Buxton Road (A537)

A537 Buxton Road Updates, events & news about the A537 Cat & Fiddle road sourced from local farmers, cyclists and regular users of the road.

19/06/2022

Supersonic lift-off for KENWAY & ROBINSON up the Cat & Fiddle It's Tuesday evening and I'm looking at the weather forecast. It's not obviously shown at first, but patterns are emerging which suggest a fast tailwind up this week's climb. After doing it for over a decade, I know to never trust the predictions and that my own instincts are more reliable.

19/06/2022

Victorious Cat & Fiddle birthday party for power couple RAYNARD & NEWBERRY For the second Cat & Fiddle event of the series, it looked like we were in for the holy grail of fast evenings. A perfect westerly tailwind and heatwave were due, but only the temperature was accurately predicted. Once the event began, even that went sideways though and it cooled off somewhat. A gus...

29/07/2016

Thursday's Hill Climb was well organized by Manchester Wheelers' Club. From my viewing spot 5/6 minutes up the climb it looked hard! Manchester's Chris D**e got to the top in just 19:47 ahead of Congleton's Ben Norbury and local rider Bhima Bowden who were both neck and neck where I was stood watching. Photos from Ken Norbury below. Next event is 17th August with Macclesfield Wheelers.
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Ken Norbury's Photo Gallery - SpinLoose Photos taken by Ken Norbury at various cycling events. Usually when I have been participating. He does his best to get photos of everyone. Please credit “© Ken Norbury” if used and a link to this page. For commercial use please contact me.

26/06/2016

Cyclists are going up and down the road multiple times today until they reach the height of Mt. Everest (8848m).
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Everest Challenge – RMCH ***JustGiving page now live, with chance to win £1000s of prizes including ‘money can’t buy’ items for anyone donating*** Mount Everest is 29,000ft high. As the world’s highest po…

15/06/2016

Monday Night's bicycle race, run by Westmead Team 88 was won by local rider Bhima Bowden with Jack Green a close 2nd. Bhima's 47s lead by the 2nd layby was getting reduced in the 2nd half by Jack's superior skill on the flat/descending roads near the top but he ran out of road with a 33s deficit by the top. Times were slow (24/25 mins) due to the conditions. Next event is 28th July run by Manchester Wheelers