Welcome to ACME Wheelers
The ACME Wheelers Cycling club was formed in 1927 by a group of miners and named the club after a brand of miner’s tool. The club has numerous past British Champion and Commonwealth Games riders. Today the club involves itself in various aspects of Cycling with Racing, Sportive’s and Casual Cycling around the roads of South Wales. Come and join in with the friendly membership and enjoy the company and experience of the ACME members.
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ACME News
Welcome Back..
September 16, 2020
Welcome back to the Acme Wheelers website after a short absence. You may have noticed that we have been off-line for a few weeks, this was because the gremlins had got into the system and caused a few problems which have now been resolved and a safety net put in so that we should not […]
Gerald Clements
September 2, 2020
There was a three month period when Gerald was not a member of Acme Wheelers, but he has never been a member of any other cycling club. Gerald became a member of Acme Wheelers in October 1941, three months after he was born and that is the only period of time when he was not […]
Hill Climb Championship
November 14, 2019
A little later than normal the Club Hill Climb Championship was held on Sunday 10th November. As usual two dates were set aside but this year we were lucky enough to have a lovely sunny day, though a little cold, on our first choice date. The Barn Hill route was used, a tough climb with […]
Dean Mixes it with the Big Boys
July 6, 2019
Retired police officer Dean Cummings has recently become a member of TLI Racing a Cycling organisation that caters for age related events. http://www.tlicycling.org.uk/ Five events had been organised in and around the Pershore area. Unable to enter all five, Dean selected the two held on the popular Pinvin circuit, 4 laps and a total of […]
Dave’s 50 Mile TT PB
July 5, 2019
Over the racing season there are eleven 50 TT mile scheduled in the South Wales District, most are organised on the R50/1B Course. This difficult course takes in two laps with some very sharp climbs followed by fast descents. The steepest of the climbs comes after 9 miles and again after 34 miles. Club member […]
UCI World Championships
July 4, 2019
Four Acme members made the long journey to Yorkshire aiming to enjoy the spectacle of the UCI World Championships. After a trouble free journey and a quick case drop off in Leeds, it was straight on to Harrogate to catch the end of the Junior Men’s Championship. The weather conditions had improved from earlier in […]
Singleton’s Summer Races
July 3, 2019
After his exertions on west Wales Dave Singleton returned closer to home and reduced the race distance for the remainder of July, a deserved “rest” for him. First up was the PTW 10m TT organised on the R10/22A, an out and back course starting and finishing in Resolven. This Tuesday evening event was designated as […]
Tony’s Travel Diary
July 2, 2019
I left home on Sunday morning with “Shirley the Surly” and caught a train from Treherbert to Cardiff and then on to Reading. I picked up National Cycle Route 4 and followed the Kennet and Avon canal to my first stop, The Pelican at Froxley. The canal was quite pretty with lots of kingfishers, swans […]
West Wales Long Course Event
July 1, 2019
Billed as the biggest multi-sport event in Europe, the Long Course Weekend Wales is based in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, in early July. The event is run over three days based partly on the Wales Iron Man course. On the Friday evening is the 2.4 miles open water swim, on Saturday the 112 mile Wales Sportive and […]
WCA/Club 100m Championships
June 5, 2019
AS with most of the longer distance courses in the South Wales District the profile of the R100/9 course between Monmouth and Abergavenny is like a lumberjack’s saw. The event was the WCA 100m Championships organised by Robin Field, WCA Secretary, held on a cold, wet windy day. Riders travelled to the event from all […]
