January 2006
Thursday
12th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Thursday 26th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Saturday 28th
Burns
Night
Our ever-popular annual
Burns Night fundraising supper and dance.
February
2006
Thursday
9th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
 Wednesday 15th
Extreme bike
riding skills display by BMX Flatland champ Phil Dolan
Phil Dolan (three times world BMX Flatland champion) comes to Hackney
to display his extreme bike riding skills, Come down and find out more
about this exciting sports activity and be photographed with Phil
Dolan, check his awards out and get his autograph. Organised by SUB19,
Hackney’s young person’s substance misuse service.
Time: 12 noon Location: in the BMX area of London Fields Hackney E8.
Wednesday 22nd
Public meeting on the Stoke Newington one-way system
A chance to air views on
removing Stoke Newington's unloved one-way system, which is a major
disincentive to cycling in the north of the borough. Dale McKenzie of
Transport for London's area team has kindly agreed to attend, and a
senior officer from Hackney Council's Streetscene department will also
be there.
Location: St Paul's church, corner of Stoke Newington Road and Evering
Road. Time: 8pm.
Thursday
23rd
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
March
2006
Wednesday
1st
Annual general meeting
At the Bohemia
Café, Bohemia Place, Hackney E8 -- that's under the arches
just off Mare Street Narroway, at its junction with Amhurst Road.
Programme (note early start):
7:00-7:30pm Arrivals and drinks--soft drinks and snacks will be
provided, and there is a licensed bar.
7:30-8pm AGM -- co-ordinator's report, treasurer's report, election of
committee
Please consider whether you
might like to join the committee, as secretary, treasurer,
co-ordinator, or to do another useful job such as organising rides or
stalls. Our current borough co-ordinator Oliver Schick wants to stand
down. Email oliverTAKETHISOUT@hackney-cyclists.org.uk
if you're interested in the post and would like to know more about what
it entails.
8-8:35pm Richard Lewis introduces the concept of 'Naked Roads', also
known as 'de-engineering', followed by one or more workshops to
consider the question: "Other boroughs are starting de-engineering
schemes -- where could we have them in Hackney?"
8:35 - ca. 9pm (max.) Workshop groups report back.
9pm End of business. Dinner.
Thursday 9th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Sunday 12th
Pedal Power session - Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Cycling club for people
with learning disabilities. (Info: Jo on 020 8809 7718).
£2.50 fee + bike hire £2.50 (bring your own bike if
you can). Meet at Lea
Valley Cycle Circuit.
2pm-4pm.
Streetmap location
Thursday 23rd
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for
details.
Sunday 26th
Pedal Power session - Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Cycling club for people with learning
disabilities. (Info: Jo on 020 8809 7718). £2.50 fee + bike
hire £2.50 (bring your own bike if you can). Meet at Lea
Valley Cycle Circuit.
2pm-4pm.
Streetmap location
April
2006
Saturday 8th
Pedal Power session -
Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Cycling club for people
with learning disabilities. (Info: Jo on 020 8809 7718).
£2.50 fee + bike hire £2.50 (bring your own bike if
you can). Meet at Lea
Valley Cycle Circuit.
2pm - 4pm.
Streetmap location
Saturday 8th
Bike
boot sale
Your chance to clear out those bits under the stairs and turn them into
money. Book a table for £7.50 through Jonathan on 020 7704
1884 and bring your bits. There'll be plenty of bargains for those who
want to buy, including bikes and all sorts of accessories and bits and
pieces. Entry to the farm is free and well worth visiting if you
haven't before, and its very good cafe is also open.
10am to 2pm at Hackney City Farm, Goldsmiths Row E2
Thursday
13th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for
details.
Saturday 22nd
Pedal Power session -
Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details
same as 8th April.
Thursday
27th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
May 2006
 Sunday 7th
Tree Musketeers Spring 'Tree Wheel'
A cycle tour around the borough to admire its most remarkable trees.
Organised by the Tree Musketeers. Start 10.30 am from Stoke Newington
Common. Meet on the common behind the bus stop. (i.e. on the part of
the common between Rectory Rd, the railway, Brooke Rd and Stoke
Newington Common (road))
The
plan is to finish around 2pm for lunch at the café on the West
Reservoir off Green Lanes. More info from Russell Miller:
tm@km551818.demon.co.uk
Tuesday 9th
LCC Olympics working group
Monthly meeting of this working group which seeks to ensure that the
Olympics developments are beneficial for cycling. All LCC members
welcome.
