Essex Roads Cycling Club

Go-ride Racing at Redbridge Cycling Centre on Sunday 8th December.
See Go-ride page.

Our Next Sportive is Essex Roads Spring Lambs, to be held on Sunday, 6th April 2014.
To find out more and to book your place. See www.essexsportive.com.

Essex Roads Club Kit Sale - 50% off and just in time for Christmas
To find out more Click here.

Essex Roads Quiz Night
Please Note: Essex Roads Cycling Club Quiz Night due to be held on Friday 6th December has been cancelled. Apologies to those who will be disappointed.

Congratulations to Colin Ward for coming first in SPOCO!
Colin gets a Gold Medal and Trophy. Well done also Essex Roads CC first team. Gold Medals and Trophies to Colin Ward, Andrew Shaw & Matt Haigh. For more Essex Roads winners see the full results. Click on Sporting Courses Points Competition 2013.

Attention Lady Riders!
The Breeze network is British Cycling’s national network of bike rides for women. These rides are FREE group bike rides led by women, for women. The attached document has more information including how to become a Breeze Champion in your area & get FREE training & clothing.
See Breeze Poster
See below latest events

Club Awards
For 2013 we would like to draw attention to all the events which qualify for awards and encourage even more members to participte. Detail of the awards and trophies that can be competed for can be found in the Club Rules.
For 2 of these awards events have been nominated as follows:-.
The E.G. Bates Cup shall be awarded for the best average handicap speed for the following three 25m time trial events.
29 Mar 2013 ECCA 25m E9/25
02 Jun 2013 ECCA 25m E1/25B
26 Aug 2013 Essex Roads 25M E9/25
The New Era Championship Shield shall be awarded on a points / handicap placing basis for the following 10m, 25m, 30m and 50m time trial events.
6 May 2013 ECCA Festival 10m E91/10
19 May 2013 Essex Roads 24m E22/24
29 Sep 2013 Lea Valley 30m E1/30
07 Jul 2013 Southend Wheelers 50m E21/50

Kiera's Day at the Newport Velodrome 25th November
Kiera was very happy to have been selected for the next training session with the talent team on the 25th November where she spent 6 hours training at Newport. See more...., photos and video

Billericay Circular Cycle Ride
In order to bring further leisure cycling to the local area, Essex Roads Cycling Club has recently worked in cooperation with Billericay Town Council to produce a 15 mile cycle route taking in the best sights of the country within the locality. Essex Roads officially cycled the route on Saturday 1st October 2011 after meeting at Billericay train Station. This is a lovely ride, so please try it out!

Cyclists and Horses
We’ve had communication from Sustrans asking us to be understanding in the way we interact with horses ridden on the counties roads. In full recognition and agreement Essex Roads Cycling Club has developed a protocol for its riders to follow so as to reduce the risk of horses becoming frightened by passing cyclists. If you are an Essex Roads Member then please read the Sustrans Code of Conduct and follow our ERCC protocol for passing horses on Essex roads.

Bike store discounts
Did you know that by joining Essex Roads Cycling Club you can get generous discounts in some local bike shops! On production of your membership card Herongate Cycles in Herongate will be able to give you very good deals on an array of bikes and equipment, and Biketrax in Brentwood are able to give you 10% off any shop price listed, as well as Yellow Jersey Cycles in Billericay. So, there’s every reason to enjoy your cycling even more with Essex Roads CC.

. . . . . and we are still welcoming new members :-

Have you ever thought just how you might start cycling with a club? Did you know that every Sunday we organise four types of rides: novice, touring, club and training rides so you can pick the distance and speed to suit you best - then graduate to the next group up as you get fitter. We even do early-bird rides on a Sunday starting at sun rise. Everything is possible with Essex Roads!

And we don’t just cycle on-road, we go off-road riding too. Practically every other Saturday we organise off-road rides in all parts of our beautiful county. We also organise off-road and on-road trips and endurance rides. You can experience this too with Essex Roads!

Are you a youngster who is keen to take up cycling – we are a registered British Cycling Go-ride club and can start you off in the right direction.

Are you a more mature rider and have waited long enough to achieve your cycling ambitions – many of our riders are in their 60’s and 70’s and cycle every week! Are you a lady cyclist – we have many lady members in our club, and families too. All these things are possible with Essex Roads!

How about taking part in a time trial – a race against the clock like they do in the Tour de France? We organise weekly events of this type from April all the way through to August. Have you thought about competing in national time trials along with riders from other clubs – our members take part in many ECCA events each year.

Ever thought of riding a sportive . How about developing your fitness in the dry over the winter – every Wednesday we hold a winter turbo training class right through from October to March to develop your core fitness and cycling techniques. This is happening with Essex Roads!

And in 2013 we are going even further! We’re introducing more member benefits so that you can save even more on your cycling by becoming a member of our rapidly expanding club – we increased our membership last year to just short of 300 club members! We are working on developing more events and expanding our portfolio of activities to appeal to even more cyclists. Above all, we are turning into a cycling club for everyone. Come and meet us and we will turn you into the cyclist you want to become!