Club Meetings

January - Minutes

February - Minutes

This years DVATC club trips are listed below along with brief details of the trip and who is looking after the event organisation for each one.  Please see the forum for full details of each trip and any discussions that are taking place.

March 27, 27 & 28

Long Weekend in the lakes

Friday - Choice of fell walk or 1/2 day ride 

Saturday - All day ride

Sunday - Ride Whinlatter Forrest trail centre in the morning and then travel back

Cost is £52 for 2 nights B&B in Keswick inc packed lunch for Saturday, One place remaining please contact Mark ASAP if you are interested.

2010 Race Events

DVATC memebrs will be entering all of the Race events listed below, if you are interested in any of them please see the forum for details on who is doing which event and what the arrangements are going to be.

The club has a slightly re-designed race kit for 2010, along with the addition of a new casual black T Shirt

The T-Shirts are £12 each and are available in Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large.  If you would like one please contact Dave with your size davecrowder@btconnect.

T-Shirt

Race Kit

Sunday Rides

31^st Jan – Cavedale – Meet at Hope station 9am.

28^th Feb – DalbyForest – Meet at Tibshelf Services (Northbound) 7am.

28^th Mar – Macclesfield Forest – Meet at DerbyshireBridge car park 9am.

25^th Apr – Cannock Phase 2 – Meet at White House car park 9am.

30^th May – Members ride

27^th Jun – Doctors Gate & Cut Gate – Meet at Hope Station 9am.

25^th Jul – Members ride

29^th Aug – Welsh Trail Centre - TBC

26^th Sep – Stanage & Burgbage Moor – Meet at Hope station 9am.

31^st Oct – Members ride

28^th Nov – Baslow route – Meet at Baslow layby at 9am.

26^th Dec – Boxing Day ride - TBC

Mountain Bike Racing

Sleepless 2006

21 Photos

Sleepless 2008

47 Photos

Bikeradar 2009

91 Photos

Twentyfour12 2006

10 Photos

Twentyfour12 2007

28 Photos

General MTB Racing

2 Photos

Club Trips & Holidays

Scotland 2008

44 Photos

Scotland 2009

4 Photos

Lakes 2008

20 Photos

Bradwell Sept 09

4 Photos

Social Events

Xmas 2005

11 Photos

Xmas 2006

26 Photos

Bowling 2008

8 Photos

Xmas2009

4 Photos

Club Rides

Various Club Rides

5 Photos

MamTor 2008

3 Photos

Injury League

4 Photos

Club Photos

2 Photos

Members Photos

Dolomiti Superbike 2008

10 Photos

Members Vans

4 Photos

Cairngorms 2008

95 Photos

Cyclo Cross Racings

DVATC NDCXL 2008

16 Photos

Cross-General

1 Photos

2008 Club Champs

Event List

Details of the events can be found here

Event 1 - Timed Downhill Results

Event 2 - Granny Gear Sprint Results

Event 3 - Off road no hands Results

Event 4 - Impossible climb Results

Event 5 - Longest skid Results

Event 6 - Longest Freewheel Results

Event 7 - Timed Single Track Results

Event 8 - Longest Wheelie Results

Event 9 - How Long Before you Break the Eggs Results

Event 10 - XC Time Trial Results

Event 11 - Uphill Race Results

Event 12 - Longest Jump (without a practice run) Results

Event 13 - Dabs Results

Page under developement

This section of the site is still in development but open for preview.  So applogies for the basic looks at the moment, this will change soon so that it looks more like the photo gallery.

All the videos linked below bar a couple of the Scotland 2008 ones have been converted to the new format which play much faster, so have a look.  (Scotland 2008 ones will be converted shortly

Scotland trip 2008

Forrest of Ae 1
Forrest of Ae 2
Ae Last Down Hill
Kirroughtree 1
Kirroughtree 2
Kirroughtree 3
Kirroughtree 4
Kirroughtree 5
Omega Man - Ae
Stef on McMoab

Scotland trip 2009

Daves Moment

Sherwood Pines 2009

Wall Riding 1

Wall Riding 2

John Dropping Off

Pines Downhill Track

2010 Club Champs

2010 League Table

26th January
Event 1 -  Longest Wheelie Results

23rd February
Event 2 -  Uphill Challenge Results

30th March
Event 3 - Slow Bike Race Results

27th April
Event 4 - Longest Skid Results

25th May
Event 5 - Longest Jump Results

29th June
Event 6 - Single Track Time Trial Results

27th July
Event 7 - Granny Ring Race

24th August
Event 8 - Downhill Race

21st September
Event 9 - Longest Freewheel

26th October
Event 10 - Impossible Climb

16th November
Event 11 - XC Time Trial

7th December
Event 12 - Dabs

Archived Club Champs

The 2008 results are here

The 2009 results are here

NEWSLETTER

September 2008

Sunday Rides

Sept 28^th – Meeting point – White House(Cannock Chase) 9am – Ride - Cannock

Oct 26^th – Meeting point Hope Stn. 4am - Ride – Dark into the light

24 Hour News

We had a great results in the recent Sleepless in the Saddle, in spite of conditions being terrible. Mark, Chris, Tony and Phil got 2^nd place!

