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Easy-going ride mostly on quiet roads and off-road paths. Canada Water to Dulwich and back. Out via Queens Rd, Nunhead Green (location of Southwark Cyclists Monthly Meetings, 2nd Wednesdays. Next one Weds 8th June, 6.30, see https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/events/monthly-meeting-3/), and Peckham Rye Park. Short stop at Dulwich Park Café. Return via Crystal Palace Rd, Rye Lane (past Peckham […]
This flowery bank is slightly off the Bike Train route. You have to stop in Burgess Park Cafe on the way back to get a good look at it. But you get the idea. This route goes through the park, two parks in fact, a traffic-calmed backstreet, the New Kent Road on-pavement cycle lanes, the […]
Dulwich-Beckenham Place Park Easy-paced (about 14 miles in 3.5 hours) and avoiding the busiest roads. Part of a series on 3rd Saturdays each month. Longer version of regular Healthy Rides. Out via Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, Mayow Park, NR21 from Bell Green to Cator Park. Driveway to Mansion, coffee break, then ride Ravensbourne Green Way […]
The Bike Train will run up to town on a Sunday so that this "bit of inside knowledge" (as one rider called it) can be shared as widely as possible and enjoyed without the prospect of work at the other end Ride Leader Bruce Lynn will take riders up to Blackfriars Bridge by the Bike […]
Bike your way IN to history! Ever wondered about the names of Calais Road, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill or Delft Way? Did you know that Camberwell had a thriving German population in the 19th century, supporting bakeries, a German church and visiting composers? Or that a community of French Huguenot refugees settled here? Have […]
Doesn't that look nice? There's about a mile of segregation on Blackfriars Road and St George's Way taking you to the heart of London. The Bike Train takes you to the segregation and after Blackfriars to Westminster, Mayfair, Faringdon, Kings Cross, and Canary Wharf. You name it we can take you there (within reason, like) […]
yes indeed. The Doctor is back with his spanners, limitless knowledge of things bike and his keen and cunning assistants. Let them index your gears, oil your chain, fix your tyres, tighten your brakes and offer you wise advise on that clanking sound (the back wheel). At the same time, assistants who can't mend bikes […]
Easy-going ride mostly on quiet roads and off-road paths. Provisional plan: Out via Walworth Green Link to Quietway 1 at Trinity Square. Follow Q1 to Blackfriars Road. Then N-S Superhighway across Blackfriars Bridge and E_W Superhighway to the Tower. Return via London Bridge, Bermondsey Spa Gardens, Willow Walk (Q1 again) and the Canal Path. 10 miles, […]
The Bike Train runs again -- the weather gods are smiling on us. We skip (can trains skip?) between the rain-drops, lightening bolts and thunder. Our route is the usual one; two parks, one traffic-calmed backstreet, the pavement-cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the lovely new segregated […]
Easy ride avoiding any big hills. Designed for 2 hour "Healthy Ride". Out via Herne Hill Velodrome, Brockwell Park and Brixton Windmill. Brief stop at Cafe near Bandstand. Return via Brockwell Park and Bel Air Park. https://goo.gl/gcbI5s