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My first... series
Find out what its like to ride your first ever event. Series includes: Road race, time trial, track, cyclo cross, reliability ride and tandem.

We love David Duffield
We've got some great press cuttings of our hero including a cover shot of a big man on a big trike from Cycling & Mopeds magazine as well as the latest Reader's Letters

Geoffrey Butlers launch party
The kind folk at Geoffrey Butlers Cycles threw a party for Addiscombe to celebrate the launch of the new Addiscombe clothing range.

Beginners velodrome day
A coach load of Addiscombe beginners go down to the indoor Calshot velodrome for a special introduction to riding on the boards

New triathlon section
Since our affiliation to the British Triathlon Association we've had a huge interest from people keen to try their first triathlon. Also see the first triathlon race report to appear on this site.

A funny thing happened at Herne Hill
Around 40 or so Agreeables headed out to the 100th Good Friday track meeting at Herne Hill and were treated to the best racing in years but then something none of them were expecting happened!

Gus Andrews RIP
Club stalwart and British Record holder Gus Andrews passed away in March 2003

The old days
The old days weren't all monster miles and fixed gears. A quick flip through some old club magazines uncovered these gems - club rules, Gerry A Trick , Oysters

Adventures of a greenhorn
Guest writer Michael Harris recounts a great mountainbike trip along the south downs way

My first... Timetrial
New member Zimzum wrote this straight after doing his first ever time trial. Pictures from the event are here.

Snaps from a Wednesday night
Addiscombe members often meet socially as well as meeting every week for the fun rides. Marco took a camera down to record a typical evening at Addiscombe HQ

Snaps from our prize night
Every year we have a dinner and prize giving to honour those that choose to race and thank those that promote cycling in our part of the country.

Downhill race roundup
Agreeable Jason has introduced Addiscombe to the ways of downhill mtb racing and got a lot of new people involved with the club. Here's some of his reports of local downhill events.