We’re primarily a leisure club at KCC but nonetheless its always great to see the black and orange jersey on a bike being ridden in anger. It was was our privilege therefore to see TT specialist Paul Crossen out in Omagh at the Irish Championships Elite Mens TT. Paul says he gave it his all on the night but was slightly disappointed his power output was down. On this occasion its safe to say the result Read more

As the Giro D’Italia organisers came back to run the first of three of their world famous timed sportives from Belfast, KCC members took on the main Mournes route & the shorter Strangford route then took the time to tell us about it. Unfortunately the event clashed with the popular Bangor Coastal but we had plenty of presence there too:   Jane’s Gran Fondo (Mourne Route) Having trained for and completed the Wicklow 200 a Read more

Friday 26th June, upstairs in Balloo House. 8pm for 8.30 start. Light supper will be provided and prizes include a £50 Balloo Inns voucher and Gin!  Quizmaster will be our very own Kevin Davies of WhiteCat Entertainment!  This should be a great night’s craic, any of you who have participated in Kevin’s quizzes will know that they are great fun!  Entry is £5 per head, max 6 people per team.    If you don’t have a team, Read more

A few months back one esteemed member suggested it would be a good idea to decamp to the Wicklow 200 in early June to tackle one of the longest and toughest sportives on the Irish cycling calendar. The idea went down so well among members that the organisation of said event was quickly lumped upon our treasurer due to local knowledge. Fast forward to 6.15am on 7th June and 21 cyclists are standing on the Read more

KCC representation at Round 3 of the Ulster XC league, hosted by Xmtb, started an finished with the usual members of the Maitland family entering respective categories and helping/encouraging each other throughout the day.   The smaller kids started off with Rudi finishing 6th in the U6s, great job in a large field of 20+ riders. Next up Gracie with the first podium of the day for KCC with a terrific 2nd place in the Read more

A fine if breezy night up in Guiness for another testing route into the wind towards Dromara and back up the hill for the interclub league. Well done to all participants, and thanks to all the timekeepers, marshalls and photographers from LLRCC. Name  Club Time Mark Downey Banbridge 23.05 Edward Shannon Shimna 26.34 Zak Hanna Dromara 26.57 Adrian Kinley Shimna 27.20 Conor Rice Dromara 27.35 Davy Park Killinchy 27.36 Johnny Graham LLRCC 27.58 Terry Brown Read more

Following their successful “back to cycling Saturday” on 11th April, the girls took part in their first Sportive of the season, joined by the ‘B’ run, at the Saintfield charity 30 mile cycle on Sunday 17th May. A great turn out for both groups looking good in in their new kit, everyone arrived bright and early for sign on and the obligatory photo shoot before taking to the roads with the main group. This was Read more

On the 19th May KCC’s newly trained coaches invited members’ children to attend the inaugural youth foundation coaching session at Killinchy Community Hall.   There were  doubts as to whether the heavens would open and put a dampener on this first session, however the backup plan wasn’t required and at around 6pm the clouds broke for the children and their parents arriving and the rain stayed away.   With a group of 11 children, the coaches started off Read more

The first KCC event of the year was our interclub time trial. Unfortunate timing meant a clash with LLRCC’s annual Mallorca trip but 15 entered in total including a few KCC members giving time trialling a first go. It is certainly a testing course – uphill with a strong headwind on the way out – Darragh Cross felt a long way and the turn was a welcome sight. Many thanks to Ross for organising and taking a Read more

The second incarnation of the BIBR, a personal distance challenge event was held almost a year from the Giro D’Italia big start in Belfast. Our man Andy planned to top 150 miles in a day by cycling to and from the Start/Finish in Belfast, and here’s how it unfolded for him:       Its 6am, I’m standing looking out over the back garden as the wind and rain is battering the back of the Read more