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Hackney Cyclists diary 2007

ONE-OFF EVENTS

One-off events | Regular events | Bike Week events

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January 2007

Tuesday 3rd
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Tuesday 16th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page for details.

Saturday 27th
Burns Night
Our ever-popular annual Burns Night fundraising supper and dance. Details and tickets.

February 2007

Tuesday 6th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page for details.

Wednesday 7th
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Saturday 10th
Rapha Roller Race
The biggest London roller race this century will be taking place in the ballroom of Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street EC1 from 8pm. See Moving Target for details. 

Tuesday 20th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page for details.

March 2007

Tuesday 6th
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page for details.

April 2007

Monday 1st
The Roding Ramble
A ride inspired by Billy Bragg. Medium but flat ride to find the source of the Roding river. Cycle out to Roding Valley via Barking. Pub lunch stop.
Meet 9:30am Stoke Newington Common, Brooke Rd N16
Organised by Adam Thompson. Contact 07940 121 513 or e-mail adamt@constructionplus.net

Tuesday 3rd
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page for details.

Wednesday 4th
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

May 2007

Tuesday 1st
Self-help maintenance workshop
See our workshop page for details.

Wednesday 2nd
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Monday 14th
Canal towpath 'awareness' session
In the interests of promoting harmonious relations between users of the canal towpath, British Waterways and LCC volunteers will be handing out free refreshments, codes of conduct, and free bells to promote the new custom of 'two tings'. Broadway Market entrance, 7.30 - 9.30am.

Tuesday 15th
Canal towpath 'awareness' session
In the interests of promoting harmonious relations between users of the canal towpath, British Waterways and LCC volunteers will be handing out free refreshments, codes of conduct, and free bells to promote the new custom of 'two tings'. Broadway Market entrance, 5-7pm.

Sunday 20th   
Burnham-on-Crouch river wander
Nice flat country ride in Essex along banks of the River Blackwater from Burnham-on-Crouch to Bradwell on Sea. Pub lunch stop.
Meet 9:30am Stoke Newington Common, Brooke Rd N16
Organised by Adam Thompson. Contact 07940 121 513 or e-mail adamt@constructionplus.net

Tuesday 22nd
Canal towpath 'awareness' session
In the interests of promoting harmonious relations between users of the canal towpath, British Waterways and LCC volunteers will be handing out free refreshments, codes of conduct, and free bells to promote the new custom of 'two tings'. Kingsland Road entrance, 7.30 - 9.30am.

Thursday 24th
Canal towpath 'awareness' session
In the interests of promoting harmonious relations between users of the canal towpath, British Waterways and LCC volunteers will be handing out free refreshments, codes of conduct, and free bells to promote the new custom of 'two tings'. Kingsland Road entrance, 7.30 - 9.30am.

June 2007

Wednesday 6th
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Bike Week 2007 events in Hackney

Saturday 16th
Bike the Bounds
Popular annual ride round the boundaries of the borough. Four or five hours of leisurely cycling to discover the amazing diversity of landscape and streetscape encompassed within one of London's greenest boroughs. Finishes with a picnic on Hackney Marsh. 
>> Depart at 12:30pm from Hackney Town Hall. Streetmap location

Wednesday 20th
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.
>> 7am - 10am. London Fields, E8. Streetmap location

Friday 22nd
Commuter cooldown
Refresh yourself after a hard week's work with music, cocktails and pleasant company.
>> 6pm - 8pm. Corner of Green Lanes and Collins Road, opposite south-west corner of Clissold Park, N16. Streetmap location

Sunday 24th
Epping Forest wooded wonder
Celebrate the Summer solstice by going wild in Epping Forest. We cycle up through Walthamstow to Loughton for lunch, thence to Yardley Hill and back along the River Lea. Pub Lunch stop.
Meet 9:30am Stoke Newington Common, Brooke Rd N16. Streetmap location
Organised by Adam Thompson. Contact 07940 121 513 or e-mail adamt@constructionplus.net

also Sunday 24th
Midsummer Tree Wheel - cycle tour of Hackney trees
A guided ride around a selection of Hackney's wonderful trees, organised by the Tree Musketeers. Meet 10.30 on the Gascoyne Road side of Well Street Common. You might like to bring something to eat for a picnic at the end if it's a sunny day.

