Healthy rides
A Record 99 Healthy Rides Last Year
November 10, 2025 | Bruce Lynn
Latest Annual Report on the Healthy Rides is available. Covers period Nov 2024 to Oct 2025. We did 99 rides with an average of 12.5 riders. Rides Co-ordinator Bruce Lynn … Read More
20 Bridges Ride
May 27, 2025 | Bruce Lynn
We did it!! On the Bank Hol weekend (May 26th) 12 of us rode all 20 London Thames bridges. This was a challenge dreamt up by Werner and led by … Read More
Awards!
November 21, 2024 | Bruce Lynn
At LCC Awards night, Nov 20th, we recieved 2 awards. Bruce Lynn was Highly Commended for this co-ordinaiton of the Healthy Rides in the Joyful Cycling category. Southwark Cycists, together … Read More
The Fascination of Covered Up Ventilator Shafts
November 4, 2024 | Bruce Lynn
We called the Healthy Ride on 26th October “Cover-ups”. London is full of ventilator shafts. These are considered unsightly and are frequently covered up. John Sutton took us on a … Read More
Superb Monopoly Board Ride
May 2, 2023 | Bruce Lynn
On May 1st a special bank holiday Healthy Ride did the Monopoly board. Werner had worked out a terrific route and led 15 riders on a complex path around central … Read More
BBC 60K – Record Healthy Ride
April 17, 2023 | Bruce Lynn
This was a special ride devised and led by Werner Wiethege. Broadcasting by the BBC began on November 1922. This did not give us much time to do a commenarative … Read More
Ride Leader’s Course
March 14, 2022 | Bruce Lynn
Our Ride Leader’s Course took place on Sunday 13th March with an excellent attendance of 11. Five riders were from Southwark, with others coming from all over London (Bexley, Lewisham, … Read More
Healthy Rides Annual Report
November 11, 2021 | Bruce Lynn
We led a record 66 rides during the year from Nov 2020. Trend is shown in the figure. Fewer riders per ride during the pandemic due to restrictions on numbers. … Read More
2021 Picnic
September 24, 2021 | Bruce Lynn
Saturday 18th September
Good turnout for the first face-to-face get together since March 2020. About 25 people- a mixture of Southwark Cyclists regulars and riders from the day’s Healthy Rides. … Read More
A tunnel and an aerial swimming pool
June 6, 2021 | Bruce Lynn
The Healthy Rides are having fun
Last Saturday (5th June) there were 2 healthy rides. The longer ride headed west to Battersea Power Station. On the way a small … Read More