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On Yer Bike in Finchley and MoveThat.co.uk's London Cycling Forum

Not only are more people riding bikes these days, but more and more of them will be using the web (and blogs in particular) to tell others about it. One great potential use of blogs is to encourage people to join up on group rides. This may not make much sense if one is living in a quiet village in the English countryside, but believe me -- once you've ridden in London traffic, you understand the importance of pedalling as a group ...

On Yer Bike in Finchley

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Waitrose, North Finchley: Starting point for group rides

I've just come across this very new blog, written by someone in my neighborhood: On Yer Bike in Finchley. Until I saw it, while I realized that there were group rides organized by the London Cycling Campaign, I wasn't aware of spontaneous, self-organized community rides as well.

MoveThat.co.uk's London Cycling Forum

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Many of those can be found on MoveThat's London cycling forum, a place alive with people asking others to ride together. This is where I first read about the group rides being offered on On Yer Bike in Finchley.

After I attempt my first group ride, I'll write something up here.

Comments

November 2006 is this current? I've just moved to Finchley and have 2 bikes that need dirtying-up.

Can't access blog as this is my office email and we're blocked from such harmful stuff;0)

Someone please email me about when these rides take place - keen to get going again

Tim