Cycling Clubs

[col1888]

Hi

Been cycling for a couple of years on a fairly cheap 14 speed road bike, mainly to keep fit, as i hate running and my knees can't hack footy any more !! Got the cycle bug and have upgraded to a Giant Defy 3 and got myself a Garmin Edge 305.
Please don't think this is one of those average speed , look at me threads, just i do 3 circuits, one 10 mile, one 12 mile and one 25 mile and i am averaging about 16/17 mile per hour. Thinking of joining a local cycle club, would i be ok ? I appreciate there are different abilities and groups. Don't want to show myself up, just i ride alone and have no one to gauge myself with ie someone who is in a club etc. Thanks.

Col

 

[Garz]

Most clubs will welcome you, however helping you will be harder as we don't know where you live geographically.

I would firstly consider getting some longer base rides in though, some clubs do some really long rides but I would think if you could comfortably cover fifty you should be all set.

 

[HLaB]

You'll never know unless you go. All clubs will be different but my club has lots of different groups for different abilities you'd fit in somewhere there.

 

[col1888]

Garz
Apologies , i'm in Lincoln, so most of the terrain is fairly flat ! But there is the odd rise, i won't use the word hill ! Yes i'm aiming to do a few longer rides as i am hoping to do a sportive some time later in the year. Probably not one with too many hills as a first one though !!

 

[wafflycat]

Clubs vary enoromously as to the type of cycling the members do. From mainly social to the outright competitive.

Here's a starter for links to clubs in your area:-

http://www.ctt.org.uk/Default.aspx?&gv498__gvac=2&tabid=118&gv498__gvff1=3&gv498__gvfl1=8

Those are clubs affiliated to Cycling Time Trials, so they will have an interest in that part of competing. Saying that, they WILL also have varying degrees of interest in the social/road racing/MTB/touring side of things.

Best thing to do is get in contact with clubs and start talking

 

[bottombracket]

Hi Col,
Have a look here - http://www.bottombracket.co.uk/cycling-clubs.html