How does your club name itself ?

[oldroadman]

Shifting OT slightly, the 'big' club in these part is Sotonia, based in Southampton. I'd always assumed that 'Soton' was some ancient roman name for Southampton, but it turns out to have been a relatively recent invention claimed by the local rag. Sotonia is just a made-up extension of a made up word. 'Soton' is also unusual is that I've never heard anyone speak it but it's common on signs and not unusual in print.

Soton is just an abbreviation on some signs. It is a contraction of So'ton, which is a (not very good) contraction of Southampton. The Romans may have been near the place but not named it?

 

[jarlrmai]

Our club is named for a local legendary rider and bike shop owner.

 

[Blue Hills]

Our club is named for a local legendary rider and bike shop owner.

Well do name and honour him/her.

 

[jarlrmai]

Harry Middleton Cycling Club

Not the most prolific but a local legend.

http://www.hmiddletoncc.co.uk/about/harry-middleton

 

[Randomnerd]

York Rouleurs. Pretentious, moi?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Amazed that there appears to be so few Road Clubs these days.

 

[Dec66]

How does the nomenclature work?

CC - cycling club - encompasses road, track and mud plugging?
RC - road club - mud pluggers not catered for?
VC - velo club - as above, but for people who like to use French terminology on the ride? Do they also wear Breton jerseys and berets, drape onions across the bars, and smoke Gauloises atop challenging climbs as they admire the vistas?

(Not mentioned Tri clubs, anyone ruining a good bike ride with swimming and running is obviously a deviant)

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

How does the nomenclature work?

CC - cycling club - encompasses road, track and mud plugging?
RC - road club - mud pluggers not catered for?
VC - velo club - as above, but for people who like to use French terminology on the ride? Do they also wear Breton jerseys and berets, drape onions across the bars, and smoke Gauloises atop challenging climbs as they admire the vistas?

(Not mentioned Tri clubs, anyone ruining a good bike ride with swimming and running is obviously a deviant)

Most clubs have been around for many decades, often since before the War, in some cases since before the Great War. In most cases their names are not indicative of their modern day spread of activities. And not forgetting that several of today's 'specialisms' were simply general things that you did on your one do-it-all standard bike in those days. Mud plugging as you put it wasn't invented by mountain bikers.

 

[Haitch]

Was this just a Birmingham thing I wonder ?

No, my mum and dad were in Hyde Roads (north Cheshire). I'm in Toerfietsvereniging Snel Verzet Hoogland (Cycle touring club Fast Gear Hoogland).

 

[jarlrmai]

Our club has everyone from kids learning to ride, kids racing, old roadie farts (me), MTB guys, cross guys, triathletes, TT'ers and racers in most categories including elite. it's a pretty big club so there's always someone to ride with.

 

[oldroadman]

Most clubs have been around for many decades, often since before the War, in some cases since before the Great War. In most cases their names are not indicative of their modern day spread of activities. And not forgetting that several of today's 'specialisms' were simply general things that you did on your one do-it-all standard bike in those days. Mud plugging as you put it wasn't invented by mountain bikers.

Winter (and summer) off road riding was simply called "rough stuff", and rough, muddy, fall offy, it was. And great fun. Winter mudguards compulsory too. None of this pretend racer nonsense in December and January!

 

[SirDickieBird]

York Rouleurs. Pretentious, moi?

Reminds me of this...

"My name is Fin, which means it's very hard for me to end emails without sounding pretentious."- Fin Taylor (2014)

Sorry, can't contribute more positively than that to this thread...

 

[HLaB]

Nothing too radical with my clubs, my old one was the Edinburgh Road Club and my current ones are Cycling Clubs (CCs)..

 

[hepburn]

Years ago (I'm talking 1930s here) my grandad was a member of the Vegetarian Cycling Club (that might not be the exact name, I would have to check with my dad who I'm sure has some of the club badges somewhere). This was in the days when you were thought really odd for not eating meat. He was a prolific cyclist though and during the war cycled from SE London to Carlisle to visit my uncle who had been evacuated there.

 

[byegad]

The local club here is the Ferryhill Wheelers. I see them out regularly and some even speak when I say good morning as we pass in opposite directions!