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to formally declare yourself a club member you may purchase formal club membership (for the grand price of £0.00) from here: http://shop.lfgss.cc/products/formal-club-membership
This currently goes to a page asking the admin to complete the set up of the shopify site
Edit: just read the BC censorship shenanigans thread, which clarifies the membership validation protocol.
Membership of LFGSS CC is free, we do not charge you anything. You are able to join for no cost, and use the club membership as your club in races, events, and anything that requires a cycle club.
Memberships is as informal as we can make it be.
You are already a member of LFGSS CC if you have either:
However there are various circumstances in which you may desire to formally declare that you are a member of the club (and for whatever reason BC doesn't cut it, and you haven't yet purchased club kit). For example: Participating in Cycling Time Trial events, or participating in events that require club membership for insurance purposes.
For those scenarios, to formally declare yourself a club member you may purchase formal club membership (for the grand price of £0.00) from here: http://shop.lfgss.cc/products/formal-club-membership
This does not buy anything as membership was already free. What it does is put your name and address on the customer list of the database we use to sell things to members, and we are using the customer list as the formal register of members.
If you wish to go the British Cycling route, and have never been a British Cycling member before, then we have discount codes that will get you a reduction on the price of joining British Cycling:
Race Gold with British Cycling is worth it, £49 per year includes personal accident insurance (which is valid for your commutes).