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Crest 2019 summer tour to Somerset

Crest 2019 summer tour to Somerset

Newbury to Bathhampton Thirteen of us met on Sunday At a nice pub and BB called the Furze Bush Inn, near Newbury for the start of 2019 Crest summer tour, the culprits being Alan and Julie, Dawn and Dean, Jenny

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The mudguard season is upon us

The mudguard season is upon us

Mudguard season is here – the weekend of the Tour of Lombardy marks the official start for Crest CC, so from 12th October until mid-April all riders are asked to use mudguards on all club rides (especially the Saturday training

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Crest Hill Climb 2019

Crest Hill Climb 2019

Despite a horrible weather forecast a brave few turned out  for the  annual Crest Hill climb, held in conjunction with the Redbridge Cycling Club at Banks Lane, Epping. Congratulations to Adam Hardy who was the fastest rider of the day (out of 22

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Retro Ronde

Retro Ronde

While other Crest members were doing The Vercors, Pete Wragg was in Oudenaarde to ride The Retro Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Retro Ronde is a 120 km ride on bikes that had to be built before 1987. This basically means

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Crest Tour 2019

Crest Tour 2019

In May 2019 Crest held its summer tour of Essex. Derek Smith shares his diary of the trip. Friday 3rd May 2019 – During the afternoon and evening 14 club members rode to The Fox (Matching Tye) one of our

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Crest win ECCA 10 mile time trial team award

Jo racing at North Weald

Early on Sunday 30 June members of Crest CC took part in the Eastern Counties Cycling Association (ECCA) 10 mile Time Trial event in Leaden Roding.  All the riders rode individually over the 10 mile course and the three fastest

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A tribute to Darren

A tribute to Darren

Darren Myers was a longtime member of Crest Cycling Club.  Darren joined the club around 1990, which met at Wanstead Leisure Centre for a social chat every Friday night.  Members soon got to know his parents and sister, who played

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Crest Gran Canaria trip

Roads on Gran Canaria

Matt Berry recounts a few of the more memorable moments from Crest’s cycling trip to Gran Canaria earlier this year.  The Naked Fisherman – unfortunately the road between Puerto Rico and Mogan was closed due to rockfall. This meant we had to take

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Ronde van Vlaanderen cyclo 2019

Koppenberg sign

On the morning of Friday 4th April, John Togher, Andy Goll and I assembled at Ron Crawley’s house, loaded our bikes and bags into Ron’s van and the four of us set off for Oudenaarde, Belgium to ride ‘Flanders’. After

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Crest CC Spring Road Race

Crest CC Spring Road Race

Opening weekend brings with it a number of classic races in Belgium, and in Essex it means the first serious rendezvous of the season. The Crest Road race and its nine ascents of Littlebury hill is the race that keeps

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  • Crest 2019 summer tour to Somerset November 1, 2019
  • The mudguard season is upon us October 8, 2019
  • Crest Hill Climb 2019 October 7, 2019
  • Retro Ronde July 21, 2019
  • Crest Tour 2019 July 19, 2019

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