Tina Lohr
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20th Anniversary
By Stewart Forbes. On Thursday 17th April 2025 the club had two events to celebrate this milestone consisting of club rides and a social evening. It was a sunny spring morning and many members met at the bandstand in Horsham Park for rides consisting of social, intermediate and sporting groups. The routes were all different,…
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National Hill Climb Championship 2025
By Tina Lohr. Matlock CC was hosting the spectacular show of the Nationals on Sunday the 26 October on Bank Road in Matlock! A few of Horsham’s hill climbers were racing: Giles Hundleby, Luke Burges, Michael Sleeman, Tina Lohr. Our family and friends came to support us, and the surprise supporters were Lloyd & Sarah!…
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Ditchling Beacon Hill Climb – South Downs Series
By Bradley Burke. The final hill climb of the series, hosted by Sussex Nomads, was on Ditchling Beacon – a climb we all know quite well! There were 5 of the HC hill climb gang today (me, Tina, Rocky, Giles and Ryan – 6 if you include Ted, Ryan’s Horsham Cycling lycra clad-canine!).Though an early…
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Denbies Hill Climb
By Ferenc File. On the 5th October we held our annual Denbies Hill Climbing competition. We had a truly beautiful day – it was what one imagines a perfect autumn Sunday morning to be like. đâď¸This obviously had something to do with the nice weather, but I think today’s was the most popular Denbies Hill…
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Vätternrundan 2024
By Steve Ball. After every special bike ride, there is always the inevitable question, ‘What next?’, and so it was after I spent a wonderful week with friends bikepacking in the Outer Hebrides in 2022. Amongst a flurry of suggestions, one was from a friend who now lives in a town called Hjo in Sweden.…
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Cyclocross: a Newbie’s View
By Rob Clegg and James Newland. According to Wikipedia, Cyclo-cross (CX) is a form of racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike while navigating the obstruction and remount. Races are generally between 40 minutes and…
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Touring Across France
By Guy Etherton. On Saturday 6 July 2024 Nick, my old racing friend from the ’90s, and I took the ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe with our bikes, starting what was to be our very own TdF. We were carrying tents and all the luggage we would need for a 2-week trip. Total fully-laden weight…
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Cycling in Yugoslavia
By Andy Dunstan. In the 1980âs things were not quite the same as today. No internet, mobile phones, indexed gears, STI levers or Garmins. The political map of Europe looked somewhat different and there were some very dodgy haircuts. Against this background three young handsome lads found themselves with six weeks spare between finishing college…