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Want to cycle up to town but worried about getting there safely? Come with us and use our "inside knowledge" (as one pleased rider called it). Our route includes two parks, a traffic-calmed backstreet, the New Kent Road pavement bike lanes, the Elephant and Castle bypass and the lovely new segregation. No need to come […]
The good doctor and his able assistants are back again, fixing bikes, mending tyres, adjusting brakes, indexing gears (is that right? Ed) and handing out wise advice. Three superlative mechanics, gossip, maps, info and assorted leaflets will be under Peckham Arch from 5.30-7.30pm. Everything they provide is free. Everyone is cheerful. All welcome.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The good doctor will be back in his usual spot under Peckham Arch, mending tyres, indexing gears, fixing brakes and offering wisdom on all things bike. He brings his spanners, limitless knowledge of things bike and his keen and cunning assistants. With him will be his usual band of knowledgeable helpers and a pile of maps, […]
Our monthly meeting will be at the new Nunhead Green Community Centre -- upstairs in Holly. There's a lift for those who can't manage stairs. There's parking for 6 bikes outside the centre and more in a bike shed behind the centre which is dark and unobserved and accessible over the back wall. There's more […]
The good doctor is bringing his enormous capacity for hard work, his cheerful good nature, capacious knowledge of all things bike and his tool kit. With his top quality assistants he will be working hard under Peckham Arch from 5.30-7.30pm. Stop for advice and free fixes, maps (if there are any left) and bike-related gossip […]
Feeder Ride from Peckham Rye Park Cafe departs 10am This is Britain's biggest bike festival and last year around 50,000 riders took part. This celebration of cycling, the event gives cyclists of all abilities the chance to ride through traffic-free streets in central London. The route will take in the Strand and Lincoln’s Inn Fields and returns […]
