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Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday or, lapsing into English, Shrove Tuesday. Your last chance to eat sugar, butter, eggs and flour for a month. For the first time it will be celebrated in Borough and Bankside with a Bike Parade. Starting at 1pm, decorated bikes, included disabled-accessible bikes from Wheels for Wellbeing, will […]
Ride to the O2 at North Greenwich. Outward along the Thames Path as far as we can get in an hour. I think probably just past the O2, maybe as far as the Ecology Park. Return cutting across the peninsula to Greenwich, then taking Q1 back to Surrey Canal Rd, then the railway path route […]
Cycling is good for everyone's health even if you don't cycle and it's even better if you do. It's not just good for the irritatingly self-righteous. It's good for everyone and we want to help everyone try it out. The acting Director of Public Health in Southwark Dr Jin Lim is coming to talk to […]
Easy-paced ride from Canada Water, suitable for all riders. Especially aimed at new-ish cyclists who want to gain experience riding in company and to learn local routes. Canada Water to Dulwich Park and back. Meet in small square beside the library, opposite Canada Water station, SE16 7AR. Repeat of ride on June 11th last year […]
The award-winning Southwark Cyclists Bike Train runs again today. This (free!) service will run once a month till Spring. The arrival of Spring will be determined empirically. We will conduct a careful and thorough examination of the weather. Some arrangements have changed as a result of the Bike Train Survey which showed demand for an […]
The school is taking part in Sustrans Big Pedal week http://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-services/who-we-work/teachers/big-pedal. The Big Pedal is the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scootering challenge. It inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two wheels for their journey to school. Parents will cycle their children to school and then will cycle on themselves to London Bridge - or wherever […]
Usual easy paced ride on mostly quiet streets and paths. Suitable for any type of bike. Everyone welcome. Start/finish at Pavilion Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ. Do not be put off by the building work - Cafe is operational and the loos are unaffected. Easy ride avoiding any big hills. Out via Herne Hill Velodrome, […]
Take a look at life from the cab of a lorry and see how much (or how horrifyingly little) the driver sees. 'Exchanging Places' cycle safety events are run by the Metropolitan Police and allow cyclists to get a better understanding of what drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and buses see around them by sitting […]
This picture might be a bit premature but I'm always hopeful.Last year when the Bike Train began the rains started and almost never stopped. I'm hopeful about that too. The Bike Train starts again at its new time. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. […]
The doctor returns after his winter sleep. He will be under Peckham Arch (south end of Surrey Canal Path) ably assisted by his team of elves. The doctor will tighten your brakes, pump up your tyres and do technical things to your gears which will stop them clicking and jumping and not feeling quite right. […]
