Norwich's Gasp up Gas Hill race recalled
More than 20 years after taking part in Norwich's gruelling Gasp up Gas Hill bike race, Aaron Frisby is back in the saddle.
More than 20 years after taking part in Norwich's gruelling Gasp up Gas Hill bike race, Aaron Frisby is back in the saddle.
At the age of 15 he was pictured in the Evening News struggling up the city's steepest hill in the charity event.
And this weekend he headed to the Lake District for his latest challenge - the 75-mile Lakeland Loup Hill Climb over England's steepest road, the one in three gradient Hardknott Pass, in Cumbria.
He competed with two friends, Darren Evans and Rob Hernstron, who are riding for Team Streetlife, which is linked with the Nelson Street cycle shop - and put in some practice at Gas Hill again.
You may also want to watch:
'I've just returned to cycling after a 20-year sabbatical from riding,' said Mr Frisby, of Laburnham Avenue, Taverham.
'It is the first time I have ridden up the hill since the picture was taken 24 years ago,' he said. 'I was 15 years old at the time and now I'm a much slower 38 year old.'
Most Read
- 1 Woman taken to hospital after police incident in Norwich
- 2 Eager shoppers queue for opening of 20-year-old's vintage clothing shop
- 3 Man, 47, in court on murder charge after Thorpe stabbing
- 4 Man due in court charged with murder after fatal stabbing in Thorpe
- 5 Story behind this famous photo of when Norwich went electric in 1957
- 6 Pet carer service's appeal to survive after Covid and faulty van struggles
- 7 Man detained under mental health act after Norwich disturbance
- 8 City beer gardens heaving as lockdown eases and Norwich City promoted
- 9 Two Norwich fish and chip shops named among top 50 in the country
- 10 Public invited to have say on plans to convert derelict pub
He is in the middle of the group of three, wearing jeans and a home-knitted Mohair sweater, for the hill climb.
'The picture reminds me of where all this started some 24 years ago, from the steepest hill in Norfolk to the steepest hill in England,' he added.
Now aged 38, Mr Frisby, who is business centre manager for Duff Morgan Citroen in Norwich, is married to Paula. They have a five-year-old son, Liam, and nine-month-old daughter, Erin.
T Do you remember the Gasp up Gas Hill race? Write to eveningnewsletters@archant.co.uk
