Calendar Archive
All the rides that have taken place in the past.
- 13 Oct
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 12 Oct
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 9 Oct
Cycle Show
At Earl's Court, the biggest show of the year in the UK for all kinds of cycling. Loads of flashy new kit to look at and try out.
We'll be meeting either at the Union or at the actual show (Earl's Court) for the 10am opening.
Book tickets here: http://www.cycleshow.co.uk/stm and enter the code STM to get a ticket for £10.50
- 5 Oct
Fresher's Fair
Come along and meet us at the Fresher's Fair. We'll have some bikes there to show you, flyers to hand out and hopefully some freebies from Accenture as well.
Find us on Upper Dalby Court at table 13. Click here for a map.
- 24 Jul
Twentyfour12
12 and 24 hour mountain bike race.
- 19 Jun
Mountain Mayhem
24 hour teams of 4 mountain bike race.
- 5 Jun
Bristol Bike Fest
12 hour solo, pairs and teams of 4 mountain bike race.
- 16 May
Gorrick Spring Series Round 6 (was Round 1)
Frith Hill
- 1 May
BUCS 25 Mile Time Trial
Oxford
- 24 Apr
BUCS 10 Mile Time Trial
Cambridge
- 18 Apr
Gorrick Spring Series Round 5
Tunnel Hill
- 17 Apr
BUCS 3-Up Team Time Trial
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- 28 Mar
Gorrick Spring Series Round 4
Porridgepot Hill
- 23 Mar
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 19 Mar
BUCS Mountain Biking Championships
Ae Forest
"Extreme Know How are pleased to announce that the venue for the 2010 BUCS Mountain Bike Championships is Ae Forest, Scotland. The usual format for the weekend will be DH practice 19th March followed by the DH Championships on 20th and the 'sports' and XC Championship on the 21st. The DH will use the well established course, whilst a custom XC course to meet the requirements for a testing XC Championship will provide all competitors with an excellent weekends racing."
- 17 Mar
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 16 Mar
AGM
Come along to our regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union to vote for next year's committee members. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Positions open for election are Chair, Treasurer and Secretary.
- 10 Mar
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 9 Mar
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 7 Mar
Gorrick Spring Series Round 3
Crowthorne Wood
- 6 Mar
Aston Hill Ride
Get some downhill training in before BUCS at Aston Hill, the closest downhill tracks to London. We'll go in the minibus and there's an XC loop as well.
£10 per person to cover transport costs.
It is a pay to ride venue (pays for trail upkeep etc.) which will cost you £7 on the day or £6 if paid for online here
- 3 Mar
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 2 Mar
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 27 Feb
Road ride to Box Hill
Out to Box Hill and around the Surry area then catching the train back. Meeting 1.00pm at Queen's Gate. The ride will probably not be to difficult but it will be quite long in excess of 60km, so you will need to bring food and puncture repair kit and spare tubes.
- 24 Feb
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 23 Feb
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 19 Feb
Weekend Trip to North Wales
We'll be staying in Dolgellau - 10 minutes drive from the Coed y Brenin mountain bike trails, and Betws y Coed, Snowdon, Machynlleth and Nant yr Arian are all within short drives so we have a lot of options. Mountain biking is the obvious choice but if any road riders are interested there must be some interesting road routes around there.
Have a look here for the mountain bike trails: www.mbwales.com
We'll leave around 5pm on Friday evening from uni and probably get back around 11pm on Sunday. You'll need to have a sleeping bag for the hostel.
Cost will be £40 per person for transport and accommodation.
- 17 Feb
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 16 Feb
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 14 Feb
Gorrick Spring Series Round 2
Tunnel Hill
- 10 Feb
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 9 Feb
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 7 Feb
Mountain bike ride at Leith Hill
We will be doing another mountain bike ride this week on Sunday, so if you don't fancy the road ride in Brighton come along!
We will be going to the Leith Hill area again to ride some different trails from last time, meet at Clapham Junction at 9:30 as usual.
- 7 Feb
Road ride around Brighton
A road ride a bit further afield – around the Brighton area. Those of you who came on the London to Brighton ride last term don’t worry – it won’t be quite as epic.
We’ll get the train from Clapham Junction to Brighton in the morning, do a loop round that area of about 2-3 hours (probably about 50km) and stop somewhere for lunch, and then get the train back from Brighton in the afternoon.
Meet at Clapham Junction station (the north side – Grant Road entrance) at 9:30 on Sunday.
Bring money for the train, lunch and the pub as well as lights in case it’s dark when we get back to London.
- 4 Feb
Banff Mountain Film Festival
The Banff Mountain Film Festival (probably the best/most famous mountain short film festival there is) is coming to London in February.
A couple of the films shown will involve some form of cycling (Kranked Revolve if that means anything to you...) and the rest look amazing as well.
It's on at the Union Chapel at two dates, and I'm suggesting we go along on the 4th February.
- 3 Feb
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 2 Feb
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 31 Jan
Mountain bike ride at Leith Hill
It's time for another mountain bike ride. This time we're going to Leith Hill, where there are loads of fun trails to ride. We could do the big loop if people are up for it, or otherwise just stay in the quarry area.
Meet at Clapham Junction at 9:30 sunday morning. If you don't know the way, let me know and I can meet you somewhere else.
- 27 Jan
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 26 Jan
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 24 Jan
Road ride to Windsor
Ride to Windsor. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 9:30am. Bring money for a pub stop and train ticket back to Clapham Junction (£4.70 with a railcard).
