it's camera shake, not speed, that gives a fuzzy image

Birmingham Velo 100 - September 2017

The first major closed road sportive, over 100 miles, from Birmingham City Centre up into Staffordshire, down to Worcester and back.

The route

Riders: The Prez, Jan, Alanssandro and Carlos. With guest riders Paul, Scott and Chris from the Bleasby Bikers Cycling Club.

Essential pre-event carb loading

Jan (in fetching salmon pink gilet), Paul, Carlos, Chris and Alanssandro at the start

The Prez, Carlos and Paul looking fresh just after the start

Chris, Fabian (The Prez) and Paul at the finish. Paul having wished he'd never started ;-)