Sunday Club Ride Information
Sunday club rides leave at 9AM from the Chipping Sodbury Clock Tower with Club rides ranging between 35-70 miles. We split our rides into 3 categories: Green, Amber and Red to help display the level of difficulty depending on mileage and elevation combined.
The first Sunday of every month is a Green ride of approximately 35-45 miles. It is a great opportunity for new members to join the club and understand what we are all about. On all rides there will be a coffee stop planned for approximately half-way for that essential coffee & cake re-fuel. Amber and Red rides are for more experienced cyclists and range from 50-70miles with a range of elevation.
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You must have the route downloaded on either your phone or cycling device. The route is only accessible to members, so if you are new then please contact us via our Facebook page or email where we can supply the GPX route, this will also let us know you're attending.
If you do not let us know in advance, then you may be turned away from the club ride.
Please do get in touch with us if you are new to cycling and we will do our best to support you in your riding endeavours. Green rides are a great place to start if you're looking to gain some initial bike fitness and skills to build up to longer rides. We also recommend checking out the Wednesday evening social rides as per below.
Sunday Club Groups
We operate different ability groups for each ride:
Social ~14mph
Maybe it's rest day, maybe you are newer to cycling, maybe you just want to chill out and enjoy the social side of cycling. Riding for the joy of cycling itself.
Medium ~15.5mph
A more relaxed pace, but still clicking down kilometres to the café stop. For those who want to still chat while riding but also want a good tempo.
Fast 17+mph
For those looking to stretch their legs, the faster riders who want to be at the front and pushing on. Take your turn in the wind if you have the legs for it or hang near the back for a tow if your tyring out the group. If you find out too late that the pace is a bit high just communicate to the group, if necessary you can also change to the medium group at the café stop.
Our Sunday club rides are no drop rides.
Summer evening rides
Wednesday Summer Social ride
6pm at the Clock Tower, average 14MPH
Non members welcome!
In the summer months we offer a Wednesday social rides, leaving from the clocktower at 6pm, although the time may change which will be posted on the Facebook pages. These rides, however, are a strict 'non drop' ride and are ridden at the social pace of approx. 14mph. The focus is on catching up with fellow riders, and having a chat whilst riding on quiet country roads. There is no requirement to be a club member to attend these rides however all those who attend will need to adhere to the clubs code of conduct. We hope that any individual who does attend will see the benefits of Sodbury as a club and will join the Sunday rides in the future.
The routes
To provide a variation from week to week, the following 3 routes will run, on rotation, and shared via our Facebook page ahead of each Wednesday evening. All routes provide an opportunity of a pub stop for some refuelling near the end. We kindly request that you download the route in advance and rely on your own navigation.
Sodbury Social - Tresham | 47.0 km Cycling Route on Strava
SCS Social - Thornbury | 55.1 km Cycling Route on Strava
Sodbury Social - Sherston | 45.3 km Cycling Route on Strava
Thursday Chain Gang
6pm at the Clock Tower, average 20MPH+
For those riders looking to stretch those legs, and give it a big push, our club members often organise a Thursday evening chain gang. As with the social ride it will start at 6pm from the Clocktower. The details and updates to these rides is shared via our members only Facebook page and will require you to be a member to see such updates.
Routes vary but typically last between 25-35miles. Example route below.
Sodbury Chainy | 44.4 km Cycling Route on Strava
Useful information.
Whilst we will try to keep the group together as much as possible, it is a drop ride anticipated to average 20mph+
We ride as a pace line, rotating in a clockwise direction. We ride steady but hard, no surging as you pull through, or on any risers we have found roughly 1 min turns on the front work but this can change depending on rider strength.
Remain behind the rider in front, no half wheeling- Communication is key!
We roll out from the clock tower , remaining neutralise until the top of Old Sodbury
Club Activities Calendar
All riders must adhere to the code of conduct.
All club rides are planned in accordance with the club ride risk assessment.