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Despite having the surname 'Wheeler' I had little previous cycling experience until last year and certainly very little experience of riding in groups. I also had just moved to the area so was a relative stranger to the back roads… Read the full entry

After a lifetime as a clerical worker and company car driver, when I retired I was taking medication for blood pressure and I had scrapped my old bike. My son in law in Bristol offered me his old bike as… Read the full entry

Hi my name is Sam aged 29 and until the September before last I hadn't really cycled since I was a child. I decided that I wanted to buy a bike to cycle to the gym rather than use my… Read the full entry

How has being a member of CTC helped me? A part of my working life has been with Sussex Police as a traffic officer and the last ten years, before retiring, I was involved in close protection security, this required… Read the full entry

I have always had a bicycle – cycled to school, cycled to college, to the shops, etc, etc. However, I had never really cycled any challenging distances or more challenging rides. When I met my husband we started to cycle… Read the full entry

Hi, my name's Andy Henderson. Today, I'm a keen cyclist but until a few year's ago I hadn't cycled since I was a teenager. My first attempt to ride a bike as an adult came just six years ago. My… Read the full entry

Malcolm - the "necessary" cyclist from the age of about 11. Lived in what was then a remote Sussex village (West Hoathly - East Sussex ) and a bike was his only means of transport. Then later in his 30's… Read the full entry