Joining a cycling club can be a brilliant way to challenge yourself and push your riding that little bit further. It’s easy to cut a ride short because you’re worn out when you’re pedalling alone, but when you have a pack of enthusiastic comrades pushing you along, your pride will force you to carry on.

Cycling clubs are also brilliant for socialising with like minded riders. Clubs often put on special events and races as well as organising touring holidays together and nights down the pub to discuss training tactics.

British Cycling and CTC The National Cycling Charity both have a handy club finding tool on their websites and Meetup even has an interactive map of cycling clubs across the globe for your perusal.

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