Any rides for beginners?

most people in cycling clubs are pretty good company and less all-over-the-place-cyclists-who-are-half-drunk-baggy-short-wearing-longdistance-newbies than on most forum rides (forum rides are however very entertaining).

They are not as bad as they used to be , but club runs were not always the friendliest places to be, this inlcudes CTC runs..

That said , they are a good way of learning the rules and when Oil is up or down...
Forum rides are on the whole more entertaining, especially when the leader looses the rest of the ride.