Stewartry Wheelers is a club for cyclists in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. We aim to cater for cyclists of all ages and inte rests, organising social rides, time trials and races both on road and off.

The Stewartry is a wonderful area for cycling, with magnificent scenery, quiet roads and several Olympic- quality prepared mountain-bike routes.

250 metres...

by Simon Brooke

Auchencairn, Aug 17, 2008

250 metres is the distance round an Olympic velodrome. As everyone knows, Chris Hoy can do it in under ten seconds. Our best took more than ten minutes... but we're proud of them. Because there was a slight difference. An Olympic velodrome is flat. Our 250 metres was stood on its head, as our riders raced up Screel Hill...

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