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CAMDEN CYCLIST
Camden Cyclists’ News Summer 2016 Website: www.camdencyclists.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] @camdencyclists on Twitter emailing list: camdencyclingcampaign-‐ [email protected]
Bring your bike for a check up and advice as to how to fix it. You'll work on your own bike with help from an experienced mechanic. Workshops are held jointly with Transition Kentish Town. They are free, but donations are welcome. http:// tinyurl.com/ngdxj8v Join us for drinks at the Abbey Tavern nearby, after the Workshop. Contact jeandollimore.net
BIKE WEEK Wednesday 15 June 8am -.10am Cyclists Breakfast Somers Town Community Café 150 Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE Join us for croissants, chat and information. Our breakfast is now in its nineteenth year! Thursday 16 June 4pm -7.30pm Doctor Bike, Regent’s Park Sunday 19 June 10am - 3.30pm Camden Peripherique Family fun ride to ‘beat the bounds’ of Camden. Bike checks, if wanted from 9.30,Leave 10.30 from Camden Town Hall, Bidborough Street, WC1H 9JE http://tinyurl.com/j7q5mwk
WINNERS!
2016 London Cycling Awards Best Borough Infrastructure Scheme
WINNER: Tavistock Place, Camden
We were delighted to see Camden has been a winner in this year’s London Cycling awards. The newly-‐widened Tavistock Place cycle tracks are still on trial, however and we will need YOUR support when the scheme’s permanent implementation goes out to consultation later in the year. We would hate to lose the results of many years of hard work to the shouts of vocal anti-‐ cyclists!
Dates For Your Diary
Sunday 5 June 2016 10.30am -3.30pm Camden Cyclists' Lea Valley Ride Family oriented ride to the Lea Valley, along the towpath and back via Finsbury Park. Lunch at a cafe by the river or bring your own. Easy paced with time to look around and visit the nature reserve. 18 miles on (mostly) quiet roads, cycleways and towpath. Meet at entrance to cycle route by tennis courts off Highgate Road NW5 1RP at 10.15 for 10.30 am start. Monday 6 June 2016 6.30-8.30pm Kentish Town Bike Workshop Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road, London NW5 2AJ Also 4 July, 1 August & 5 September.
Members’ Meetings Primrose Hill Community Association, 29 Hopkinsons Place, NW1 8TN. Meetings are usually held on the third Monday each month at 7.30pm. We have a business/committee meeting at 6.30pm to which all interested cyclists are welcome. Monday 20 June 7.30pm - 9.30pm Monthly meeting. Audrey de Nazelle will discuss her research into Cycling in the Urban Environment. Monday 18 July Max Goldzweig & Emily Conradi will talk about cycling Americas’ length. Monday 15 August Monday 19 September
Summer Rides Sunday 26 June 11.00 am - 4.30pm North London Parks ride. Meet Highgate Road NW5 1RP by Tennis courts on Highgate Road. Short ride, some off-‐road. Sunday 10 July 2.15pm -5pm Ice Cream Ride Meet Sidings Community Centre NW6 2BA for a gentle circuit of ice cream parlours Saturday 30 July Prudential Ride London Freecycle We will be leading feeder rides to this event, probably from Swiss Cottage, but have not yet finalised times and details. Please check our website nearer the time.
Help Needed! At our recent AGM, our Co-‐ordinator, Angela Hobsbaum, announced she was stepping down in the autumn. We are immensely grateful for Angela’s tremendous work over the last two years;. Thanks! We will need one or two dynamic and able volunteers to take on the many rôles of this post -‐ liaising with Council, speakers, & membership, organising events, co-‐ordinating campaigns etc. Please contact us via the website if you feel able to help. Keeping up the Pressure
Thames Towpath Ride Geoff led a glorious ride from Sidings, through Hammersmith and Barnes, up toChiswick and back His full, illustrated report is on http://tinyurl.com/zweogz9
Boris opened two Superhighways, the day after the mayoral election. The opening was a deliberately low-‐key affair to deter the attendance of antagonists. The new Mayor is not the active cyclist Boris was and is more likely to cave in to pressure from anti-‐cyclists and it’s essential that all the achievements of the last few years are sustained and augmented. Sadiq Khan signed up for ‘Sign for Cycling’ and we must hold him to that. The new Super highways are proving very successful and we must strive to get many more built. Websites Our website has had a makeover and now features many up-‐to-‐date news items in the ‘News from Elsewhere’ section on the front page. Thank you, Steve for keeping us all abreast of developments! The Cycling Embassy of Great Britain has a new myth-‐ busting site http://cyclingfallacies.com/en/ to help dispel common fallacies about cycling, cyclists and infrastructure
This looks like a very useful tool. Cyclehack.com is an international movement which holds multi-‐day events during which participants work on developing tools to overcome barriers to cycling. We were privileged to have Eliza Shaw address our AGM about a forthcoming CycleHack in London from 24-‐26 June.
Here’s hoping for many more sun-‐soaked summer rides!
