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Sunday Easy Ride
The easy ride this Sunday will be similar to last Sunday’s one and will probably go out to Blackmore again. Everybody made it back last week with tired legs but big smiles, the aim is to be back at Bulphan for about 1pm(ish). Start time is 9:30am, see this link for more details… Easy Ride Details For anyone doing the easy ride this Sunday, your ride leader will be Jeff Bell. … Read entire article »
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Summer Time Trial Begins This Week
Like it says on the tin, our evening summer TT series starts this Wednesday (27th May). This event is aimed at riders that have little or no experience of time trials, so come along and see what it’s all about, it’s absolutely free!. We welcome any riders that are not affiliated to any other cycling club, and of course all Gateway members. See this link for more information… Click here for Gateway Summer Time Trial info … Read entire article »
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Sunday Easy Rides
Gateway Cycling are committed to providing rides for all types of riders, and as such will now be running regular ‘easy’ rides. These rides will start on Sunday 24/05/15, and will run every Sunday. These rides are aimed at riders who are not completely new to cycling (for those who are new to cycling we run a monthly ‘beginners’ ride), but may be new to club cycling. This ride is not limited to prospective new members, members of Gateway Cycling can join in as well if they wish. The rides will take place every Sunday at 09:30 from our regular meeting place outside Bulphan Primary School in Fen Lane. The rides will be lead by one of our club members, and will be especially suited for those riders that wish to ride in a … Read entire article »
Gateway Weekly Summer Time Trial
During the summer Gateway Cycling runs a weekly time trial on a Wednesday evening. This year we are starting on Wednesday 27th May, see the Summer Time Trial page (under the ‘Road’ tab at the top of the page) for details. We would like to encourage all riders to take part, remember that it is not a contest between riders, but a chance to see how you can improve your own performance and to give yourself … Read entire article »
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Newbie, Beginners and Family Ride – Sun 10th May
This Sunday, 10th May, we’ll be running another easy paced ride. This ride will be suitable for new riders, families, or those that want to enjoy a slower paced, shorter ride. It is open to members and non-members. We’ll meet from 08:15am at Blackshots Sports Centre and will start the ride at 08:30am. The meeting place is on the walkway just outside the entrance to the sports centre. Make sure you make your self known to the Ride Leader when you arrive. The route will be on road and will take us through Orsett and down to Bulphan where we will meet the other club members who will be meeting at Bulphan C of E Primary School for the start of the longer club runs. Depending on the group we will then either … Read entire article »
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Club Run Photo
A few weeks ago our club run went up Toot Hill and there was a photographer there taking pictures of the Hainault CC hilly time trial. His name is Davey Jones, and he has contacted us and very kindly given us a copy of the file to use as we wish. The picture in this article has been made smaller for use on the website, the original is much larger and should print out nicely. If … Read entire article »
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Beginners Ride – 1 March – Ride Report
We met at Blackshots (Bob D and Jon Lane were there to see us off) and had a steady ride out to Puddledock Café for breakfast, before returning via Thames Chase/Fen Lane. The wind was very blustery in places but at least the sun was out and was quite warm if you could get out of the wind. Well done to John, Sharon, Matt, Burt and Frances B. for a great effort today. I hope … Read entire article »
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Try a Beginners Ride
This Sunday (1st March), we’ll be running another easy paced ride which will be suitable for new riders, riders who want to try club cycling for the first time or just those that want to enjoy a slower paced, shorter ride. We plan to run these regularly and we’ll have an entry in the Event Calendar with details of the upcoming rides. We’ll also include a named ride leader so you know who to introduce yourself … Read entire article »
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Cancelled – Club Member First Aid Training
Unfortunately we didn’t reach the numbers that would have made running this particular course cost effective. We’ll look into this and see what alternative we can offer in the future. If you attended the AGM you will know that we will soon have our first club members attending British Cycling coaching courses. A prerequisite for this course is an Emergency First Aid at Work qualification. Instead of only first aid training these coaches we would like … Read entire article »
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Saturday (21st Feb) Leisure Ride
This Saturday 21st February 2015, (a bit ‘last minute’ I’m afraid!) I’m planning to ride the tow path of Regents Canal. I’ll be taking the 09.48, train from Grays rail station, it’s platform 3. (The side where the taxis queue…) to Limehouse, arriving 10.14, and from there pick up the canal and do a circular route, back to Fenchurch Street. It’s about 16 mile’s, taking in the sights … if I’m feeling energetic I may … Read entire article »
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