cycling clubs/rides in London?

[brent242]

I'll be in London over the next year and plan to take along my bike. Anyone have recommendations regarding a good cycling club and/or standing rides that I can join in Central/West London? (I tend to ride in the 18-22mph range.)

 

[The Hitch]

I'll be in London over the next year and plan to take along my bike. Anyone have recommendations regarding a good cycling club and/or standing rides that I can join in Central/West London? (I tend to ride in the 18-22mph range.)

Dont know of any clubs. But geograhyy wise London is small enough that you should be able to do east as well .

I live a bit outside but once you get into london you can get to East London in no time.If you can do central you can do east.

 

[Izzy eviel]

There's a list of clubs on the British cycling website. Two that have caught my eye are Hillingdon & Willesden. They both look inviting to a newbie. (in my opinion)

Theres lot of clubs on there so have a look.

 

[Boeing]

http://www.lookmumnohands.com/

 

[Boeing]

Dont know of any clubs. But geograhyy wise London is small enough that you should be able to do east as well .

I live a bit outside but once you get into london you can get to East London in no time.If you can do central you can do east.

London is small enough? you and I agree on nothing indeed

 

[Archibald]

Richmond park. Loads of riders in groups and in club colours. Just say Hi.

sent from my Htc

 

[The Hitch]

London is small enough? you and I agree on nothing indeed

Greater London is pretty huge but London proper is small enough at least from a cycling perspective. You can easily cycle from Hyde Park in the West to Tower Bridge in the East in 20 minutes.

Probably even faster from North to South.

 

[Monty Dog]

The quality cycling from London is generally to the south and west - there's some great riding down to the southwest into the Surrey Hills (2012 Olympic roadrace route) - some of the west London clubs such as Twickenham, Hounslow, Kingston Wheelers, Hillingdon all regularly ride down this way. You need to ride for about 15-20 miles from the centre in any direction to get yourself free from the traffic. Richmond Park can get pretty busy at weekends - fine if you're short on time (I used to work in Roehampton 20-odd years ago) but the 'real' cycling is a bit further afield.

 

[180mmCrank]

The quality cycling from London is generally to the south and west - there's some great riding down to the southwest into the Surrey Hills (2012 Olympic roadrace route) - some of the west London clubs such as Twickenham, Hounslow, Kingston Wheelers, Hillingdon all regularly ride down this way. You need to ride for about 15-20 miles from the centre in any direction to get yourself free from the traffic. Richmond Park can get pretty busy at weekends - fine if you're short on time (I used to work in Roehampton 20-odd years ago) but the 'real' cycling is a bit further afield.

Good thoughts... and try Twickenham - they have always been a big club with agreat mix of friendly, helpful and competitive folks - a good place to start. http://www.twickenhamcc.co.uk/

Send me a PM if this this oesn't work out I have a couple of other thoughts too.

Terry

 

[LugHugger]

Greater London is pretty huge but London proper is small enough at least from a cycling perspective. You can easily cycle from Hyde Park in the West to Tower Bridge in the East in 20 minutes.

Probably even faster from North to South.

Come on, Hitch, you're talking about cycling from one side of central London to another. In fact, you're not talking about leaving Zone 1 in your example [The Underground covers zones 1-6 in more or less concentric circles, zone 1 being Central London].

Brent, will you be living in Central London? Could you define 'West' London? Then people could make some more informed recommendations. Most of the main clubs have already been covered by other posters. The best riding is west of London into the Chilterns [roughly 35-40 miles from Central London] and the Surrey/Sussex/Kent hills bordering the M25 [roughly 25 miles from Central London]. Depending on your salary and office (?) location, I would recommend Wimbledon as good location for basing yourself - close to to some decent riding and good links via the Underground or train into central London.

Good luck and welcome to Blighty

 

[Archibald]

sounds like we should maybe have a CN group ride from soutwest london??