Notts and Derby Cyclocross

The club is hosting a round of the Notts and Derby Cyclocross league on the 18^th October, if you can help please let Russ know.

Christmas Do

This year’s club Christmas do is on the 6^th December and will be held in the ‘Out of Town’ in Ripley. So keep this date free and details will follow.

Sponsors

We’ve recently had a couple on new sponsors on board, thanks to Nick for sorting them out. If anyone else knows of any companies who may be interested in sponsoring the club please talk to Dangerous Dave. Also we have some support from Denby and Thorntons with prizes for the Notts and Derby race, thanks to Chris Riley and Alan Day for these.

HIGH5 www.highfive.co.uk

Notts & Derby CX League www.ndcxl.org

British Cycling www.britishcycling.org.uk

Heanor Clarion www.heanorclarion.org.uk

Veloriders www.veloriders.co.uk

Derbyshire Cycling Forum www.llamabikes.co.nr/

Highland And Island Adventures http://www.handiadventures.co.uk/

MTB Rides and Routes - http://www.mtbmonkey.com

Holiday Recommendation - Highlands And Islands Adventures 

www.handiadventures.co.uk

Highlands and islands adventures offer a wide range of adventure holidays in Scotland, and a number of these are mountain bike based.  Last year Mark and Chris went on a week long adventure ride around the Cairngorm national park, carrying everything needed for the trip in trailers and wild camping at night.  The holiday was called the Cairngorm experience, and is highly recommended by both Mark and Chris.  More can be read about the trip here, and the photos can be seen in the club gallery.

This year highlands and Islands adventures have developed some new holidays with one eye catching trip called the Highland Camper experience. 

This following is an exert from the Highland and Island adventures website which gives and overview of the holiday

• Day 1 Inverness and surrounding area
We will meet in Inverness, then make our way to Highland Campervans to collect your new home for the rest of your holiday.  You’ll be given a tour of the campervan and then we’ll pack our gear and bikes into the van and head off to start the holiday with style! There are a number of fantastic trails that we can do on our first day, which will just whet your appetite for the rest of the trip.

 • Day 2 Inverness to Torridon
After a comfortable night in the campervan (with heating) and a good breakfast we will set off on a ride around the Torridon area.  These trails are truly hidden gems in a, largely, walkers’ paradise.  The climbs are challenging, but enjoyable, offering beautiful views of the area, and the downhill… is something special.   It’s fast and flowing and seems to go on forever.  More than enough reward for the climbing! Tonight we will park up in the Applecross area.

• Day 3 Applecross to Plockton
Today will see us riding a stunning loop that will take in the Applecross peninsula with fantastic views over to the Isles of Rassay and Rona.  On return to Applecross we will go into the very famous local pub for some of the best food you will taste all week.  After dinner we will drive the short distance to our stop for the night, the village of Plockton.

• Day 4 Plockton to Skye

From Plockton, we’ll cross over the bridge to the Isle of Skye to tackle the challenging 50km loop from Sligachan.  The route carves its way between the Cuillin mountains with a mouth-watering combination of technical climbs and hair-raising descents.  We will cycle over some very rocky terrain, skirting round the foot of classic peaks such as Sgurr nan Gillean and Blà Bheinn.   The last leg of our exhilarating journey takes us back along the coast to Sligachan and to our campervan for some rest and recuperation!  If that sounds like too much, then there are plenty of other fabulous routes on Skye that we can choose from. 

• Day 5 Rest day
Today is our well-earned rest day. We’ll travel through Armadale in the south of Skye, then catch the ferry over to Màllaig which lies at the end of the west Highland railway line. Here we will have time to relax and explore the white sandy beaches, mysterious lochs and perhaps spot some Highland wildlife.  We’ll drive to Fort William and spend the night there, enjoying the local food and drink.

• Day 6 Laggan Wolftrax
After your rest, you’ll be ready to take on the myriad trails at Laggan Wolftrax.  This is one of Scotland’s most exciting and challenging man-made trail centres that snakes through a lovely Scots pine forest.  You can choose to ride the red or the black trail, depending on how fit and adventurous you’re feeling, and then relax in the café with a delicious hot chocolate!  When we’re suitably worn out and well-fed we will head back to our campervan.

• Day 7 Laggan to the Cairngorms
Our last day will take us to Aviemore and the Cairngorms National Park, where you will be spoiled for choice of excellent mountain bike trails.  We can head off into Rothiemurchus and enjoy a day of beautiful landscape, wildlife and a variety of fantastic trails.  

Russ & Sues’ Euro Trip

Earlier this year Russ and Sue emabarked on a 2 week trip round Europe in thier restored VW camper van. Read all about it here

Derby to Skegness fund raising ride

Andy and Josh recently rode from Derby to Skegness raising funds for the ‘Help the heros’ charity which supports forcees who have been wounded and injured.  The planned route was around 100 mile, but due to a road closure the final distance turned out to be 118 miles, with a respectable ride time of 5 hours 20 mins.

The lads raied £700 for Help the heros, so a big thankyou goes out to all who helped.