Bike Week ends

Saturday 30th
'Cycle racing madness' - a triple bill at the Rio cinema
To celebrate the 2007 Tour de France coming to London, the Rio Cinema in conjunction with Hackney Cyclists is presenting a special programme of film:

LONDON - HOLYHEAD (PG)
(UK 1964) 25m. Ray Pascoe collection.
The longest one day cycle race in the UK. Marble Arch, London was the starting point. Forty riders faced a 5am start and a 278 mile slog to Holyhead. After 11 hours, 47 minutes, Albert Hitchin was first to cross the line with team mate Billy Holmes.
+ POUR UN MAILLOT JAUNE (PG)
(France 1965) dir. Claude Lelouch 25m.
Recognised as one of the best films made about the Tour, Pour Un Maillot Jaune has everything that the Tour was in the 60's - a carnival atmosphere, streams of cars and riders cheered on by adoring roadside fans. A loving testimony to the enduring appeal of the world's greatest bike race.
+ THE FLYING SCOTSMAN (15)
(UK 2007) dir. Douglas Mackinnon 102m.
The remarkable true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. In 1993, as an unemployed amateur, Obree broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, which he constructed out of scrap metal and parts of a washing machine.
+ intro from Ray Pascoe
Entry six pounds. Guarded cycle parking.

July 2007

Wednesday 4th
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Saturday 7th
Mass ride to Tour de France Prologue
Rides from all over London will converge on central London for access to an exclusive London Cycling Campaign viewing position of the start of the world's greatest cycle race. Register online for access. The Hackney ride leaves Hackney Town Hall at 10.30am, but to join it you must register by Monday 2nd July. See you there!

also Saturday 7th
Rapha post-Prologue ride and party
After the Tour de France prologue, at 7pm, clothing company Rapha is leading a mass ride from Speaker's corner in Hyde Park to London Fields for a party. The route will take in Primrose Hill, Highgate and Crouch End. At London Fields there will be a barbeque, drinks, music, a roller race and screens replaying the Prologue. More details and route map on Rapha's site.

Saturday 28th
Dunwich Dynamo XV
From Hackney to the beach at Dunwich. Info from the London School of Cycling and Southwark Cyclists.

Sunday 29th
Thames Estuary escape
Out East along the Thames Estuary past the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge as far as the Hoo Peninsula then back by train. Pub lunch in Dartford.
Meet 9:30am Stoke Newington Common, Brooke Rd N16
Organised by Adam Thompson. Contact 07940 121 513 or e-mail adamt@constructionplus.net

August 2007

Wednesday 1st
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Thursday 30th
Free cycle surgery
Safety checks, minor repairs and registration of your bike on immobilise.com, courtesy of Queensbridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
9am to 1pm, Evergreen Square, E8

Friday 31st
Free cycle surgery
Safety checks, minor repairs and registration of your bike on immobilise.com, courtesy of Queensbridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
9am to 1pm, park wardens' building, London Fields, E8

September 2007

Monday 3rd
Free cycle surgery
Safety checks, minor repairs and registration of your bike on immobilise.com, courtesy of Queensbridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
9am to 1pm, London Fields Lido, E8

Tuesday 4th
Free cycle surgery
Safety checks, minor repairs and registration of your bike on immobilise.com, courtesy of Queensbridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
9am to 1pm, Broadway Market, E8

Wednesday 5th
Free cycle surgery
Safety checks, minor repairs and registration of your bike on immobilise.com, courtesy of Queensbridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
9am to 1pm, London Fields railway station, E8

Wednesday 5th
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Thursday 6th
Free cycle surgery
Safety checks, minor repairs and registration of your bike on immobilise.com, courtesy of Queensbridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
9am to 1pm, Broadway Market, E8

Friday 7th
Free cycle surgery
Safety checks, minor repairs and registration of your bike on immobilise.com, courtesy of Queensbridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
9am to 1pm, Queensbridge Centre, E8

Sunday 16th
Open House weekend ride
A gentle potter around our good borough visiting interesting and unusual buildings which are revealing their inner charm for Open House weekend. In a twist to the organised ride formula, you'll be able to help decide where we go and which ones we visit. You can easily peel off at any time as we will be staying within the borders of Hackney, but there'll be free tea & cake for those staying till the last visit (around 5pm).