Venue: Princess of Wales
pub, near Lea Bridge along Lea Bridge Road, E5. NB Meetings may be
subject to change of venue later in the year. Please check with working
group chair Chris Elliott: c.elliottREMOVETHIS@dsl.pipex.com
Thursday
11th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Saturday 13th
Pedal Power session -
Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details
same as 8th April.
Thursday 25th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for
details.
Friday
26th
Cyclists' breakfast
with BBC London 94.9
Drop
by for free coffee and croissants in
Hackney town hall square (Mare Street E8), from where BBC
London will be broadcasting live as part of its 'On
the Road' tour (with the theme 'Is London Fit for
2012?'). Breakfast courtesy
of Hackney's Streetscene department and Hackney Cyclists, with a Doctor
Bike service courtesy of nearby London Fields
Cycles.
7am to 9.30am.
Saturday 27th
Pedal Power session - Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details
same as 8th April.
June 2006
Tuesday
6th
LCC
Olympics working group
Monthly meeting of this working group which seeks to ensure that the
Olympics developments are beneficial for cycling. All LCC members
welcome.
Chair is Chris
Elliott: c.elliottREMOVETHIS@dsl.pipex.com
7pm at LCC office, 2 Newhams Row (Off Bermondsey St), London, SE1
3UZ.
Thursday
8th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Saturday 10th
Pedal Power session -
Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details
same as 8th April.
Wednesday
21st
London Fields Cyclists' Breakfast
 If
your morning route takes you anywhere near London Fields,
join us for fresh coffee and croissants, and while you're eating them,
let Dr Bike give a quick diagnosis of your bike's state of health.
Southern end of London Fields, near the top of Broadway Market.
Supported by London Borough of Hackney Streetscene.
7am - 10am. Streetmap
location
Thursday
22nd
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Thursday
22nd
Peak-hour pitstop is cancelled/postponed - sorry!
Saturday 24th
Bike the bounds
Our annual circumnavigation of
the borders of this diverse borough. It's an absorbing journey of
surprising contrasts, totalling about 20 miles. Followed by
picnic on the East Marsh.
Meet at 1pm in front of Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, moving off in a
counter-clockwise direction.
Streetmap
location
Saturday 24th
Pedal Power session -
Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details
same as 8th April.
Sunday 25th
Cycle tour around Olympics site
What's getting built where, and what will
it all mean for cycle permeability of the area, before, during and
after
the games in 2012? Followed by a café stop on Three Mills
Island. Meet
at 11am at Hackney
Town Hall for a feeder ride to meet groups from other
boroughs at noon under the countdown clock at Stratford
station.
July 2006
Saturday 8th
Pedal Power session -
Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details
same as 8th April.
Dunwich
Dynamo XIV
The fourteenth edition of the Dunwich Dynamo ride and beach party will
depart from London Fields, Hackney, from around 21:00. One hundred and
eighty-one kilometres up the road, the Flora Tea Rooms, Dunwich
Beach, Suffolk, will open for breakfast by special arrangement from
06:00 the following morning. More information from the London
School of Cycling. See you on the beach.
Tuesday 11th
LCC
Olympics working group
Monthly meeting of this working group which seeks to ensure that the
Olympics developments are beneficial for cycling. All LCC members
welcome.
Chair is Chris
Elliott: c.elliottREMOVETHIS@dsl.pipex.com
7pm at LCC office, 2 Newhams Row (Off Bermondsey St), London, SE1
3UZ.
Thursday
13th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Saturday 22nd
Pedal Power session -
Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details
same as 8th April.
Thursday
27th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
August
2006
Saturday 5th
Pedal Power session - Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details same as 8th April.
 Saturday
5th
Summer Bikes in the Park: Shoreditch Festival (in Shoreditch Park)
Learn to cycle, improve your confidence, fix up
your bike. Free lessons for kids and adults. Bikes provided. Beginners
/ Improvers -- control & confidence. Basic maintenance
(punctures
'n stuff). Sick bike? Bring it to Dr Bike. PLUS How much can a bike
carry? Try out the Christiania kids carrier!
Run by STA
Bikes. Numbers limited -- book in advance to avoid missing
out. Call 07726 348483 or email admin @ stabikes . org . uk
Download 'Bikes in the Park' flyers in PDF format: A4 / A5.
