News 2014

Turbonator Goes Mobile

Turbonator Goes Mobile Taking inspiration from the famous Barney Turbonator, I have created an Android version of the Turbonator. The idea remains the same, that is to add structure and purpose to those boring turbo trainer workouts. The app is still under development and I would appreciate some real world testers. Firstly to see if people find the app useful while on the turbo trainer and als...

Sunday Cycle 16th Feb 2014

Sunday Cycle  16th Feb 2014   A very large crowd out in the car park this morning.  A lot of the discussion before we set off was about the weather and how cold it had been during the week,  with somebody saying "Boys, it was that cowl I had to put on two jerseys, a cap and a huddie”.  "Sure that’s nothing”, was the...

Tour of Ulster Meeting

Next meeting for the Tour of Ulster will take place in Walsh's Hotel at 8pm on Monday 10th of February....

Sunday Cycle 9th Feb 2014

Sunday Cycle  9th Feb 2014   A good attendance of cyclists today for what turned out to be a fairly good dry day for road biking.  Too many for a single group, so we separated ourselves into 2 groups.   The first group,  which some people would call the "fast” group contained the racers from the club.  I was tempted to join them...

Monthly Meeting - February 2014

The monthly club meeting will take place this Thursday (6th) at 8pm in An Carn Centre - all welcome to attend....

Carn Wheelers Annual Dinner & Awards Night

On Friday night almost 50 members filed into the warm surroundings of the Shepherds rest for our annual club dinner and awards night.  Proceedings got under way as the usually do, in front of a turf fire and the bar the post mortem of the 2013 season, boasts about the volume and intensity of winter training and of course aspirations for the fast approaching season discussed over a pint...

Sunday Cycle 2nd Feb 2014

Sunday Cycle  2nd Feb 2014   Even though the wind and cold were not conducive to a nice cycle,  I was determined to be on the Sunday Cycle today for two reasons. The first reason is that I was well carbed-up and energy-loaded following an excellent and delicious meal at the Shepherd’s Rest on Friday night, and I was sure I’d be fit for a g...

Congratulations to New Grade 'A' Commissaires

Aidan Higgins of Carn Wheelers and Aaron Wallace of Banbridge CC have successfully completed and passed the tough up-grade 'A' National commissaire course. The course took place last weekend in Drogheda and was delivered by Jack Watson, Paul Waton and Gary McIlroy. The course certainly puts the comms through their paces and the test is not easy so it is a credit to Aaron and Aidan on pas...

Club Dinner & Presentation Night

The annual club dinner and prize presentation night will take place on Friday 31st January in the Shepherd's Rest outside Draperstown.   Anyone who is attending please let Jimmy Lagan know (by Wednesday 22nd) along with your order from the following:   Starters Melon & Fruit Prawn Cocktail Vegetable Soup Mushroom vol au vents   Mains ...

Lakelands XC

Lakelands CC hosted the first XC race of 2014. There was a good turn out for the event. Course was a mix of tarmac, gravel lanes, natural forest trails and grassy fields. Also some off camber muddy sections. Carnwheelers youth lined up in under 8s race with Eimer Skelly taking first place. Ryan Skelly took the line in the under 12s and finished 3rd. A step up this year from the under 10s. Niamh Sk...