Cycle Clubs

..and Littigator did drop the Dynamos. He moved to Africa to work on aid projects instead. A radical move but one can understand a desire to get away from the Dynamos. It transpired that he ddid exist. I met him at HH a couple of times before he left. Nice chap, for a lawyer.

Joining the Rollas is a much simpler option.

..and have you joined yet? Come on, you know the time has come!

I'll see how I feel after Saturday's ride. I'm trying to be cagey, by the way.

Are there any members of VCL on here? Is there a club run on sundays out of West Wickham?

go to essex eagles rc:) they have very good track and tt route:)

Hello, I'm interested in joining Rollapaluza, but was wondering if someone on here could help with a couple of queries:

1. I live in Stratford, how far will I have to travel for social runs?
   
2. How often and which days are the social runs?
   Thanks
   

Hi stonefish,

There are regular club runs on both Saturdays and Sundays, which usually start from either Pond Square in Highgate or Cafe St Germain on Crystal Palace Parade, depending on whether people are heading north or south of London.

There are the relevant threads on the Rollapaluza forum:

http://www.rollapaluza.cc/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=439
http://www.rollapaluza.cc/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=894

Hi stonefish,

There are regular club runs on both Saturdays and Sundays, which usually start from either Pond Square in Highgate or Cafe St Germain on Crystal Palace Parade, depending on whether people are heading north or south of London.

There are the relevant threads on the Rollapaluza forum:

http://www.rollapaluza.cc/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=439
http://www.rollapaluza.cc/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=894

Nice one Andy, I think I'll try and join this weekend and tag along for the Sunday route from Highgate.

Different club though. They might appreciate going by name rather than some anonymous club run.

Dredge time.

I want to join a club. I'm in South West London, but not the Deep South or the Far West. Kingston Wheelers are too far away. VCL look well-organised but appear to be helmet fascists. Dulwich Paragon look almost ideal but they insist on you becoming a member of both Dulwich Paragon AND British Cycling, are shouty on their website about wearing a helmet, and make you ride up Anerly Hill at the end of the Saturday morning club run.

Rollapaluza has nice kit and all but their colander is dead and their forum rides threads are like the last minute rides thread on this forum - lovely and friendly but not necessarily what I'm looking for (which is more than 3 or 4 people, and also maybe somebody to tell me what to do if I fuck something up).

Is there anybody else round my endz? I'll probably be riding fixed and am not madly keen on helmet compulsion. Rollapaluza does look like the most sensible choice under the circumstances but the apparent lack of riding is a downer.

Brixton Cycles. But they ride up Anerley too (albeit a little slower than Paragon).

their colander is dead
Say it isn't so? I'll get Caspar to look into this as soon as is humanly possible.

(The new club kit is even better - same design, but decent, in fact good, quality manufacturer. Not that ImpSport crap.)

Helmet fascists?

If you're looking for a club that's pretty organised then you're more than likely be asked to wear a helmet - regardless of your views on helmet wearing there's all sorts of public liabilities implications and nearly all clubs 'strongly suggest' that you wear a helmet on club rides

Say it isn't so? I'll get Caspar to look into this as soon as is humanly possible.

(The new club kit is even better - same design, but decent, in fact good, quality manufacturer. Not that ImpSport crap.)

The colander technically still works, there's just nothing in it! But it seems like it's been that way for years (I read this thread right from the start) and all the info is in the threads instead where not many people seem to be riding. Is it just that people do rolla rides but don't say they're doing it on the forum?

Helmet fascists?

If you're looking for a club that's pretty organised then you're more than likely be asked to wear a helmet - regardless of your views on helmet wearing there's all sorts of public liabilities implications and nearly all clubs 'strongly suggest' that you wear a helmet on club rides

This is true. I'm not looking for a Serious Business club but something where I can go on reasonably well-attended weekend runs without too many requirements for participation, I guess. I'm still at the stage where I don't know if this kind of thing is what I want to do so I'm still testing the waters, really.

. Is it just that people do rolla rides but don't say they're doing it on the forum?

Partly. Some rides are organised by text, and it's normal for more people to turn up to a ride than have put their name down on the fourm.

There are also private threads for certain rides which you may not be able to see.

Over winter, I rode with other Rolla's 4 days a week on average. In summer, people have different priorities so the frequency of group rides drops a little.

The colander technically still works
I have pretty much no idea what you mean, I'm afraid.

It's a creative misspelling of "calendar".

Thanks both, I think I'll give Rollas a try (if I see them up to anything)

There's a calendar?!

It's more a clean sheet of electronic paper, really: http://www.rollapaluza.cc/?page_id=76

My helmet has holes in it. Is it a colander?

And your buttock, Clive.

Depends. Is it empty?

I wonder what we would use a calendar for?

The only problem I could see for you with Rollapaluza CC is that most rides go North or East with some from CSG. Not many into the South West.

Aha. Hm. Yes. That would be a problem. Hopefully not a major one, though - it's not really a high commitment club like a lot of the others are so I could always defect later and not have to worry about any of you hunting me down and killing me. I'm not really sure how that aspect of the CC world works.

Any club will ask you to wear a helmet.

I'd give Kingston a go as they allow newbs to attend their Sunday club run to see if they like it and then take it from there...

I'm not sure why they're "too far" you're gonna be riding into Surrey anyway?

It's like you've been watching my history Bothwell - I've been looking at the same thing (including this thread) in the same area.

I used to ride with Twickenham CC but stopped when I moved house as the commute to get to the early weekend rides was just too far (ironic considing the distance of the rides I'd be willing to do)...

I've been thinking about rollers or brixton but the apparent lack of online activity kind of put me off both.I'll check out the Dulwich Paragon site...