66 Healthy Riders on Picnic Ride
August 18th 2018 Healthy Rides Picnic Ride to Thames Barrier Joint ride for Southwark Cyclists and Bexley Cyclists What a ride! We never managed to count everyone, let alone get them to stand still in one place for a group … Read More
Dynamo over. Next one: July 13th 2019
Dunwich beach. Queues for the coaches home. Cyclists who have been riding all night, waiting to board the coaches back to London. Lorries in the background are for their bikes. Shortly after this picture was taken torrential rain set in … Read More
Record numbers on Quietway 1
The success story of the Southwark section of Quietway 1 continues. Recent counts at morning and evening peaks show a further increase in cyclists over those already reported from previous years (https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/5479-2/).
The graph shows a steady increase now … Read More
Healthy Ride from Canada Water to London Fields and Victoria Park
One of our regular Healthy Rides on Saturday morning. More information in the Events Calendar or at www.healthyrider.weebly.com. Many thanks to Werner for designing the route and leading the ride. Here is his report:
A heatwave didn’t deter our determined … Read More
Floored by a hit-and-run?
Here’s something you can do after you’ve picked yourself up, examined the damage and scoured the neighbourhood for CCTV. Rat runs can be dangerous places, infested with rats who run you down and don’t stop. Here’s a couple of ways to … Read More
Cutty to Cody – Healthy Ride report, 19 May 2108
A group 30 in total joined together for this social Healthy Ride + on a gloriously warm and sunny spring day. We started by the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. Ricky kindly went in search of any others who might be waiting … Read More
Harper Road high jinks
Southwark is installing width restrictions on Harper Road but someone doesn’t like them. Soon after the concrete blocks were installed on March 29th, the blocks were moved out of position and rotated to maximise the distance between them. … Read More
St Thomas St consultation – we say “strongly disagree” because eastbound cycling not allowed.
Southwark Cyclists have responded negatively to the plans for St Thomas St. The proposal does reduce motor traffic levels and speeds (if enforced). But crucially it does not allow cycling in both directions and does not allow cyclists to get … Read More
How I found myself as a cycle campaigner – and how you might, too
We asked one of our newer members to explain how they got involved with cycle campaigning, and what they enjoy about being in Southwark Cyclists.
By Luci:
How does it work that I have ended up getting into the nitty-gritty … Read More
