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If you are first timers to racing or even old hands but are still not too sure about racing then this is were we will try to answer some of your questions.
Racing Licence.
To be able to compete in most racing at club level you will need to be a member of British Cycling and hold a valid racing licence. For some races you are able to get a day liquescence if you want to find out if racing is for you (check with the organising club if you can do so). Details of memebership and licences can be found at www.britishcycling.org.
Gears.
Youth and Juniors riders are restricted to different gear sizes. The size of gear is given in the table below (taken from BC Rule Book section 3.3 gear Restrictions).Lengths quoted in the table refer to the maximum distance covered for one whole revolution of the crank when the bike is rolled backwards (video clip). Gears can be restricted by 'screwing down' front or rear gear mechanisms to limit travel.
Category |
Road Racing | Track Racing | Roller Racing | |
| Junior | 7.93 | |||
Y
O U T H |
A | 6.91 | 6.91 | 7.93 |
| B | 6.45 | 6.45 | 7.40 | |
| C | 6.05 | 6.05 | 6.94 | |
| D | 5.40 for all events | |||
| E | 5.10 for all events | |||
Race No. |
Race |
Date |
1 |
CDNW 1 SOUTHPORT OVERALL |
8th March |
2 |
BRADFORD NATIONAL RACE |
22nd March |
3 |
TERRY DOLAN 1 SOUTHPORT (SCRATCH RACE ONLY) |
29th March |
4 |
TERRY DOLAN 2 SOUTHPORT (SCRATCH RACE ONLY) |
5th April |
5 |
TERRY DOLAN 3 SOUTHPORT (SCRATCH RACE ONLY) |
12th April |
6 |
CDNW 2 LANCASTER OVERALL |
19th April |
7 |
NORTHWEST CHAMPS SOUTHPORT |
29th April |
8 |
CDNW 3 CLAYTONVALE (MTB) OVERALL |
31st May |
9 |
NORTHWEST 3 DAY OVERALL |
13th – 15th June |
10 |
CDNW 4 PRESTON ARENA OVERALL |
21st June |
11 |
HORWICH CARNIVAL RACES |
22nd June |
12 |
CDNW 5 LITHERLAND |
5th July |
13 |
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESTON ARENA |
12th July |
14 |
BLACKPOOL RACES |
19th July |
15 |
MORECAMBE RACES |
20th July |
16 |
CDNW 6 PRESTON OVERALL |
26th July |
17 |
CDNW 7 LANCASTER ( CYCLO X ) OVERALL |
6th September |
All category's A B C D E – Boy and Girl
Highest placed Ribble Valley rider = 10 pts per event listed.
Second highest placed Ribble Valley rider = 8 pts per event listed
Third highest placed Ribble Valley rider = 6 pts per event listed
Fourth highest placed Ribble Valley rider = 4 pts per event listed
Fifth highest placed Ribble Valley rider = 2 pts per event listed
1 extra point if a Ribble Valley riders wins the event
Positions to be taken from official results on the British cycling web site.
League table to be updated on League Results page
League table to be updated by S Turton.
