Southgate Cycling Club

Who we are

Southgate Cycling Club has the enviable distinction of being one of the first cycling clubs created in the UK, established in 1882.
(Visit our Club History)

The club is based in Enfield, North London and participates and organises a variety of cycling events in and around the local surrounding areas of Enfield, Hertfordshire and Essex.

Aims

The club aims to bring enjoyment to cycling and promotes all cycling related activities.

See the relevant sections below for a brief introduction to the cycling activities we organise and participate - also,
click on the menu bar items above for further details of those activities.

Experience

All you need to join the Southgate Cycling Club is enthusiasm, lots of energy and a road worthy bike - road, mountain or hybrid will do.

Whether you are a novice or an avid cyclist, man or woman, everyone will be more than welcome to join us on our cycling rides and activities.

Unfortunately the Club does *not* hold a Junior Licence, so you must be 18 years or older to ride solo with the club.

We pride ourselves at cycling at the pace of slowest rider - we never leave a cyclist behind.

Want to see if we are the club for you?

Just turn up to one of our Sunday Club Runs with a road worthy bike and lots of energy.

The first three rides are free - then after evaluating your performance, we may invite you become a club member.

More information

Club Runs Schedule

Alternatively, send us an e-mail to receive further details or turn up to any of our Thursday Fortnighly Club Nights.

Either way, we'll be pleased to hear from you.

Club Membership

To find out what's needed from you to join our club, visit the Contact Us section.

Annual Fees

£11 annual club membership fee +
£36 for full membership of the CTC

TOTAL ANNUAL FEE = £11 + £36 = £47

How to Contact Us

Just turn up to one of
our Sunday Club Runs or any of
the Thursday Fortnighly Club Nights.

Alternatively, send us an e-mail to receive further details.

Either way, we'll be pleased to hear from you.

Club Runs

Every sunday we go cycling along the beautiful and picturesque country lanes of Hertfordshire and Essex.

The info page will tell you what to expect from a typical Sunday Club Run; as well as the location of the starting point for the ride.

See our Club Runs listing for places we will cycle to this Sunday.

Occasionally the Sunday Club Run is replaced by a special event in which the whole club participates, such as an Audax, Time Trial or a Weekend Ride.
Details of these (club run replacement) special events are shown in the Club Runs listing as well as their relevant section of the web site: Audax, Sportive, Time Trial and Touring.

Mid-Summer Evening Rides

During the summer we hold mid-week evening rides.

Touring

Canterbury Cycling Weekend
September 2010

Other than our regular Sunday Club Runs, we also organise various touring events:

• Weekend cycling trips in the UK and abroad - France, Suffolk, Sussex.
  • Alfrinston YHA 2008
  • Suffolk YHA, 2007
  • France, June 2008

• Car Assisted Rides - so we can venture further afield into the neighbouring counties of Bedford, Cambridgeshire and Berkshire.

• Chipping Ongar 2008

Club Nights

Club nights are social events that allow non-cycling members and active members to get together to discuss cycling issues and plan the forthcoming cycling activities.
A cup (or two or three) of tea or coffee and some chocolate biscuits are laid on.
Club Nights are held every fortnight on Thursday.
For more details about the Club Night and on which days they are held, click on the link in the menu at the top of the web page.

Social

Southgate Cycling Club organises many non-cycling social activities, some of which include:

• Annual Luncheon and Prize Giving Ceremony (December)
  
  Silver Fox, Hertford Heath (2007)
  
• President's Picnic (September)

Many of our members attend the social activities organised by some of the various bodies to which we are affiliated:

• Fellowship of North London Cyclists  (March and October )