Camden Cyclists’ News Summer 2016 Website: www.camdencyclists.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] @camdencyclists on Twitter emailing list: camdencyclingcampaign-‐ [email protected]
Bring your bike for a check up and advice as to how to fix it. You'll work on your own bike with help from an experienced mechanic. Workshops are held jointly with Transition Kentish Town. They are free, but donations are welcome. http:// tinyurl.com/ngdxj8v Join us for drinks at the Abbey Tavern nearby, after the Workshop. Contact jeandollimore.net
BIKE WEEK Wednesday 15 June 8am -.10am Cyclists Breakfast Somers Town Community Café 150 Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE Join us for croissants, chat and information. Our breakfast is now in its nineteenth year! Thursday 16 June 4pm -7.30pm Doctor Bike, Regent’s Park Sunday 19 June 10am - 3.30pm Camden Peripherique Family fun ride to ‘beat the bounds’ of Camden. Bike checks, if wanted from 9.30,Leave 10.30 from Camden Town Hall, Bidborough Street, WC1H 9JE http://tinyurl.com/j7q5mwk
WINNERS!
2016 London Cycling Awards Best Borough Infrastructure Scheme
WINNER: Tavistock Place, Camden
We were delighted to see Camden has been a winner in this year’s London Cycling awards. The newly-‐widened Tavistock Place cycle tracks are still on trial, however and we will need YOUR support when the scheme’s permanent implementation goes out to consultation later in the year. We would hate to lose the results of many years of hard work to the shouts of vocal anti-‐ cyclists!
Dates For Your Diary
Sunday 5 June 2016 10.30am -3.30pm Camden Cyclists' Lea Valley Ride Family oriented ride to the Lea Valley, along the towpath and back via Finsbury Park. Lunch at a cafe by the river or bring your own. Easy paced with time to look around and visit the nature reserve. 18 miles on (mostly) quiet roads, cycleways and towpath. Meet at entrance to cycle route by tennis courts off Highgate Road NW5 1RP at 10.15 for 10.30 am start. Monday 6 June 2016 6.30-8.30pm Kentish Town Bike Workshop Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road, London NW5 2AJ Also 4 July, 1 August & 5 September.
Members’ Meetings Primrose Hill Community Association, 29 Hopkinsons Place, NW1 8TN. Meetings are usually held on the third Monday each month at 7.30pm. We have a business/committee meeting at 6.30pm to which all interested cyclists are welcome. Monday 20 June 7.30pm - 9.30pm Monthly meeting. Audrey de Nazelle will discuss her research into Cycling in the Urban Environment. Monday 18 July Max Goldzweig & Emily Conradi will talk about cycling Americas’ length. Monday 15 August Monday 19 September
Summer Rides Sunday 26 June 11.00 am - 4.30pm North London Parks ride. Meet Highgate Road NW5 1RP by Tennis courts on Highgate Road. Short ride, some off-‐road. Sunday 10 July 2.15pm -5pm Ice Cream Ride Meet Sidings Community Centre NW6 2BA for a gentle circuit of ice cream parlours Saturday 30 July Prudential Ride London Freecycle We will be leading feeder rides to this event, probably from Swiss Cottage, but have not yet finalised times and details. Please check our website nearer the time.
Help Needed! At our recent AGM, our Co-‐ordinator, Angela Hobsbaum, announced she was stepping down in the autumn. We are immensely grateful for Angela’s tremendous work over the last two years;. Thanks! We will need one or two dynamic and able volunteers to take on the many rôles of this post -‐ liaising with Council, speakers, & membership, organising events, co-‐ordinating campaigns etc. Please contact us via the website if you feel able to help. Keeping up the Pressure
Thames Towpath Ride Geoff led a glorious ride from Sidings, through Hammersmith and Barnes, up toChiswick and back His full, illustrated report is on http://tinyurl.com/zweogz9
Boris opened two Superhighways, the day after the mayoral election. The opening was a deliberately low-‐key affair to deter the attendance of antagonists. The new Mayor is not the active cyclist Boris was and is more likely to cave in to pressure from anti-‐cyclists and it’s essential that all the achievements of the last few years are sustained and augmented. Sadiq Khan signed up for ‘Sign for Cycling’ and we must hold him to that. The new Super highways are proving very successful and we must strive to get many more built. Websites Our website has had a makeover and now features many up-‐to-‐date news items in the ‘News from Elsewhere’ section on the front page. Thank you, Steve for keeping us all abreast of developments! The Cycling Embassy of Great Britain has a new myth-‐ busting site http://cyclingfallacies.com/en/ to help dispel common fallacies about cycling, cyclists and infrastructure
This looks like a very useful tool. Cyclehack.com is an international movement which holds multi-‐day events during which participants work on developing tools to overcome barriers to cycling. We were privileged to have Eliza Shaw address our AGM about a forthcoming CycleHack in London from 24-‐26 June.
Here’s hoping for many more sun-‐soaked summer rides!
