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Our mechanics and their weighty toolkits will be tightening brakes, indexing gears and diagnosing that irritating squeak ("it's the back wheel falling off"). They will be in their usual pitch at the Dunton Road/Lynton Road traffic lights near Cafe Crol (good coffee). Keeping them occupied is a full time job. Bring your problems -- they […]
New version of a route we have cycled several times (see report 27 Oct 2017, http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-oct-dec-2017.html). This time will include Telegraph Hill. We have not been up there to admire the view for a while. Outward route up to Telegraph Hill then down to Brookmill Park and a not too steep route up to Blackheath […]
Run by Bruno (see pic) on behalf of Southwark Cyclists in Camberwell Leisure Centre which has south-east London's most memorable address, Artichoke Place SE5 8TS. The leisure centre is friendly, cheerful, accessible and welcoming. Bruno and the boys are the same. Everyone is welcome and no one pays. This is a drop-in not a course. […]
Southwark Cyclists volunteer Robert Eva, his mate Kevin (see pic) and their trusty speedgun will be on John Ruskin Street, noting down numbers and collecting evidence of speeding on behalf of the Met. You can join in. Email kevin.j.phillips@met.police.uk for a warm welcome.
Start/finish at Dulwich Clock cafe in Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ. Easy ride avoiding any big hills. Out via Herne Hill Velodrome, Brockwell Park and Brixton Windmill. On Clapham Common, bit of a circuit and brief stop at Cafe near Bandstand. Return via Brockwell Park (other side) and Bel Air Park. Suitable for all styles of […]
At our not-so-new venue at 41 Grosvenor Park SE5 0NH (see picture above). It’s much more respectable than it looks. Coming from Burgess Park, cross Camberwell New Road and proceed in an westerly direction along Urlwin Street, under the railway bridges, left at the end and straight on into the cul-de-sac in front of you. Very […]
Free bike maintenance with added advice. Our mechanics will tighten your brakes, check and inflate your tyres and index your gears (this means stop them making that clicking noise) They will also give chain advice (when it keeps falling off you need a new one, clean it more often and it will last longer). This […]
Flat 9.5 mile route using lots of Cycleway and passing many interesting places. Start/finish at Deal Porter Square, opposite Canada Water Station and next to Canada Water Library, SE16 7AR. At usual easy pace head to the river then follow the Thames Path/Cyclway14 to Dockhead. Over Tower Bridge and join Cycleway 3 and ride this […]
Back on Salter Road near the junction with SE1. Cyclists know the danger of speeding motors. These speed traps evidence the problem to the Met and borough councils who are joining in the move to 20mph speed limits. Even Westminster is thinking slower. If you cycle into their area you can tell them what you […]
It always baffles me why cars seem to accelerate down hills. Dog Kennel Hill is a fine example and our Southwark Cyclist volunteer Robert Eva will be there encouraging them to resist temptation. With him, for personal protection, will be PCSO Kevin Phillips (see pic), a jovial soul with an understandable disapproval of bad driving. […]
