Leisure

As you know, Orwell Wheelers recently rolled out a stylish new kit, which is very popular with members. Many people have lots of older kit, much of which is in decent condition, and may never be worn again. So we have contacted a group of cycling organizations in Nairobi, Kenya and plan to send them surplus old kit from Orwell members. The groups include "Orwell-style" local clubs plus youth and training focussed organizations. They have confirmed that this sort of donation

Club Spin - Sunday 08Nov Clicking the relevant link text below will take you to Ride with GPS To join a club spin, you must be an Orwell Wheelers member AND a member of Cycling Ireland. Amber https://ridewithgps.com/events/505275-09-15-amber-sallins-a-081km-0530m Yellow https://ridewithgps.com/events/505221-09-20-yellow-sallins-y-075km-0480m White https://ridewithgps.com/events/505249-09-25-white-celbridge-w-065km-0435m Routes are here Safety In Numbers - 8 is Great! Amber,

Results for homologation Tracking (during the event) National 400km Audax - Calendar Event - 25/26 Sep 2026 Hover over the icons for more information. Blue icons are controls. These turn Red when there are riders at that control. They turn Green when all riders are at (or past) that control. Live-ish Updates — Fashionably delayed to confuse the bookies(Its not a race!)

Pathways 2026 welcomes more than 80 new members Pinergy Orwell Leisure cycling is essentially group cycling. Pathways is process by which the club welcomes new members “in a safe and orderly” manner. It focuses on group riding skills. As you might expect, we get applicants with a range of skills and experience. For safety, we use a questionnaire to facilitate the segregation of riders into groups of similar ability, weeks before they arrive at our sessions in Corkage park. Ev

Twelve Orwell members headed to Ticino last week for a tour of the Swiss Alps, 523 km in five days, taking in many of Switzerland’s highest Alpine passes. On the trip were: Barry Greene, Brian Colfer, David Claes, Dick O'Brien, Dominic Cooney, Ian Devlin, John Cogavin, Jonathan O'Brien, Mark Mulcahy, Owen O'Flaherty, Ronan McGoldrick and Shaun Kelly, ably guided by Matteo Cigala and Marine Lenehan. Day one began from Bellinzona in the Italian speaking region of Switzerland. T

Over 40 Orwell cyclists signed up for the Tour of Kildare which took place today. It is a great event that brings you to the Curragh, Athy and back to Naas. Not too many hills in evidence so the climbing legs were left at home. There were two distances - 118 km and 65 km so we split into 4 groups 118 km Amber and Yellow and 65 km Yellow and White. Despite the forecast of heavy rain and possibly thunderstorms we all got around with only a small amount of rain to trouble us. A

Report from Joe Wheatley Stage 5 - Tour Captain and Route Master On Sunday afternoon, 16 August 2026, a group of Orwell cyclists successfully rolled into Derry, completing a challenging 4-day tour with, remarkably, zero punctures!. This tour was the latest stage of an epic multi-stage circumnavigation of Ireland connecting major landmarks across the country, which started with the club's historic Stage 1 Dublin-to-Cork route completed back in 2021. Stage 5 route hugged the ja

Six years ago was the last time Orwell visited The Kingdom for the annual pilgrimage to TKAS. Fifteen Orwell members descended on Tralee for a fun-filled weekend away. They were joined by Ann Horan, Aisling O’Neill, Carthach “Cora” McCarthy and Luke GJ Potter, so the re-pioneering of TKAS was not the only blast-from-the-past. Friday Shaun Kelly and Martijn Vercauteren enjoyed the best of the weekend’s weather. They got out for a spin, as the rest of us saunaed in Limerick cou

Mixed team of 8 Bryan Minnock, Colum Maddox, Gerry ODowd, Jacqueline Howard Jude Doherty, Pascal Comerford, Pete Rafferty, Stephen Kearney.

Saturday 13th June

Our Roadside Repairs and “Get Back in the Saddle Fast” Workshop took place in Ballinteer Community School recently, where Val Smith delivered a brilliant, hands‑on session for our members. Participants brought their own wheels and through real, practical experience, learned how to change a tube after a puncture, re-join a chain and demonstrated the simplicity of popping on a rear wheel, with confidence. It was fun, friendly, and genuinely empowering, giving riders the skills

20 participants took part in the April Pathways program. 20 passed. Welcome to the club!

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