Cycle hangar programme: local ironwoman emerges six months on
Residents of West Kensington have a new reason to cheer: the H&F cycle hangar programme has helped 26‑year‑old Victoria Gomez become Hammersmith & Fulham’s first local “ironwoman”. Just six months after securing a bike space in the borough’s Trevanion Road hangar, part of H&F’s pioneering Green Investment scheme, Victoria crossed the finish line at the IRONMAN 70.3 in Provence last May. Her story shows how the H&F cycle hangar programme can transform everyday lives, giving Londoners real and relatable reasons to embrace cycling and community investment.
Victoria, who promised her 90‑year‑old grandmothers she’d make them proud, delivered on that promise with them cheering at the finish. She remembers her bike once cluttering her “shoe‑box” flat, and now it carried her through the gruelling 1.2‑mile swim, 56‑mile ride and 13.1‑mile run at one of the world’s toughest events.
The journey began when she joined H&F’s cycle hangar programme, which gives secure bike storage under its Green Investment campaign. Without it, she admits she’d never have bought the bike. Backed by over £2.5 million raised so far, and £400,000 already spent on hangars and green spaces, the scheme aims for 500 cycle hangars by 2027.
Triathlon is booming, with a 66 % rise among under‑30s since 2019, yet only 26 % of Half‑Ironman competitors globally are women, so Victoria’s success is particularly inspiring.
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