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CLASSIC BIKE BASSO GAP
Cycling Weekly
|October 23, 2025
A dazzling beauty from the mid-1980s, when lunch was for wimps
When I was a cycling-obsessed kid in the 1980s, I was fortunate enough to live just a pedal turn or two away from the cycling Mecca that is Box Hill. Although I haven't visited for many years, I can still visualise every inch of the iconic Zig-Zag climb; the woody, aromatic scent of juniper, carried on a warm summer's breeze across its steep, grassy slopes, remains as fresh in my mind as ever.
This story is from the October 23, 2025 edition of Cycling Weekly.
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