Meet at 12 noon on the corner of Rowe Lane and Urswick Road. More info: 07903 606330

Sunday 23rd
London Freewheel
Mass ride on central London roads closed to motors, including the whole of the Victoria Embankment. Tens of thousands of people will be taking part. More info on LCC website. NB You do not have to register to join in, contrary to the impression given on the Freewheel website. These are open public streets, and you can walk and cycle on them as usual. The only restriction is on the movement of motors.

We will be leading a feeder ride from Hackney town centre to the Victoria Park hub and from there into the City to join the Freewheel motor-free route. Meet 10.15am outside Hackney town hall.

Sunday 30th
Hackney Cyclists picnic
Picnic on London Fields, close to Pub on the Park, from 1pm onwards. Please bring food, drinks, bikes and friends. Meet other LCC members in an easy-going atmosphere; no campaigning work involved. In case of bad weather, we'll meet inside the pub instead.

October 2007

Wednesday 3rd
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Saturday 13th
Pedal Power session - Finsbury Park
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 the basketball courts opposite the café. [Map]
1pm-3pm.

Saturday 27th
Pedal Power session - Finsbury Park
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 the basketball courts opposite the café. [Map]
1pm-3pm.

November 2007

Wednesday 7th
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Saturday 10th
Pedal Power session - Finsbury Park
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 the basketball courts opposite the café. [Map]
1pm-3pm.

Saturday 17th
Rapha roller race: Culture Clash II
A grand night of roller racing, featuring a four-way clash between teams of bicycle couriers, cycle journalists, media folk and a ‘dark horse’ Dutch team made up of unnamed riders. The 500-metre sprints will be staged in a boxing ring, pitching rider against rider for added intensity and drama. The night also includes a ‘Have-a-Go’ Race: the chance for anyone to test their skills on the rollers with the best times going through to a final on the main stage. The event takes place at the Classic Car Club, 250 Old Street, London EC1 from 7pm until 1am. Entry is £10 on the door with £2.50 going to Leuka; a leukemia research charity. Tickets can also be bought from the Rapha web site for £8.

Saturday 24th
Pedal Power session - Finsbury Park
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 the basketball courts opposite the café. [Map]
1pm-3pm.

Friday 30th
Hackney Cyclists' Winter Warmer - POSTPONED!
The forecast was for strong winds and rain, so we're postponing our first Hackney Cyclists' Winter Warmer for a drier day. Stay tuned for updates -- or just let us surprise you one of these dark evenings with a mug of hearty soup and a hunk of crusty bread.

December 2007

Wednesday 5th
Monthly meeting
See our meetings page for details.

Friday 30th
Hackney Cyclists' Winter Warmer
Hot soup, crusty bread and mince pies for homeward-bound commuters.
>> 5-7pm London Fields, E8. Streetmap location

Saturday 8th
Pedal Power session - Finsbury Park
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 the basketball courts opposite the café. [Map]
1pm-3pm.

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 has run every fortnight (since 1991) from Finsbury Park Station. From late May 2007 it is switching to a quarterly frequency.

The Little Green Ride (LGR) is 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).

The LGR ride runs every other Sunday until 27th May 2007, from which time it will switch to the quarterly frequency. Please see the LCC rides and events page to find out the new dates for this and other rides all across London. 

You might also like to subscribe to the 'lccrider' email list (an information only list, not a discussion forum). You can then get information, post messages about your rides and put them into the automatic calendar reminder system. To subscribe send an email to lccrider-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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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