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This year Crawley Wheelers Cycling Club has turned the grand age of 60! There was a host of celebrations at the end of November including a special 60th Anniversary Awards Ceremony Hosted at the Three Bridges Football Club by our venerated club president Dougie Fox and a host of 60km/60m rides the next morning (for […]

New club bidons (bottles) and socks to match the new club kit are now available in the club shop. You can choose to collect from either Crawley or Haywards Heath for free or pay to have it posted. Visit the shop

We’re delighted to announce that the new club kit shop is now open. As promised every member will get a £10 credit when they create their account. The shop will be open for 2 weeks, so you’ll need to get your orders in before 14th November. To access the shop click the link below: https://www.bioracer.co.uk/en/mybioracer/?r=WiNwmG33Ns […]

Qualifying for the 2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Series Paphos, CyprusBy Sabina Hickmet Every year the UCI Gran Fondo World Series finals for cycling are held ina different country around the world. This year, 2023, they are going totake place in Perth, Scotland. I was lucky to take part in the 2016 editionwhich was held […]

Some of you may have read this week of the passing of Eileen Sheridan, former professional rider in the 1940 and 1950s, holder of all 21 place to place records when she retired and still holder of a number of those records today. What has this got to do with me or the Crawley Wheelers […]

An incredible result from Sabina Hickmet, finishing in 2nd place in her age group at the UCI Gran Fondo World Series finals, Trento Italy Sep 2022, here she shares her riding journey…  I wasn’t expecting to be on a train travelling to Trento… Like many other Brits competing in the UCI Gran Fondo World Finals in Italy this year, […]

By Michael Mackie In reverse order…at number three. Location – Herne Hill track, 1st April 1988. Attempt to break the National hour record on a Tandem. I was with the late Ken Bird (more on him later). Riding one of Ken Birds hand-built tandems two local cycling legends Richard Hallet and Steve Marchant were about […]

As I write this I’m sitting on the floor in the landing going through the usual evening motions, with our 5-month son waking every twenty minutes usually until around 10 pm where we will get a two-hour period before he’s hungry again. Our daughter started sleeping through the night a few months ago when she […]

We are pleased to announce the Club will be running a weekly offroad Monday evening ride program from Monday 12th April until Monday 25th October. These will be organised Club rides run following British Cycling guidelines in the same way the weekend rides are – just offroad instead! There will be three alternating routes of […]