British National Derny Championships
The British National Derny Championships are annual bicycle races held in the UK.
The event is often known as the motor paced or stayers championships, but this is a misnomer because a motor paced or stayers race is one where the pacing machine is a modified motorbike of anything from 100cc to 2000cc engine size which has a roller mounted behind the back wheel. The cyclist or follower uses a bicycle which has a small front wheel and trailing front forks, which if it hits the roller merely spins the roller without causing any damage. Motor pacing lost popularity in the late 1990s due to its esoteric nature and Derny racing was introduced. There is a move by Motor pacing fans to revive the Motor Paced Championships in the future. To this day motor pacing is hugely popular on the continent. A Derny is a 2 stroke engine assisted bicycle and the cyclist or follower can ride a normal track bike, making the discipline readilly accessible to most track cyclists. The first Derny paced Championship was held at Reading in 2000. Always held on a cycling track, the riders follow a derny throughout the race. The rider of the derny is known as their pacer. The event is relatively long for track racing, and usually held separately to the British National Track Championships which consist of multiple shorter events.
A professional motor paced championship was run in 1982 over one hour. The event was known as the amateur motor paced championships from 1970 to 1995, and simply the motor paced championships from 1996 to 1999; it was held at a distance of 50km. It has been known as the British Cycling National Derny Paced Championship since 2000 and is run over 30km.
A women's championship over 15km was first introduced in 2005 and won by the Scottish rider, Katie Cullen.
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| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1982 | Leicester | Ian Hallam | Phil Thomas | Paul Gerrard |
