Belgium in the spring; single digit temperatures, driving rain, whipping wind across Flemish flat land… What’s not to love?
What a fantastic early season for our Forge racers. We had it all; two victories, one podium, two top 10s, a debut, a move-up in category and all the delights in between.
It’s a year to be proud, says our Club Chair Paddy O.I’m so proud to be a member of Forge London CC. And I’m even prouder to be the Chair of Forge. Well, why wouldn’t I be? It’s a great club.
Drum roll please… as we announce the Forge Rider of the Year 2022… It’s…. SUE E!
And what a year it has been. First things first, we welcomed our 100th member, Gordon, a few weeks ago! Go us! A big welcome to all our new members that have joined over the past year, it’s great to have you on board and part of the Forge family.
All the things you’ve given up. The early starts. All the sacrifices you and your nearest and dearest have made to get you to this moment…
Ruben Q is Forge’s man of steel after he smashed his personal challenge of competing the full distance Ironman course in Gdynia, Poland in August – and within his best target time too.
What springs to mind when you think of the Isle of Wight? Queen Victoria’s holiday home? Home of the world’s biggest yachting regatta Cowes Week? Well, for Forge it’s the now annual trip to the UK’s very own sub-tropical (some of the time) cycling mecca.
Enjoy our new video of the kind of cycling and friendliness you can expect when you join Forge London CC. And look at that lovely kit!
The ultimate guide for a four day cycling trip in Girona, Spain, including downloadable routes and advice.
A brave Forge force made up of 14 riders, made the trip to South Wales on 20th June to battle one of the UK’s toughest sportives...The Dragon Ride.
Three of Forge’s fastest blasted over the flatlands of the Fens at the Tour of Cambridgeshire to qualify for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championship.
Thirty-three of Forge’s finest took to the start line for the RideLondon Essex 100, the first time the famous event headed north to the home of Tiptree jam and TOWIE.
What’s that you say? Four days of Forge frolics around the beautiful cycling nirvana of Girona? I’m in. And so were 17 of Forge’s finest on our first multi-day international trip, as we gorged on some of Europe’s finest roads, best climbs and most scenic routes.
“What a lovely bunch of humans!”
Peter Sagan has won 17 Grand Tour stages, seven Tour de France Green Jerseys, three World Championships and a total of 119 pro wins, including Gent Wevelgem three times. And now to add to that impressive palmares, he can boast he stayed in the same hotel as Forge London CC, pre the 2022 Gent Wevelgem Classic.
“Unforgettable, amazing, awe-inspiring”. Maybe not the words you’d associate with Belgium in March, but these are the quotes from the Forge faithful who rode a wondrous course in stunning spring conditions at the Gent Wevelgem 2022 sportive.
“Whatever your riding ability, there really is a place for everyone.”
Forge certainly know how to have festive fun at the club’s first Christmas party and annual awards. The roaring success was hosted at The Lion, Teddington in front of more than 35 Forge folk.
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