Eight of the 12 available medals were in play in the final round of the BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series – with a straight head-to-head for the Championship between reigning Champion Dave Scott and 2022 winner Tomos Hales. Scott had home advantage for the Mule CC Bwlch y Ddar, Llangedwyn climb and took BBR Gold […]

Almost exactly two hours after crossing the finish line in the final Friction Hydraulics event at Prees, Tomos Hales was at it again in the penultimate Round 10 of the BBR Hill Climb Series at Ironbridge after a dash south to strengthen his position on an exhausting morning – and took the win in the […]

Three further medals were finally sealed in Round 9 of The BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series as Ludlow CC ran their second event of the Series on the tough as old boots Bedlam climb. A dead-end running up towards Clee Hill is not a climb for the faint-hearted, and things were made even harder by […]

A day of largely appalling weather took its toll on entries for Round 8 of the BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series as Propel CC organised with their usual military level of precision for an extremely rare Sunday afternoon event to be greeted by just four riders – although ironically the course stayed dry throughout the […]

Oswestry Paragon’s Mount Road climb suffered from a weekend of bad weather as conditions put some off in Round 7 of the BBR Hill Climb Series. The 1.65 mile climb towards The Old Racecourse is unusual with a flat and occasionally even slightly downhill middle section – but the last half mile makes the knees […]

Hayley Wells took the first medal in the BBR Hill Climb Series at the earliest possible juncture in Round 6, Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association’s Homer Bank climb. Wells increased her tally to the maximum possible 120 points in this best 6 from 11 Series and took BBR Female Gold with a fabulous effort of 2 […]

The longest climb in the BBR Hill Climb Series gives riders a different challenge – one of staying power. The 1.95 climb of Wigmore Road run by Ludlow CC as Round 5 of the Series might not be the steepest at 5.4% average, but requires stamina for a relatively long climbing effort. With a headwind […]

Dave Scott set a new Course Record in Round 4 of the BBR Hill Climb Series promoted by Bridgnorth CC on one of Shropshire’s classic climbs. In use since at least the early 1960’s with its origins lost in the mists of time, the 0.9 mile ‘Five Chimneys’, Hughley climb averages 7.8% up the side […]

The BBR Hill Climb Series is shaping up to be a battle between previous Champions as the reigning one took the win and two others featured in the podium slots in Mid Shropshire Wheelers’ climb of The Stiperstones. Riders were clearly enticed by the offer of post-race chip butties as 2019 and 2023 Champion Dave […]

One second split first from second in Round 2 of the BBR Opticians Hill Climb Series as weather conditions played their part on Willomoor Bank for the Wrekinsport CC Hill Climb. Conditions weren’t the warmest, and with an unusual strong headwind to add to the challenge which saw times down as the riders tackled an […]