We started out in 1975 with just 10 members and now have 50+ members of all ages and abilites who ride on a regular basis. We are a sociable club whois based around  the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire.

Latest News

The 2010 AGM meeting Minutes are here

2009 DVATC Club Strip

The club has a slightly re-designed race kit design for 2010 courtesy of John,

2010 Race Strip

Bikeradar 2009 - Whyte Enduro Success

DVATC made a good turn out at the first Whyte Enduro that took place at the Bikeradar festival at Donnington park on the 30th/31st May 2009.  We had a total of 15 riders enter the event in the form of 5 pairs of riders enter the 12 hour event and 5 riders enter the 4 hour solo event.

Building on last years success in the Sleepless in the Saddle 24 hour event the DVATC were successful again in this event with a win in the 12 hour male pairs competitive category for Mark and Phil and also a win for Russ in the male 4 hour solo fun category.  Russ also managed to win a brand new Whyte E120 bike in the event raffle!

In the male 4 hour solo category Tom put in a good effort against some stiff competition to finish 5th. Oli and John did well in their first 12 hour enduro and finished 4th in the male 12 hour category closely followed by Ian and Martin, Gareth and Steff, Richard and Dave who finished in 6th, 7th and 8th respectively.

Sleepless in the Saddle Success

The DVATC hit the podium for the first time in this years muddy Sleepless in the Saddle.  Mark, Tony, Chris and Phil finished in second place in the male sport catergory.

Dave on the airwaves

Dave recently appeared on Radio Derby being interview about the club flying the flag for Derbyshire.  Dave put in a very good performance, have a listen here

Bontrager 14/12

DVATC do it againg, all three of our teams finished in the top ten for the second year running!.

In the mens 12 hour pairs event Tom & Chris finished in 5thplace, with an impressive 18 laps in 12 hours 24 mins .  Mark & Dave finished next to them in 6thplace with 17 laps in 12 hours 23 mins.

In the mixed pairs 12 hour event Russ & Hazel finished in 7thplace with 16 laps in  12 hours 11 mins.

Bring on next year!

TUESDAY NIGHT RIDES

Tuesday night rides are mainly local to the Amber Valley area, within easy travelling distance and start around 7.00pm.

All routes are off-road, and normally planned for 1.5 to 2 hour duration. All the rides start and finish at a local pub with good parking.

The rides require a basic level of physical fitness and ability, with most routes containing some technical climbs and descents. All the routes are given a categorisation as per our ride list on Tuesday Night Rides

The rides go ahead no matter the weather or conditions, plus a good set of lights will be required from September to March.

For ride details and meeting places goto Tuesday Night Rides , and click onto the meeting place for a map.

WEEKEND RIDES

DVATC weekend club rides normally take place on the last Sunday of each month. The routes for these rides may require a little travel, with the most common locations within the Peak District.

Rides are planned for 4 to 6 hours, and will require a relatively high level of physical fitness and ability. Most of the routes have challenging technical sections suitable for experienced riders.

The technical sections could include steep rocky descents, with unavoidable obstacles such as large steps, gaps and drop-offs. Routes will be changed on the day in the case of bad weather.

For weekend club ride list go weekend club rides or for more info contact

Tris on 07511 232834 or e-mail him at trisysjoint@hotmail.com

On most other Sundays a few club members organize a more local route for meeting place and info contact Tris as above.

HOW TO CONTACT US

DVATC is a friendly club and we welcome all newcomers of all ages and abilities

For further information about DVATC; the type of riding we do, or wish to join us then please do not hesitate to contact one of the following Committee members.

Chairperson: Dave Crowder  davecrowder@btconnect.com 

Club Secretary: Sue Wakefield  sue@dvatc.co.uk

Membership Sec: Martin Howarth  martin@dvatc.co.uk

Treasure; Russ Wakefield  russ@dvatc.co.uk

Tuesday Rides: Russ Wakefield  russ@dvatc.co.uk

Newsletter: Tom Buss  webmaster@dvatc.co.uk

Webmaster: TBA  webmaster@dvatc.co.uk

DVATC is an informal club with organised rides every Tuesday night and on the last Sunday of the month. The rides are mainly off road, suitable for a range of capabilities and are between 15 and 50 miles in length.

On occasions throughout the year we arrange trips to Wales tackling purpose built trails such as Coed-Y-Brenin, to the Lakes to conquer the Wainwright’s and to Yorkshire to scale the scenic Moors.

In addition to these regular rides a weekend trips several members of the club take part in 6, 12 and 24 hour enduro events in teams or for the really dedicated, solo! Sleepless in the Saddle, Bontrager 24-12 and Early Dawes are to name but a few.

We have a strong element of the club who race in the local cyclo-cross league from September to February. There are also individuals who time trial and road race throughout the year.

The most important thing is that we are very friendly and go out to enjoy ourselves

Membership

There are a number of membership options, please see the Membership form for full details

Club kit

The club has it’s own kit that serves both social purposes and racing purposes, club members get discounted rates on all items.  Full pictures of all the kit can be seen here

http://www.thewoollybacks.co.uk/