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Recreation Ride to Thameside Nature Park – Saturday 7th June
The weather forecast was for warm sunny periods with perhaps a shower later on. As we 6 assembled it became clear that the rain would come earlier than expected. Apart from myself there was Bob D,Paul P, BJ, Vic and Hannah. It started raining as we headed towards Orsett the sky being lit up by the occasional flash of lightening. Undaunted we heading through Orsett and onto Horndon, then raced down South Hill and into Stanford. By the time we … Read entire article »
Gateway Summer Time Trial Series – Week 3
After a day of atrocious weather the sun came out for the TT, 5 riders also braved it and came to Dunnings lane as well. Ken H and Graeme G have ridden all three TT’s so far. Ken was feeling a bit out of sorts this week, and didn’t have his TT head on, but Graeme put another PB. Steve W returned after a year away and put in a stonking time, well done Steve. Alex M, … Read entire article »
Thurrock Cycle Training
The Travel Thurrock team at Thurrock Council has commissioned Trailnet to deliver a series of cycle training sessions for local residents. These will take place across the borough, with initial sessions scheduled in Purfleet, Tilbury and Stanford-le-Hope. All sessions are led by qualified, experienced instructors and include an introduction to basic bike maintenance where we show you how to check your bike before riding. Whether you are looking to learn how to ride, wanting to improve your bike handling or gain confidence cycling in traffic, they have a session for you. Beginner Sessions are designed for those who either can’t cycle or who need help in improving their bike control Intermediate Sessions are for those that can ride reasonably well but lack the confidence to ride in even light traffic Advanced Sessions are for those with … Read entire article »
Gateway Summer Time Trial Series – Week 2
Getting better, 9 riders this week, which was 9 more than I expected due to the weather looking a bit grim. It remained dry and there wasn’t any wind to speak of, which kept the excuses at bay this evening. We had 4 riders back from last week, with 3 of them putting in a better time, Ken H, Ian S, and Graeme G, and our regular ‘guest’ Simon A who was on his slow bike! Another … Read entire article »
Gateway Summer Time Trial Series – Week 1
It didn’t feel much like summer this evening as it was very grey and was threatening to rain. We had seven riders tonight which wasn’t bad for the first TT, and we always seem to get off to a slow start at the beginning of the series anyway, although I expect the numbers to improve once we get some warmer, brighter evenings. There were six club members and one guest. Six of these rode last year, Dennis … Read entire article »
Spring Club kit Order
One of the benefits of being a Gateway Cycling member is being able to order our fantastic Giordana club kit. The kit is really good quality, comfortable, and with the club colours looks great too! We are about to place our next order with Giordana and we need your requests for the items you want by end of Friday 23rd May. We need to meet minimum order requirements per item, so get your orders in now, and remember … Read entire article »
Beastway MTB Series 2014
London’s oldest mountain bike race series returns to the Redbridge Cycle Centre (Hog Hill) for May – July weekly races London – Monday 12th May 2014 – Hackney GT cycle fashion label and event promoters proudly announce dates for the Hackney GT Beastway MTB summer series of weekly races at the Redbridge Cycle Centre (Hog Hill) from 21st May – 9th July 2014. This summer the Hackney GT Beastway mountain bike series will return to Redbridge Cycle Centre (Hog Hill) for an eight round series of races taking place each Wednesday from 21st May – 9th July consecutively. Beastway is one of the longest running MTB race series in the world running every summer from 1993 providing mountain bikers in and around the capital with short, sharp and enjoyable mid-week races. Races … Read entire article »
LunarTic Night Rides
Fancy riding something a little different? Riding at night brings another dimension to a ride, but this event takes it a step further! You can find more details at www.lunarticrides.co.uk … Read entire article »
Ford CC Go Race 1st May
May 1st heralded the first event Ford CC’s Go Race series, reduced this year to accommodate resurfacing of the test track, which will provide a super surface for 2015. The cool evening with drizzle and light winds awaited the 41 entrants, which included several newbies to the sport and 2 ladies. The first prime after lap 3 by Sam Brown ( non affiliated). The evidence of variation of winter miles was now coming in to play, … Read entire article »