Sunday 6th
Summer Bikes in the Park: Shoreditch Festival (in Shoreditch Park)
Contact details as 5th August.
Tuesday 8th
Summer Bikes in the Park: Mabley Green
11am to 3pm. Contact details as
5th August.
Thursday 10th
Summer Bikes in the Park: Hackney Downs
11am to 3pm. Contact details as
5th August.
Thursday 10th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Saturday 19th
Pedal Power session - Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details
same as 8th April.
Thursday
24th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for
details.
September
2006
Sunday
3rd
Feeder ride to Tour of Britain & Bikefest
Join us for a nice easy social ride to The Mall to see
the finish of the Tour
of Britain and TfL's BikeFest.
We'll take the back road route (distance approx 14 miles in total).
Start 12 noon at
the Brooke Road end of
Stoke Newington Common.
Contact is Adam Thompson: 07940 121 513 / adamt@constructionplus.net
>>
Download Hackney
Cyclists' autumn rides flyer (100KB PDF) <<
Saturday 9th
Pedal Power session - Lea Valley Cycle Circuit
Details same as 8th April.
Tuesday 12th
LCC
Olympics working group
Monthly meeting of this working group which seeks to ensure that the
Olympics developments are beneficial for cycling. All LCC members
welcome.
Chair is Chris
Elliott: c.elliottREMOVETHIS@dsl.pipex.com
7pm at LCC office, 2 Newhams Row (Off Bermondsey St), London, SE1
3UZ.
Thursday 14th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for details.
Monday
18th
London Fields cyclists' breakfast
If
your morning route takes you anywhere near London Fields,
join us for fresh coffee and croissants, and while you're eating them,
let Dr Bike give a quick diagnosis of your bike's state of health.
Junction of the two cycle routes in London Fields. A joint production
with London Borough of Hackney Streetscene, to mark the
cycling
day of Good
Going Week / European Mobility Week.
7am - 10am. Streetmap
location
Sunday 24th
West from Writtle, Essex
Nice flat medium-length country ride in Essex going
through Writtle, Pleshey and the Roding villages. 32 miles. Pub lunch stop.
Meet 9:00am Stoke
Newington Common / Brooke Road N16
Contact is Adam Thompson: 07940 121 513 / adamtATconstructionplus.net
>> Download Hackney
Cyclists' autumn rides flyer (100KB PDF) <<
Thursday
28th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page
for
details.
Saturday 30th
East London 'Get
Cycling Day' in Victoria Park
Want to have a go at cycling? Cycle already but need a bit of help?
Come to LCC's Summer of Sport 'Get Cycling!' Day and give it a go.
Bikes -- including those suitable for people with disabilities -- will
be available for try-outs, cycle training taster sessions and short
rides. 'Dr Bikes' will be on hand to check over your bike and show you
how to do basic repairs. Plus plenty of cycling info, freebies and fun
cycling activities.
Runs from 12 noon to 4pm.
Where: Eastern
side of Grove Road entrances
to Victoria Park, E2.
October
2006
Thursday 5th
In search of the mouth of the Lea
Evening social ride along the river Lea to find
where it meets the Thames at Trinity House Wharf, followed by canal
cycle to pub. Meet 6:30pm Stoke
Newington Common / Brooke Road N16
Contact is Adam Thompson: 07940 121 513 /
adamtATconstructionplus.net
>> Download Hackney
Cyclists' autumn rides flyer (100KB PDF) <<
Tuesday 10th
LCC
Olympics working group
Monthly meeting of this working group which seeks to ensure that the
Olympics developments are beneficial for cycling. All LCC members
welcome.
Chair is Chris
Elliott: c.elliottREMOVETHIS@dsl.pipex.com
7pm at LCC office, 2 Newhams Row (Off Bermondsey St), London, SE1
3UZ.
Thursday 12th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See
our workshop
page for
details.
Saturday 21st
Last ever racing at Eastway
The
last official race meeting at Eastway cycle circuit (AKA
Lea
Valley Cycle Circuit.
Road racing in the morning from 10:00 (elite race 13:00), mountain
bikes in the afternoon. More on London
Cycle Sport.
Go along if you'd like to shed a tear before the bulldozers rumble in.
The replacement circuit out in Hog Hill Redbridge has been postponed
for a year due to great crested newts.
