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Hi Fiachra! While the business park races are effectively run on a closed road, British Cycling treat them as 'Road' rather than 'Closed Circuit' which does mean age restrictions (year of 19th Birthday - tbc, I'm just doing some reading). But, there's plenty of opportunity to dip your toe at closed ...

Who fancies some local racing in front of adoring fans (by which I mean amazing club mates who have volunteered to help out on the day)? Entry for the first Birmingham Business Park race of the year, supported by Beacon is available here . It'd be great to see multiple Beacon jerseys on the start li...

Funny you should ask Ed - yes they do, and I have just signed up to kick off the season here on March 5th. There are events now up on BC throughout the year here with both 4th cat only and Masters races being run.

I will start another thread to see if anyone fancies a trip up to Ashbourne next month.

Great to see so many plans this early in the year... and I look forward to hearing how you get on! Shame to see that Woolly Mamil isn't going ahead but I guess it means more time to focus on slow, steady miles. Given this I am going to target the Business Park race on April 10th as an early goal... ...

As it stands I have the following goals for the year: actually having a plan and training in such a way that I 'peak' for a couple of target events (circuit in mid-summer, road in late-summer) completing a number of longer road races (2hrs+) inc. one target event racing alongside club mates With tha...

The past couple of years have seen limited opportunities for racing and it is perhaps no surprise that the number of Beacon jerseys lining up to race has fallen… it’s only a few years since as many as ten Beacon lined up at local races. Looking to 2022 and the return to something vaguely resembling ...