Diary Rides & Events Your guide to events and rides athat are open to all cyclists What you need to know about social rides Unless stated, train-assisted rides meet at the relevant ticket office. Lunch is at a pub or take sandwiches if you prefer. Don’t forget: water, lights, a spare inner tube and tools.
Armchair riding To keep up with late changes and extra information, subscribe to the London Riders email list. Send a message to lccrider-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Organisers To publicise your event, enter details onto the LCC database (www.lcc.org.uk/rides). To get events into the August/September issue, upload by noon, Wednesday, July 2, or email londoncyclist@lcc.org.uk
Free Dr Bike sessions throughout summer
Discovering the Peak District Cycling is among a host of themed offerings being promoted by the Peak District and Derbyshire tourist lobby. Short breaks on two wheels sit alongside ghost tours, walking weekends and cookery courses as the region seeks to attract more weekend visitors. Maps charting 21- and 30-mile routes of the White Peak villages – which include Hartington, Elton and Parwich – and a 17.5-mile ride passing through the Manifold Valley are available. Bike hire is available at the Peak District National Park Authority Centre at Parsley Hay. For more details or to download or request maps, see www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/cycle or call 01629 816 200.
Free bike health checks are on offer in Lambeth throughout summer as part of a borough council initiative designed to encourage people to take to two wheels. Cyclists can turn up to the Dr Bikes sessions any week until the end of October. The sessions take place between 5pm and 7pm each week on a rotating basis at outside the James Maxwell building at Kings College in Waterloo (June 3, July 1); next to the playground adjacent to Streatham High Street, Streatham Common (June 17, July 15); by the junction of Cedars Road and Clapham Common Northside (June 10, July 8) and opposite Rosendale Road, Brockwell Park (June 22, July 24). The full programme through until October has been posted on the Lambeth Cyclists local groups page at www.lcc. org.uk
LCC’s monthly social nights
On the road in Yorkshire
LCC’s monthly socials happen from 6.30pm on the third Wednesday of each month, upstairs at the Leather Exchange, 25 Leathermarket Street, SE1. The evenings are open to all LCC members and those who want to find out more about the organisation. People who may not previously have considered getting involved can meet staff and active members to chat about LCC and cycling in general. For more information, call the LCC office (contact details page 31).
Explore one of the most beautiful regions of England using the National Cycle Network maps Yorkshire Wolds, York & Hull and Yorkshire Moors & Coast. Both are available from Sustrans (www.sustrans.org.uk, 0845 113 0065).
Blazing a trail from coast to castles Coast And Castles, the official guide to the National Cycle Network Route 1 from Newcastle to Aberdeen, by Andy McCandish, has been released. The cross-border route stretches almost 600km up the North Sea coast, and takes in Northumbria’s cliff-top castles, Edinburgh’s Old Town and the fishing villages and
sweeping beaches of Aberdeenshire. The pocket-sized Coast And Castles includes rail-link information, details of motorised traffic-free paths and sections perfect for families. It’s published by Pocket Mountains (pocketmountains.com, 01506 500 404) in association with Sustrans (details above, left).
RIDES AND EVENTS Sunday, June 1 ◆ Camden Green Fair and Bikefest. Includes guided rides. www.camdengreenfair.org.uk ◆ Ride to Camden Green Fair. 10.30am Kingsbury station. Contact: David Arditti (020 8204 3999, d@davidarditti.co.uk) ◆ Haringey Cyclists’ Family Ride. First Sunday of every month. Contact: Adam Coffman (adam@tao.org.uk) ◆ Richmond Ride. Meet 10.15am. Contact: Sue Higham (07940 338 820 rccrides@ googlemail.com) ◆ Weekly ride with Pollards Hill Cyclists. 9.30am Pollards Hill Library. www.pollardshill cyclists.org.uk, mark@pollard shillcyclists.org.uk ◆ Bike Polo. Sundays 1pm in the football court, cnr Brick Lane and Shacklewell Road. Details: http:// myspace.com/bricklanebikepolo Monday, June 2 ◆ Resonance 104.4FM Bike Show. Every Monday, 6.30pm Tuesday, June 3 ◆ Cyclism Evening Ride. 7pm from Cheam Station for Downs Views ride. Contact: Chris Parry (cyclism@blueyonder.co.uk, 020 8647 3584) Thursday, June 5 ◆ Southwark Cyclists’ Afterworker. 6.30pm Southwark Needle. Contact: Barry (07905 889 005) Saturday, June 7 ◆ Southwark Healthy Ride. Meet 10am at Dulwich Park cafe. Contact: Barry (07905 889 005) ◆ Dulwich Paragon Ride. Every Saturday. Meet at Café St Germain on Crystal Palace Parade 9am for a two-hour ride. Contact: www.dulwichparagon.com Sunday, June 8 ◆ Open Garden Squares Weekend Ride. 9.30am Sloane Square. Contact: Colin Wing (020 7828 1500, colin.wing@care4free.net) Wednesday, June 11 ◆ LCC retention evening. Help with member mailouts. Details: 020 7234 9310 ext 215, julie@lcc.org.uk Thursday, June 12 ◆ Cyclism Evening Ride. Meet 7pm Mellows Park, Wallington. Contact: Chris Parry (cyclism@ blueyonder.co.uk, 020 8647 3584) ◆ Southwark Cyclists’ Afterworker. 100th Birthday Rotherhithe Road Tunnel. Meet 6.30pm Southwark Needle. Contact: Barry (07905 889 005)
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