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By Dave Scott. Our Annual Dinner & Awards Night proved popular as ever, with 59 attendees – including, for the first time, 7 partners/guests of members. The evening was made even more special by the attendance of our Honorary Member, Johan Museeuw – aka the ‘Lion of Flanders’. Johan agreed to present the prizes, and…

By Adrian Allen. I’m always looking for somewhere interesting to tour in the summer, generally taking about three weeks and averaging ~100 km per day, with occasional breaks. The Rhine route passes through six countries and several completely different but spectacular landscapes. What could be more compelling? So in July 2023 I set off, following…

By Warren Higgins. I’ve been a long-term user of ‘conventional’ bikes (completely powered by the physical output of the person) starting with 10-speed (5-speed cassette with double chainring) road bikes in the 1980’s, to the ultra-light time trial and road bikes with more efficient ways to change gear, minimise the rider’s and bike’s wind resistance,…

By Dave Scott. This year 9 members jumped at the chance of sampling the delights of Belgian cobbles, culture, hospitality (and even the odd beer) on our annual Mouscron weekend. Some of us were experienced Mouscronites (Stew Forbes, Malc Rawlins, Ian Bradbury, Philip van der Veen, Chris Harrison & Dave Scott), others cobbles novices (Dom…

By Andy Ruban & Lisa Laws. Held every 4 years, Paris-Brest-Paris, considered to be the oldest cycle event in the world – first edition 1891 – is a 1219 km (757 miles) randonnée event, with 11,750 m climbing. It’s no longer a race but participants must complete the designated route within a time limit: 80,…

By Ian Ryder. On a sunny 9th of June an intrepid bunch from Horsham Cycling set out from the East of England Showground to conquer the mostly flat roads south of Peterborough in the never-to-be-repeated final ‘Tour of Cambridgeshire’ sportive. The sportive had several options, with our folk divided between those riding the 66 mile…

By Martin Malins. The Camino is a long-established pilgrimage to the tomb of St James in Santiago de Compostela, considered to be the start of Christianity in Spain. Nowadays it has become an international trip made by visitors from Spain and all over the world with or without any religious significance. Until Covid over 350,000…

By Dave Scott. We were hugely honoured to be joined on a recent Club offroad gravel ride by Johan Museeuw, aka the ‘Lion of Flanders’. [For those unfamiliar with their cycling history…] Johan’s palmarès includes wins at major races: Paris-Roubaix (3 times); the Tour of Flanders (also 3 times); Paris-Tours (1993); Amstel Gold (1994) and…