The Bristol Bicycle and Tricycle Club held their first sports on 18th May 1895, there were four bicycle races, including the five miles scratch race for the club challenge vase (value 30 guineas) which was won by H Brown of Leigh AC. The attendance at sports events was good, usually a few thousand and there were 4,000 spectators at the 1897 Bristol B&TC sports.
Bicycle racing continued at the ground, Bristol B&TC held their annual sports, the Primrose League (Bedminster Habitation)** held a sports meeting with cycling events and Bristol Charity Sports meeting of champions was held on 28th August 1897 and local champion WA Edmunds won the five miles scratch race for the Nimrod Charity Vase. The press commented that ‘the noisy gang of bookies might with advantage have been excluded.'
Bristol Catford Cycling Club held their first annual cycling and athletic festival on 13th August 1898, the South Wales Echo commented that the cycling entries were the best seen in Bristol for a long time and included WA Edmunds of Bristol Catford CC, the current English one mile champion. The top event was a five miles scratch race for the Bristol Catford Challenge Vase (value £70). There were press reports that the track was ‘very bumpy in places'.
Bedminster FC merged with Bristol City FC in 1900, taking the latter's name. Bristol City FC started to use the Bedminster ground in 1901, in addition to its St John's Road ground. Bristol City's lease at Bedminster ran out after the 1903 season, so they took the Bedminster ground over permanently in 1904 and surrendered the lease at St John's. Bristol City FC made major changes to the ground, moving the pitch and removing the cricket field. After this, the ground was known as Ashton Gate.
Bicycle racing at Bedminster Athletic Ground seems to have stopped after 1900. Bristol City FC still play at Ashton gate and are currently in the Championship football league.
** The Primrose League was set up in 1883 by Randolph Churchill as a Conservative political pressure group. It's membership grew quickly and by 1910 there were 2 million members organised into branches, or ‘habitations'.