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Recreation Rides April – July 2012
Sunday 22nd April. ‘Canvey Island’. Including a visit to Castle Point Bus Museum. This ride is suitable for all cycling abilities. Ride Leader: Bob. Contact on: 07778533633. Meet at Benfleet Station car park 10.30am. The ride is mostly ‘off road’ around the sea wall. The terrain is flat but can be a bit rough in places, therefore a mountain or hybrid bike is preferable. The distance is about 12/14 miles, at a pace of 7-8 miles per hour and … Read entire article »
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The MALDON DENGIE TOUR Road Race
Ahead of our next club meeting, I am posting this message to ask for volunteers for static marshalls and lead car marshalls (as well as 4×4′s and drivers) for the upcoming club event race. Please give this some consideration and let me / the committee / Alan Rosner know at the meeting (or sooner if possible). This year the race is … Read entire article »
Membership Subscriptions
Date: Friday 13 January 2012 Time: 19:30 – 21:30 Location: Orsett Churches Centre The Club Membership Subscription is due on 1st January. Please can you ensure that your subs get to me as soon as possible. Please remember to bring payment or your cheque book to the first club meeting of the year at Orsett Churches Centre. Subscriptions are: Individual £ 20 Family £ 30 Second Claim £ 15 We are a small club with an urgent need to process club funds when they are due. Please help by being prompt with membership subscriptions. Noel Edwards General Secretary … Read entire article »
Congratulations to Ben Lamb
Ben Lamb showing club colours Chapeau to l’Aigneau Gateway Cycling are proud to congratulate Ben Lamb on his attainment of a contract for the coming year with Wilier / Live2Ride based in Frome, Somerset. Ben has been a member of Gateway Cycling for less than three years and has risen from having little knowledge of road racing to his first major step … Read entire article »
New Gateway Cycling Website Goes Live!
Hello and welcome to the new home of Gateway Cycling! Out with the old and in with the new… If you are a club member you will need to register to the site to be able to use all the functionality available. You can register by either using the Register link in the ‘Log In’ box to the right of this message or by following this link. If you are eager to go register then please make sure you come back and read the rest of this article after! This website has been been built to enable us to share our news and events with each other and the wider community. And it NEEDS YOUR HELP! We want your … Read entire article »
Annual Hill Climb
The following are the Hill Climb results from this morning – well done Ben. I think the conditions were different for Russell since he started some time before everyone else to set a benchmark. It is a well known fact that the density of air is much greater before 10am than after. Thanks guys for taking part, thanks to Chris Edwards for … Read entire article »
Recreation ride to Gravesend
There were about 10 of us who met up at the ferry terminal in Tilbury for the short crossing to Gravesend. From there we rode along the bumpy off road cycle lane up to Lower Higham before heading northwards to the bird sanctuary near Cliffe. We had a short stop to admire the views over the Thames estuary before cycling to Cliffe … Read entire article »
Taming the Beastway
Round 1 of the Brixton Cycles Beastway MTB Series took place on May 18th. Paul Champness and David Francis took part in the event at Hog Hill’s Redbridge Cycle Centre. This event takes place every other week from May 18th – July 27th. Visit their site for more detail and results. … Read entire article »
Social Ride Around Canvey Island
The recreation group had their first ride for the 2011 season around Canvey Island on Saturday 16th April. The group met at Benfleet Station Car park and rode a circular, mostly ‘off road’ route around the sea wall. The total distance covered was approx. 12/14 miles. It was a fine sunny spring morning, there was a high tide and the 12 participants … Read entire article »
