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A cycling club is a society for cyclist
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
s. It can be local or national, general or specialised. The Cyclists' Touring Club
Cyclists' Touring Club

CTC, sometimes, though not usually, called by its formal name, the Cyclists' Touring Club, is the United Kingdom's largest cycling membership organisation....
, CTC) in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 is a national association; i-Team and are internet clubs; the Tricycle
Tricycle

A tricycle is a three-wheeled vehicle. The term may or may not include Three_wheeled_vehicle, depending on the law or local preference....
 Association, Tandem
Tandem bicycle

The tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating arrangement instead of the number of riders....
 Club and the Veterans Time Trial Association, for those over 40, are specialist clubs. Members of specialist or national groups often belong to local clubs.






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A cycling club is a society for cyclist
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
s. It can be local or national, general or specialised. The Cyclists' Touring Club
Cyclists' Touring Club

CTC, sometimes, though not usually, called by its formal name, the Cyclists' Touring Club, is the United Kingdom's largest cycling membership organisation....
, CTC) in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 is a national association; i-Team and are internet clubs; the Tricycle
Tricycle

A tricycle is a three-wheeled vehicle. The term may or may not include Three_wheeled_vehicle, depending on the law or local preference....
 Association, Tandem
Tandem bicycle

The tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating arrangement instead of the number of riders....
 Club and the Veterans Time Trial Association, for those over 40, are specialist clubs. Members of specialist or national groups often belong to local clubs. Other groups support leisure cyclists or campaign for improved facilities for cyclists. The London Cycling Campaign
London Cycling Campaign

The London Cycling Campaign is a campaign group pursuing better conditions for cyclists in London. Its vision is to make London "a world-class cycling city."...
, Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 69 countries.In contrast to many other NGOs operating internationally, Friends of the Earth International is structured from the bottom up as a confederation of groups....
, and Greenwich Cyclists are examples of campaign groups.

Activities

A cycling club's activities vary from one aspect of cycle sport to a range of cycling and social activities. Racing clubs organise competitions for members and others, including track cycling
Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles.Track racing is also done on grass tracks marked out on flat sportsfields....
, cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races take place typically in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount in one motion....
, road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on Road cycling , using racing bicycles. The term 'road racing' is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first at the end of the course ....
 and time trials
Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a Road bicycle racing in which cycling race alone against the clock . There are also track time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials ....
). They may also organise training and have or qualified coaches. For most competitive cyclists belong to a club affiliated to one of the national racing associations, such as British Cycling
British Cycling

British Cycling is the national sport governing body for bicycle racing in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man....
 and Cycling Time Trials
Cycling Time Trials

Cycling Time Trials is the United Kingdom road bicycle racing organisation which supervises individual time trial and team time trials in England and Wales....
 in the UK. They often race in their club's colours.

Cycling clubs may offer touring
Bicycle touring

Bicycle touring is a leisure travel activity which involves travelling by bicycle for the pleasure of the journey rather than through need or to race....
, weekly club rides (traditionally on Sunday mornings), regular meetings and social events.

Sponsorship

Some clubs are sponsored by commercial organisations. Riders advertising in return for the support.

Names

Many clubs are named after their home town or district. Some have no connection, such as the in south Wales
Wales

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, Zenith CC in Leicester
Leicester

Leicester is a city status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England. It is the county town of Leicestershire....
, Gemini BC in north-west Kent
Kent

Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
.

Some call themselves Road Clubs or use a foreign title such as Coureurs or Velo. Examples in Britain are Warrington
Warrington

Warrington is a large town, borough status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley....
 Road Club and Archer RC
Archer Road Club

The Archer Road Club is a cycling club in London, England. The club has produced national, UCI Track World Championships and Olympic Games champions....
); Clayton Velo, , Rugby Velo, Thames Velo, VC Elan, VC Londres or Velo Sport Jersey all use foreign names that reflect the origins of cycle-racing in France. Another common title is Wheelers.

Some names have roots in political or social movements. The National Clarion Cycling Club
Clarion Cycling Club

The Clarion Cycling club was formed in Birmingham England in 1894 renamed from the Socialists Cycling Club.By 1895 after its first annual Easter Meet at The Isaac Walton Hotel the Clarion became the National Clarion Cycling Club....
 spread socialist propaganda by bicycle in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The name remains - Fenland
Fenland

Fenland is a Non-metropolitan district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in March, Cambridgeshire, and covers the neighbouring market towns of Chatteris, Whittlesey, and Wisbech ....
 Clarion, Nottingham
Nottingham

Nottingham is one of the three major city status in the United Kingdom in the East Midlands and is in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England....
 Clarion, Bury
Bury

Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester....
 Clarion, etc) - but the politics have gone. Other names reflect historical religious allegiance, such as Manchester
Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
 St Christopher's Catholic Cycling Club) or jobs: RAF CC, Northumbria
Northumbria

Northumbria is primarily the name of both a medieval petty kingdom of the Angles people, in what is now north east England and southern Scotland, and of the earldom which succeeded it when a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom became England....
 Police CC, GB Fire Service Road Team, Army Cycling Union. Others evoke the wandering nature of cycling - '34 Nomads, Altrincham
Altrincham

Altrincham is a market town within the Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground south of the River Mersey about southwest of Manchester City Centre, south-southwest of Sale, Greater Manchester and east of Warrington....
 Ravens, Lewes
Lewes

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and gives its name to the Local government district in which it lies. The settlement has a long history as a bridging point and as a market town, and is today an important communications hub, and tourist-orientated town....
 Wanderers, Colchester
Colchester

Colchester is a town, and the largest settlement within the Colchester , in Essex, England.It has a population of List of English cities by population....
 Rovers - or an aspiration: Norwood
Norwood

Norwood may refer to:...
 Paragon, Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
 Phoenix, Dulwich Paragon.

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