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Hell of the Ashdown Challenge
The Hell of the Ashdown sportive is taking place on Sunday 24th February 2013. Distance is 100k and the ride starts from Biggin Hill in Kent and winds it’s way around the picturesque Kent countryside taking in eight climbs of varying length’s and gradients. 1. Cudham Test Hill 1 in 4. 2. Toys Hill a 2 mile grind. 3. Up to Mark Beech. 4. Forest Row to Ashdown Forest Heights a 2 mile grind. 5. The Wall an infamous 2.5 mile grind. 6. Nouvelle Col de Groombridge. 7. Bayleys Hill you guessed it 2.5 miles up! 8. Star Hill the sting in the tail. Don’t let all that climbing put you off , as we all know what goes up must come down, and there are some fantastic descents. This is a really well organized event and one of the “must … Read entire article »
Gateway trip to the Koksijde World Cup Cyclo-cross Race
On Saturday 24th November Koksijde in Belgium will be hosting the third round in the 2012-2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, and Gateway Cycling will be there! It’s a Brilliant day out – Belgium beer, Frites & Mayo, Techno music and crazy Belgian’s all add to a brilliant atmosphere and all that’s without the brilliant racing from the top cross riders in the world. You can view the programme for the event here: 2012-2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup – KOKSIJDE – Programme Take … Read entire article »
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Gateway Cycling In Action at Cyclothon UK 2012
On Thursday 13th September Steve Willsone, Matt Willsone and Rob Michell took part in this years Cyclothon UK at Brands Hatch to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and Pilgrims Hospice. Steve and Rob took part in the 12hr solo event and completed 172 miles and 182 miles respectively. Matt rode the 8hr solo and completed 100 miles. That’s a fantastic achievement of over 450 miles between them! Steve and Matt were riding to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. If you would like to donate then please visit the guys fundraising page: http://www.justgiving.com/Steve-willsone Rob was riding to raise money for Pilgrims Hospices. If you would like to donate then please visit Rob’s fundraising page: http://www.justgiving.com/robmichell Well Done Guys! You can find more pictures from the event, including Steve, Matt and Rob, here: Cyclothon 2012 Gallery You can find … Read entire article »
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New Club T-shirt
We now have available to our club members Gateway Cycling t-shirts. They are Fruit of the Loom, 100% cotton and emblazoned with our club name and website address. Bob is shown below modeling a large sized example. The t-shirts will cost around £12 each. Please bring your payment to the next club night, 13th July, and let Bob know how many and what size you want and we’ll then order them. So that we can gauge interest … Read entire article »
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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 Gateway Cycling stories: taken part or going to take part in a cycling event? want to share … Read entire article »
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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 organising it and thanks to the weather for being just right. You can find more images for this event on the flickr photo sharing website. … Read entire article »
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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 enjoyed fine views of Hadleigh Downs and the Thames Estuary. A stop was made on Canvey … Read entire article »
Filed under: Recreation
