Cycling Weekly

Achievemen­ts

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Probably the club’s most successful racer, Barry Minns was a big name in the 50s and 60s. He had triumphs in time trials of all distances, was an accomplish­ed grass-track racer and has numerous road wins to his name.

In 2015 Ian Eaton completed his own Three Peaks challenge, riding 1,280 miles from Bungay to Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.

Geoff Maine is one of a number of older riders who are part of the 300,000-mile club. He ranks 16th on the list with over 500,000 miles ridden.

Another high-mileage rider, John Pugh, held 24-hour TT age group titles, with 429.9 miles his best.

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