When I woke up and looked outside at about 6am this morning I groaned quietly to myself. Heavy rain was falling and it was bitter cold. If I hadn’t been leading a ride I would have left the bike under the stairs, made a log fire up and settled down with a pot of hot coffee, breakfast, then a book by the fire. As it was, I finished the ride… Read More »From Farthing Down through Surrey and Kent
Lewisham Cyclists have recently set up a cycle maintenance project. It is a workshop space with a good selection of tools, and advice and help available from our volunteers plus a qualified bike mechanic. It is not a bike repair shop, it is a space where you will be helped to mend your own bike, getting it back on the road while learning the skills to keep it there. You… Read More »Lewisham Cyclists Mend and Ride Project
All are welcome at the Lewisham Cyclists (LC) monthly meeting held on the third Wednesday of each month. These meetings are fairly informal and it’s a good opportunity to hear about the current local campaigns and influence their direction. Here’s the agenda for this month’s meeting: Lewisham Cyclists Meeting Wednesday 18th February 2015 at 6.30pm Lewisham Civic Centre, Catford Road, SE6 4RU 1) Apologies and Welcome 2) Minutes of last… Read More »Agenda for LC Monthly Meeting 6.30pm 18th February Lewisham Civic Centre
There were already people waiting in Le Delice cafe, our friendly meetpoint in Ladywell, when I arrived for my breakfast at 10am. By the time we rode off on the Waterlink Way towards Lewisham half an hour later there were 16 of us. Three more at Greenwich, including one who had just missed the Southwark Healthy ride and decided to join us instead. We managed to cram about 16 bikes… Read More »Hackney, with Victoria and Olympic Park Ride
I arrived at Le Delice for my breakfast at 9.30 am on a bitterly cold Sunday morning, and already 3 other riders had arrived. While I consumed my porridge and coffee, riders continued to gather inside and outside the cafe and by the time we left, there were 17 of us! Impressive in the deep mid winter. With the two that joined us en route, that made 19 riders. We… Read More »Severndroog Castle Ride Report
Some of you might remember this, over 2 years ago now, We made a couple of videos at this junction to prove to TfL just how dangerous their decision to make Deal’s Gateway share a green light with oncoming traffic from Greenwich High Rd was. Traffic turning right from Greenwich High Rd just didn’t seem to be aware that they needed to give way to traffic moving straight ahead across… Read More »Deals Gateway: The Latest Instalment
I am really sorry but I have reluctantly made the decision to cancel our ride to Heybridge. Lewisham Cyclists rarely cancel a ride but our riders’ safety is paramount. So I was in the area this morning and rode most of the route. Parts were absolutely fine, but there were several significant stretches of ice which made riding very stressful and necessitated several occasions where I had to dismount and… Read More »18th January Ride Cancelled
All are welcome at the Lewisham Cyclists (LC) monthly meeting held on the third Wednesday of each month. These meetings are fairly informal and it’s a good opportunity to hear about the current local campaigns and influence their direction. Here’s the agenda for this month’s meeting: Lewisham Cyclists Meeting Wednesday 21st January 2015 at 6.30pm Lewisham Civic Centre, Catford Road, SE6 4RU 1) Apologies and Welcome 2) Minutes of last… Read More »Agenda for LC Monthly Meeting 6.30pm 21st January Lewisham Civic Centre
We usually run this ride in the last week of the old year, but this year it slipped a bit and became our first countryside ride of the New Year. Although, for some if us it was already our third ride of 2015 as we had done the New Year’s Eve ride which straddles the old and new, and, then, as we were still wide awake on New Year’s Day… Read More »The Annual Pudding Buster 2015
Ironic or indicative, I wondered as I struggled to find a convenient and secure place to park my bike outside Palestra, on Blackfriars Rd, where I was about to attend a meeting discussing TfL’s plans for the junction at Deptford Bridge. There were three of us from Lewisham Cyclists and seven of the team charged with the development of the scheme. We have already sent them our initial response, which… Read More »Deptford Bridge Junction Campaigning Update