Riders endured a soaking to bring the curtain down on the Friction Hydraulics Series for 2024 as a third straight race on the Prees – Battlefield course saw the final medals decided in Round 18, the West Cheshire TTCA 25. Won overall by Josh Williams in a superb time of 51 minutes 21 seconds, County […]

The 17th and penultimate race of the Friction Hydraulics Series suffered from the grim turn of the weather that seems to have blighted September in the VTTA Merseyside 25. Once again held on the Prees-Battlefield course due to road works elsewhere, conditions worsened as the race progressed to leave riders struggling to the finish line. […]

The first of three events on the by now familiar Prees – Battlefield 25 mile course to bring the Friction Hydraulics Series to a close saw Oswestry Paragon’s Dave Griffiths take his first win in an Open event for two years in Round 16, the North Shropshire Wheeler’s 25. Griffiths managed to blast his way […]

The final individual Championship of the Shropshire time trialling season saw an excellent turnout of County riders try out a new course that’s already becoming popular in The Shropshire Championship 10 presented by Wrekinsport CC, Round 15 of the Friction Hydraulics Series. Held between Edgebolton and Hodnet, hopes were high for challenging the course records […]

Hayley Wells sealed the Friction Hydraulics Female Series with her 12th straight win in a commanding season. The Wrekinsport CC rider scored the maximum possible 740 points available in the 2024 competition from her best 12 rounds to deservedly win Series Gold following Round 14, the Emergency Services 25. Held over a busy weekend, local […]

A weekend of events which were acting as the Emergency Services Championships were added to the Friction Series for 2024 as taking place on local roads and open to local riders entering – and who made up 50% of the entry. A great turnout saw what was almost guaranteed to produce a Course Record in […]

The race nearly didn’t go ahead as organiser Helen Tudor had an anxious wait for a crashed car to be removed from the start line closing the A483 before Round 12 of the Friction Hydraulics Series. All day torrential rain had already seen the cancellation of a local road race due to standing water, but […]

In what seems like a cursed season organiser Helen Tudor was sweating on removal of water board traffic lights at Pool Quay a few hours before the start of the Shropshire Championship 25, Round 11 of the Friction Hydraulics Series which would have seen it truncated to a 10 – and a quick application turn […]

A rare return to a formerly popular course saw the Prees – Tern Hill – Hodnet 25 impress riders who never had the chance to try it. Pressed into action for Round 10 of the Friction Hydraulics Series due to continuing road works at Crudgington, the Birkenhead North End CC 25 saw riders blasted along […]