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Dr Bike returns despite the cold, dark etc. At least two high grade, dedicated mechanics will be at your service March 17th 5.30-7.30pm under Peckham Arch. They will fix brakes, tweak gears and mend punctures. They enjoy doing more complicated stuff (gives them job satisfaction to use all their skills) and will fit new parts […]
Easy-paced (about 15 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. Start/finish at Canada Water Library. Plan is to ride to the Thames Flood Barrier where there should be time for a coffee break. Route out will be inland, […]
Inaugural bike train to Blackfrairs
Dr Bike hard at work under Peckham Arch, looking south towards Peckham High Street and Rye Lane. The one in red, head down, with no hair is the boss, Andy Cawdell. Andy and others will be fixing bikes for all comers aided by the usual suspects on March 31st. Probably be a bit lighter than […]
Experienced, trained ride leaders will escort you safely to work in central London. Our Bike Train route has 3 metres of pavement, a metre of raised concrete or 30 metres of park between you and the traffic at all times. Going from Nunhead to Blackfriars, via Peckham, it includes two parks, a traffic-calmed backstreet, a cycle […]
Those lovely people in the British Transport Police will be doing their bit to help keep your bike safe by security marking it in the Bike Hub in Peckham Rye Station between 8.15am and 9.45am. They write invisible numbers on your bike and then stick a "This Bike is Registered" sticker on it non-invisibly to […]
Next Healthy Ride April 9th, 10am - 12 noon Start/finish Canada Water Library, opposite Canada Water station, SE16 7AR). Tour de Rotherhithe Nouveau. Usual easy-paced ride on quiet roads and paths. Slightly extended version of previous TdR. Route starts by crossing to Southwark Park and wends its way to the riverside at the Salter statues. […]
Bike Train to Blackfriars: experienced ride leaders will escort you from Nunhead and Peckham Rye stations to Blackfriars using two parks, a traffic-calmed backstreet; the Elephant and Castle by-pass and the new segregated lanes up St George's Way and Blackfriars Road. Riders will have a solid barrier between themselves and a bus or lorry at […]
Regular Southwark Cyclists Monthly Meeting. Nunhead Green Community Centre, 5 Nunhead Green SE15 3QQ. from 6.30-8.30pm and after that generally at the Old Nun's Head next door. Best approached by bike from Consort Road and then up Scylla Road. Approach from the west from Nunhead Lane includes an undesirable blind bend
Now we've started we have to keep going. Last year we didn't stop until the hour changed back. Those who know what they're doing check brakes, tune gears, pump up tyres and increase your whiz. They also know how to fit new parts but we don't carry those and if you know you need them, […]