Streetmap location
Thursday 26th
Self-help maintenance workshop CANCELLED
Our workshop is homeless. See our workshop page
for
details.
Sunday 29th
South from Coggeshall to the Blackwater Estuary
A medium-length estuary and country ride in the
Blackwater area of Essex, going through Coggeshall, the Layer villages,
Abberton Reservoir and Tollesury. 32 miles. Pub lunch stop.
Meet 9:00am Stoke
Newington Common / Brooke Road N16
Contact is Adam Thompson: 07940 121 513 /
adamtATconstructionplus.net
>>
Download Hackney
Cyclists' autumn rides flyer (100KB PDF) <<
November
2006
Thursday 2nd
Evening social ride north to Edmonton - CANCELLED
Sunday 5th
Autumn tree wheel
Tree Musketeers cycle tour of Hackney's
autumn colour. Details to be confirmed.
Tuesday 14th
LCC
Olympics working group
Monthly meeting of this working group which seeks to ensure that the
Olympics developments are beneficial for cycling. All LCC members
welcome.
Chair is Chris
Elliott: c.elliottREMOVETHIS@dsl.pipex.com
7pm at LCC office, 2 Newhams Row (Off Bermondsey St), London, SE1 3UZ.
Sunday 19th
Greenway and river route to the QE2 Bridge
We ride out from Hackney to Woolwich along the green route,
then along the Thames as far as QE2 bridge, and up to Upminster to get
the tube home. About 25 mile in all. Bring lights and Oyster card with
you or buy on on the day as it will cost the same as paying full price.
Be prepared for some muddy towpaths! Pub lunch. [NB This is a change to the previously advertised ride].
Meet 9:00am Stoke
Newington Common / Brooke Road N16
Contact is Adam Thompson: 07940 121 513 / adamtATconstructionplus.net
>>
Download Hackney
Cyclists' autumn rides flyer (100KB PDF) <<
Tuesday 21st
Self-help maintenance workshop NEW VENUE
First session at our new venue. See our workshop page
for
details.
Thursday 30th
No M11 Link Road Campaign film show
A reminder of the celebrated struggle against the reviled urban motorway link that has been funnelling extra motor traffic into Hackney for the past decade. Free showing of two films: Life in the fast lane by Mayyasa Al-Malazi and Blight by John Smith.
7-10pm,
St John the Baptist Church, Leytonstone E11 (corner of High Road
Leytonstone and Church Lane). Spaces limited. Contact PARC for a freeplace l.crabbe@lcc.ac.uk or phone 020 7514 6625.
December
2006
Tuesday 5th
Self-help maintenance workshop NEW VENUE
See our workshop page
for
details.
Tuesday 12th
LCC
Olympics working group (NB provisional date -- please check with chair)
Monthly meeting of this working group which seeks to ensure that the
Olympics developments are beneficial for cycling. All LCC members
welcome.
Chair is Chris
Elliott: c.elliottREMOVETHIS@dsl.pipex.com
7pm at LCC office, 2 Newhams Row (Off Bermondsey St), London, SE1 3UZ.
REGULAR EVENTS
One-off events | Regular events
Hackney LCC
members' meeting
All members
of the LCC are welcome to come to our monthly meeting on the first
Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm. More details here.
Hackney self-help
cycle maintenance workshop
Sort your bike out!
Second and fourth Thursday of every month. Details.
Little Green Ride
There is a strong Hackney element in the Little
Green Ride which runs every fortnight (since 1991) from Finsbury Park
Station.
An easy paced, on-road ride c.30 miles in
Hertfordshire countryside with pub lunch. Meet at 09.49 Finsbury Park
railway station (by mainline - WAGN - ticket office) for 10.11 train to
Knebworth/Stevenage.
Contact Sue, (sue DOT dorey AT virgin.net) or phone 020 7729 5409 (not
before 11am on Saturday).
This ride runs every other Sunday, for ever.
For more information on LCC rides, see the
'lccrider' email list. It is an information only list, not a discussion
list. To subscribe send an email to lccrider-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
You can then get information, post messages about your rides and put
them into the automatic calender reminder system.
Tower
Hamlets Wheelers rides
Our neighbouring LCC
borough group, Tower Hamlets Wheelers, have a very active rides
programme. Check out the
Wheelers' rides diary.
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