Ride variety and stylish finery are the spice of UK cycling club life.
There was a time when every active cyclist was a member of a club, it was the backbone of British cycling. However, times, life and society have changed, and many cyclists want something other than their perception of the traditional club.
Now, while some clubs struggle others are thriving, so we asked three successful clubs what their secrets were.
1 Vary your rides
Not all riders want the same thing from their club rides, so mix it up.
“We’ve always been a club that have done racing or rides of 80 miles, but that doesn’t suit everybody,” explained Jill Birch of Otley CC. They have expanded to around 500 members in recent years, and won last year’s Cycling Weekly Club of the Year competition.
“You’re not going to get many new people joining to do that, so we started our social section. We do 10-15 miles, 15-20 miles and 20-30 miles at the pace of the slowest person.
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