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welcome @Nibbles! We are actually putting on a special ride of all our new members who are joining up today. So far its me, you and @jeremy_clarkson

hey John, welcome to the club!

Sorry for the slow reply, but yes, you are very welcome to come on our rides! We are encouraging all our new members to join an introduction to club cycling session, so please do that if you can.

If you are new to club riding take a look at our guide to riding in a group, it will be a big help. http://forum.islington.cc/conversations/687/ We are a friendly bunch and will help you out if you have any questions.

oh no! Hopefully see you out on a ride soon!

hi @Ivan.B if @The_Other_Rob haven't yet confirmed your membership I'm sure they will soon. You'll be sent instructions and a voucher to collect your jersey.

In the mean time your welcome to come on our rides! We are encouraging all our new members to join an introduction to club cycling session, so please do that if you can.

If you are new to club riding take a look at our guide to riding in a group, it will be a big help. http://forum.islington.cc/conversations/687/ We are a friendly bunch and will help you out if you have any questions.

hi @Barney if @Sir_Shannonball or @The_Other_Rob haven't yet confirmed your membership I'm sure they will soon. You'll be sent instructions and a voucher to collect your jersey.

In the mean time your welcome to come on our rides! We are encouraging all our new members to join an introduction to club cycling session, so please do that if you can.

If you are new to club riding take a look at our guide to riding in a group, it will be a big help. http://forum.islington.cc/conversations/687/ We are a friendly bunch and will help you out if you have any questions.

Great. I hope you have a great ride

Hi @PRC

Yes, just rock up on Sunday and say hi. It would be great to have you along. We are encouraging all our new members to join an introduction to club cycling session too, so please do that as well if you can.

You've probably seen that there are several rides at different speeds on a sunday morning and they will all be introduced to you as the riders split into different groups. Its probably best to start with a C ride and take a faster one next week if you found the C ride too slow. If you are new to club riding take a look at our guide to riding in a group, it will be a big help. http://forum.islington.cc/conversations/687/ We are a friendly bunch and will help you out if you have any questions.

Hi there, Its great to hear your thinking of joining us. You'd be very welcome on our rides, just say hello when you arrive and someone will introduce you.

Club kit its not essential, in fact during winter when most people are wearing winter jackets the number of people without club kit will outnumber the people with it. You certainly won't be the only person sticking to their favorite bits of kit. However there are lots of reasons we like people to wear our kit and it is actively encouraged. It helps a lot with organising groups and keeping everyone safe. At the end of the day its up to you.

Hey Richard ( @user37385 ), if you are paid up, you are a member! Its as simple as that. Welcome to the club.

Mosquito will have a stock of jerseys so you should be able to pop in and pick one up. I think they get a list of new members, but taking your email receipt along can't hurt. @paul.b organises the club kit so he can probably confirm for us if that is correct.

p.s. In the event we have run out of your size don't fear - there is a new batch due for delivery in the next couple of weeks.

there might be a delay but check your using the same e-mail address on the forum as the one you used to join the club too.

welcome along!

It might not be obvious, but we are a friendly bunch and anyone in an ICC jersey should be able to introduce you to the group. As there are normally at least 3 different rides on offer the ride leaders will gather everyone around and give a short description of who is leading what ride before they set off too.

hi all,

Its great to see that we are nearly fully booked for this club intro ride. 3 space left! Looking forward to meeting you all on the 20th.

Thanks for setting this up Rob, i'm looking forward to the session.

Yes @Francis you would be very welcome - but be warned tomorrow various members of the club are encouraging people to wear their most ugly cycling jersey so we won't be looking our best!

If you get to Whittington Park a little early and say hello someone will introduce you to the club and answer any questions you have. See you tomorrow.

Jez,

If your confident in a chain gang then i think it would be fine for you to ride either session tomorrow. We are always welcoming new members. 7am is faster than 8am. I'm not really sure what the groups average speeds are. The best thing to do is to turn up, introduce yourself and ask the other riders about joining in. I'm also running a session in the inner circle tomorrow on group riding skills and chaingangs etc which you might also like to come along to.

Cheers!

Hi @thomaswillan,

We run the Saturday morning laps of Regents park, at 7am this is a fast training ride, typically a chaingang. We also run a chaingang during the winter months after work on Wednesday nights, during the summer this ride is replaced by the North London Hills ride which is a pretty good work out too, finishing with some big efforts on Ally Pally and Muswell Hill.

There is a small, but growing number of us road racing. I'd not say that ICC was a serious racing club but we have ambitions to build in this area. The club is only a year old so anything is possible. We have some coaching coming up, and riders entering local RRs and TTs regularly. There are also some trips to more mountainous parts coming up.

Everyone is welcome to come and join in. If your already a strong rider and comfortable riding in a group then you can take your pick of where to start. Take a look at the post I've written above but basically just get involved. I'd recommend joining the forum discussions about the rides your hoping to do so you can say hello or arrive a little early to a ride and chat to people. .

We are encouraging new members to go on either the monthly "Introduction to club cycling ride" or the "Group Riding Skills workshop". This helps us keep safe and get more out of the rides.

Craig, no problem. I hope you enjoy the intro ride.

Hi Craig @user6958

Yes your very welcome to come along to our rides. We are very happy for newcomers try out a few rides before becoming a member but to make sure everything is safe and welcoming take a look at the description of the rides we offer and our guide to riding in a club to check that Thursday is the right one for you.

If you've never done any group/club riding before we have a few sessions to show you the ropes. I'm running a session at 9am on Saturday that would be a great place to start. I'll be instructing other new riders on the do's and don't of club cycling. Maybe you've seen the event on our forum: http://forum.islington.cc/events/172/ There is also the monthly "Intro to club cycling ride"

Looking forward to meeting you on a ride soon.

There are lots of options for your first ride with us - just choose the one which seems best for you. If your not sure about the etiquette of riding in a group read our guide and talk to the ride leader before you set off. Once you've read the guide your ready to come along but if your unsure please ask or consider waiting for one of the monthly "intro to club riding sessions" or "group riding skills sessions".

Weekly rides on sundays are split in 3 groups:
C 35-45 miles average pace 12-14mph
B - 55-65 miles average pace 13-15mph
A - 65 miles + average pace 15-18mph

Then the 8am ride on Saturday Mornings in Regents Park could also be good place to start.

Hope to see you on a ride soon!

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6.30 inner circle seems to be the place to be.

yeah, i was planning on going. i don't usually get the chance.

You can join online at

http://islington.cc/#membership
or
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/club/subscriptions?&club_id=2040

Welcome to the club!

ha, I spent so long deciding what the average speeds were @Laura beat me to it.