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Rotherhithe is blessed with lots of off road paths beside docks, along the Thames, through parks and along canals. It is also completely flat. So ideal for an easy-paced, gentle ride. Route meanders across to Southwark Park then heads to the Salter Statues on the river. A 4km stretch along the Thames Path as far […]
Free and everyone welcome. It’s not a course, it’s a drop-in.. What gets taught depends on what problems you bring in. The guys that do it are well known greats from our summer-time Dr Bikes at Peckham Arch and on Quietway 1. These evening bike-fixing sessions are a joint venture between Southwark Cyclists and Lettsom […]
Werner has planned a Bazalgette-themed ride. It was 200 years from Joseph Bazalgette's birth on March 28th. A little late, we plan to celebrate with a ride around sights associated with the great engineer. Bound to include the memorial on Victoria Embankment and the blue plaque in St Johns Wood. Also a ride past the […]
Special Southwark Cyclists ride. Bazalgette 2. April 22, 2019 Bank Holiday ride of 4-5 hours celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Bazalgette, the great Victorian civil engineer. Organised by the same people as the regular Southwark Healthy Rides. Easy paced all day ride with a lunch stop (Fulham Palace, bring your own […]
Our guys are back with the sunshine, keen and raring to fix your bike. They will be opposite Cafe Crol (see pic) at the Dunton Road/Lynton Way traffic lights, fixing bikes for all-comers. This service is free and enthusiastic. The bigger your problem the happier they are. They carry small parts like cables but not […]
Southwark Cyclist volunteer and PCSO Kevin Phillips will be at the junction of Southwark Bridge Road and Sawyer St. The evidence they collect of illegal speeding (no, I don't believe it either) is persuading the Met to bring out it's weapons-grade speed guns and issue fines. It's a worthwhile cause. To join in email kevin.j.phillips@met.police.uk […]
Usual easy-paced ride using a lot of quiet streets and paths as well as some busy roads on the outward leg. Ride created to demonstrate that it was possible to have a flat ride from Dulwich. Trick is to follow the River Effra valley, going via Brockwell Park and Brixton. Last did this ride Sept […]
Free and everyone welcome. It’s not a course, it’s a drop-in.. What gets taught depends on what problems you bring in. The guys that do it are well known greats from our summer-time Dr Bikes at Peckham Arch and on Quietway 1. These evening bike-fixing sessions are a joint venture between Southwark Cyclists and Lettsom […]
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 […]
Our guys are back, keen and raring to fix your bike. They will be under or around Peckham Arch (see pic) fixing bikes for all-comers. This service is free and enthusiastic. The bigger your problem the happier they are. They carry small parts like cables but not big ones like wheels. For bike reconstruction they […]