Our Current Rides Program

Section Secretary: James Dawton Tel: 01865 327969
Rides Secretary: Richard Morris Tel: 01865 739123

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All rides start at Broad Street, Oxford (outside Oxford Campus Store), unless otherwise stated.

All kinds of bike welcome

– within reason!

Read about our new half-day rides for 2012

Those of you who are familiar with City’s rides will see below that we have adopted a revised programme for the New Year, keeping the tried and tested all-day Sunday rides, but adding new half-day rides, which we hope will attract a different clientele.

As always, our Sunday rides start (usually at 9.30am) outside the Campus Store in Broad Street, Oxford. However, depending where you live, you can now choose to join us at coffee instead of at the start.

We always try to vary our rides from week to week and our loops go out in all directions from the centre of Oxford. We avoid main roads as far as possible and always ride at a leisurely pace to accommodate the slowest rider, stopping for coffee after about an hour and then lunch in a pub, where the food ranges from soup or sandwiches to a full Sunday roast (depending on the pub and the appetite of our riders).

Distances range from 40-55 miles in winter to 70 miles in summer, when the longer and warmer days provide an opportunity to explore more distant routes, perhaps even stopping for tea on the way home. Our Sunday rides are a social occasion, and while some may enjoy the odd burst of speed up a hill, we always stay together as a group for the whole of the ride. An experienced cyclist will lead the ride and a second rider will bring up the rear to make sure no one gets lost.

Our new half-day rides have made it easier than ever for busy or inexperienced riders to leave the group at the coffee stop (after an hour or so). Those who live outside Oxford will find it easier to join the ride for coffee since we now publish the estimated time of arrival at the café. Please contact the ride leader beforehand if you have any queries or doubts.

It is important, before coming on the ride to make sure that your bike is in good working order. We recommend carrying spare inner tubes, a bicycle pump and plenty of water. It is also advisable to carry extra clothing and waterproofs if the weather is changeable.

New riders do not have to be a CTC member to come on the rides, but if they cause any injury, damage or loss to the public or fellow cyclist, they may incur liability. CTC members are covered for such, under the Club’s third party/public liability policy.

Children are welcome on our rides but must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

DATE and start time	Options – with estimated arrival times at coffee	Distance back to start	LEADER
1^st Jan 10.30	Note late start. No coffee stop. Ride straight to early lunch in Bicester	30	Helen 07958 933 627
2^nd Jan	Social event: Potluck lunch & walk in Marston. Meet at Stephen & Ellen’s 10am. Phone or email for details of what to bring etc: walk@133.me.uk	n/a	Stephen & Ellen 01865 721189
8^th Jan 9.30	Half-day Coffee Weston on the Green eta 10.40	24	Ann Bergin
	Full day Lunch: Deddington	40	John 07706 995 967
15^th Jan 9.30	Half-day Coffee Millets eta: 10.30	25
	Full day Lunch: Sutton Courtenay	55	James 01865 327969
22^nd Jan 9.30	Half-day Coffee Lower Heyford eta: 10.45	28	Ann Bergin
	Full day Lunch: Church Enstone	45	Robert 07979 501 089
29^th Jan 9.30	Half-day Coffee Waterperry eta: 10.15	15	Lucy Wright
	Full day Lunch: Towersey	40	Helen 07958 933 627
4^th Feb 6.00 for 6.15	Social event: Pot Luck Supper & video at Peter & Eileen's, Kennington.	n/a	Peter & Eileen 739997
5^th Feb 9.30	Half-day Coffee Woodstock eta: 10.15	16
	Full day Lunch: Finstock	40	Richard 01865 739123
12^th Feb 9.30	Half-day Coffee Abingdon eta: 10.45	20	Marion Windsor
	Full day Lunch: Hailey	45	James 01865 327969
19^th Feb 9.30	Half-day Coffee Aston eta: 10.45	30	Ellen Lee
	Full day Lunch: Faringdon	45	Richard 01865 739123
26^th Feb 9.30	Half-day Coffee Chalgrove eta: 10.30	22	Amanda Wrigley
	Full day Lunch: Wallingford	50	Jo
4^th Mar 9.30	Half-day Coffee Ewelme eta: 10.45	27	Ann Bergin
	Full day Lunch: Checkendon	45	Richard 01865 739123
11^th Mar 9.30	Half-day Coffee Waterperry eta: 10.20	16
	Full day Lunch: Towersey	45	John 07706 995 967
18^th Mar 9.30	Half-day Coffee Witney eta: 10.40	22	Ann Bergin
	Full day Lunch: Hilltop Garden Centre, Ramsden	45	Stephen & Ellen 01865 437456
25^th Mar 9.30	Half-day Coffee Lower Heyford eta: 11.00	30
	Full day Lunch: Wendlebury	45	Helen 07958 933 627