News & Race Reports
SCOTSDALE SLAM 2026 A small core of Albany Cycle Club members returned to the scenic Denmark hills for their latest handicap race, the Scotsdale Slam. The 44km course is typical of Denmark with nowhere for the bubble in a spirit level to get comfortable between the...
NULLAKI HANDICAP 21st FEB 2026 Albany Cycle Club’s latest race, the Nullaki Handicap was held on deceptively unflat course on the Nullaki peninsular. While inclinometer is in idle mode in the initial kilometres, each...
W SMITH HANDICAP Albany Cycle Club’s last race of the season was the newly reconstituted J W Smith handicap. Held under clear skies, the field was started in three groups at intervals calculated to give everyone a reasonable chance at holding the trophy aloft. First...
RACE REPORT What a day! Forget cold, dark, wet, windy. Conditions were 💯% PERFECT for this year's ACC LOWLANDS SCRATCH GRAVEL RACE. The 10km circuit had everything to challenge & delight: fast gravel, serpentine single track, bitumen, undulations, potholes, mud,...
RACE REPORT With the first attempt postponed because of a weather forecast resembling a rabid pit-bull on a rampage, the inaugural running of the ACC’s Gravel Gauntlet, a 23.6 kilometre time trial on good, wholesome, brown dirt took place last Saturday. The gently...
Teardrop Handicap Road Race 2025 The most recent event on Albany Cycle Club’s calendar saw riders venture west to take on the hilly Denmark Teardrop course. From a very damp and gloomy morning, the weather had transformed itself and conditions were ideal for the...
RACE REPORT: ACC NULLAKI HANDICAP Road Race 2025 . 7am, Sat 15 Feb, 2025. Albany Cycle Club’s latest race, the Nullaki Handicap, was held on a deceptively testing course on the Nullaki peninsular. While the initial kilometres of the race are flat, each end of the...
KEES GLORIE HANDICAP 2025 The second road race of Albany Cycle Club’s 2025 season was the iconic Kees Glorie Memorial handicap. Dating back to 2009, the race is held in honour of the memory of Kees Glorie who was tragically struck and killed while out riding. Sadly,...
RACE REPORTELLEKER HANDICAP ROAD RACE 18 JANUARY 2025 Albany Cycle Club’s 2025 road racing season kicked off with the Elleker Handicap on Saturday morning. The flat and fast course, four laps of the pond for a total of 37kms made for high average speeds across the...