- 20 Jan
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 19 Jan
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 17 Jan
Mountain bike ride at Swinley Forest
There's loads of trails of the general mountain biking persuasion, so it should be good fun. Meet at Clapham Junction at 9:30 to get the train to Martins Heron.
- 12 Jan
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 16 Dec
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 15 Dec
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 12 Dec
Richmond Road ride
A few laps of Richmond Park. Meet at Roehampton gate at 9am.
- 9 Dec
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 8 Dec
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 2 Dec
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 1 Dec
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 29 Nov
Road ride around Windsor
About 50km around the Windsor area.
Meet at Clapham Junction station at 9:15.
- 28 Nov
Mountain bike ride at Swinley Forest
A mountain bike ride around Swinley Forest. If you've never been, it's perfect for XC riding near London, so come along and see what the 'local' trails are like.
We'll be getting the 10:28 train from Clapham Junction to Martins Heron, so be at Clapham Junction station by 10:15.
- 26 Nov
Movie Night
Mountain bike DVDs and food in a Union room. From 7pm.
We'll have a few drinks in the Union after as well.
- 25 Nov
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 24 Nov
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 22 Nov
Mountain bike ride at Leith Hill
A 40 km loop if people are up for it, there's loads of different terrain so it should be fun. The riding will be mostly xc/am/trails/ambient so should suit most people.
Meet at Clapham Junction at 9:30 sunday morning. If you dont know the way to the station, let Allan know and he can pick you up somewhere central.
- 18 Nov
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 17 Nov
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 13 Nov
Weekend trip to Afan
Mountain biking and road biking trip to Afan forest in Wales. Lots of technical singletrack trails for the mountain bikers and some real hills for the roadies. Leaving Friday evening and returning Sunday evening.
£40 for the weekend, includes transport and accommodation.
- 11 Nov
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 10 Nov
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
Those coming on the Afan trip bring along your £40.
- 8 Nov
Gorrick Autumn Classic Round 2
The last Gorrick race of the year.
- 7 Nov
Road ride around Epsom/Box Hill/Dorking
We'll get the train from Clapham Junction station (meet there at 9am) to Epsom, ride a loop of around 25-30 miles and get the train back after a pub lunch.
Bring money for the train (£3.15 with a railcard) and lunch.
- 4 Nov
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 3 Nov
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 1 Nov
Mountain bike ride
Ride around Leith Hill.
- 31 Oct
Road ride to Windsor
A ride from college to Windsor. We'll stop at a pub in Windsor for lunch and then get the train back to London.
Meet in college at the gates by the library at 9am.
- 28 Oct
ACC Bar Night
Sports clubs bar night at the Union.
- 28 Oct
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 27 Oct
Meeting
Regular Tuesday lunchtime meeting in the Union. 12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good. Come and chat to the rest of the club and discuss any events/rides coming up.
- 25 Oct
Road ride to Brighton
A ride from college to Brighton on the south coast. It's about 50 miles, but we'll be taking a leisurely pace, stopping halfway for lunch and then finishing off with drinks/food in Brighton. We'll get the train back to Clapham Junction in the afternoon.
Meet in college at the gates by the library at 10am (REMEMBER THE CLOCKS GO BACK).
Bring money for food and train tickets (and your railcard if you've got one), layers (possibly a waterproof), and lights for once we get back to London.
- 24 Oct
Mountain bike ride at Swinley Forest
We'll show you the trails at Swinley Forest, probably the closest proper mountain biking to London.
We will be meeting at college, getting the train from Clapham Junction, spend a few hours riding and then get the train back.
- 21 Oct
Road ride
Ride to and around Richmond Park. Meet in college at the gates by the library at 1pm. Bring money for a pub stop on the way back.
- 18 Oct
Gorrick Autumn Classic Round 1
The first autumn Gorrick race.
- 17 Oct
Mountain bike ride at Bedgebury Forest
A trip to Bedgebury where we'll ride the cross-country mountain bike trail. Transport will be in a union minibus and you can either hire a bike from the forest centre or bring your own.
For this trip only, transport will be FREE! There are 15 places available, so email Dave if you want to come and if you'd like to hire a bike.
- 14 Oct
Road ride
A road ride to and around Richmond Park. We will meet at college and we'll take everyone on the best route to the park which has a nice quiet loop with some good scenery for London.
Meet at Queen's Gate (by the library) at 1pm.
- 13 Oct
Meeting
The first meeting of the year. These are informal get-togethers in the Union at lunchtimes where we discuss plans for upcoming rides and events. Come along and chat to existing and new members of the club.
12:30-13:30 in dB's or outside if the weather's good, look for the bike helmets and hopefully a sign.
- 12 Oct
Fresher's Drinks
An evening of drinks starting at the Union and moving on to other pubs in the area. A great chance to meet everyone in the club at the start of the year, talk about rides, events and bike, or anything else.
Meeting at 8pm in the Union, look for the bike helmets.
- 10 Oct
Cycle Show
At Earl's Court, the biggest show of the year in the UK for all kinds of cycling. Loads of flashy new kit to look at and try out.
We'll be meeting either at the Union or at the actual show (Earl's Court) for the 10am opening.
Book tickets here: http://www.eventcommunity.co.uk/registration/cy10p9_show.asp
- 6 Oct
Fresher's Fair
Come along and meet us at the Fresher's Fair. We'll have some bikes there to show you, flyers to hand out and hopefully some freebies from Accenture as well.
Find us on Queen's Lawn at table 38.