cycling
With social road, coached track and (soon to be the return of ) indoor training, we offer a bike session for you!
Club Ride
Our twice-monthly Club Rides are friendly, social outings focused on good company, steady miles, and, of course, a well-earned cake stop. Most routes are 70–90 km with a few hills to keep things interesting, but the emphasis is always on riding together rather than racing.
These uncoached, member-led rides are best suited to those with some road experience. We ride in small groups of similar speeds (usually 6–8 people) so everyone feels comfortable and no one gets left behind. It’s a relaxed, supportive way to build confidence, meet others, and explore local roads.
Please bring a well-maintained road or TT bike and appropriate kit.
Foundation Ride / Try Angle Ride
Our monthly Foundation Ride offers the same relaxed, social feel with shorter routes (around 40–50 km), fewer hills, and a higher cake-to-kilometre ratio. Routes may be loops or point-to-point with a train home.
The occasional Try Angle Ride is perfect if you’re new to group riding or getting to know the club. These shorter, easy-paced rides avoid busy roads and often include laps of Richmond Park.
You’ll need to arrange your own bike. On occasion club members are willing-and-able to arrange lending one to new riders within the club - the best place to reach out is in the WhatApp groups.
We’d love to have you along.
Cycling: Speed and Endurance Intervals (Velodrome)
Our training at the iconic Herne Hill Velodrome (a 450m outdoor tarmac track) offers fun, structured sessions designed to build confidence and help you unlock new speeds on the bike. The traffic-free environment allows our coaches to run skills drills and interval training at a range of intensities that aren’t possible (or legal) on the roads. You’ll be grouped with riders of similar ability, and if you’re new to the track, the coach will give you a short introduction and guide you every step of the way.
Cycling: Spin / Brick
We’re bringing back Spin in Spring 2026
A cycling session designed to develop and maintain bike fitness in a structured, coach-led environment. This includes a series of carefully designed intervals that build endurance, increase power, and improve cycling efficiency. These indoor sessions are a convenient way to simulate real-world cycling challenges such as hills, sprints, and tempo efforts, allowing riders to train at specific intensities that match their own fitness level.
Some sessions include a short (optional) brick run immediately after cycling. These runs help the legs adapt to running on tired muscles, improve cycling-to-running transitions, and enhance both endurance and strength.
Our Cycling Captains James & Kevin look after all things bike at the club. You can speak to them at training or contact them via email.
As bike captains, their goal is to help and facilitate what you want to get out of your riding. This includes building confidence on the bike, introduction to the range of what cycling has to offer, organise social riding and promote events, including racing. If in doubt about what is going on or if you have ideas on your own you would like to promote, it’s easy: just get in touch.
Bike Captain / Kevin Watson
Coming from a marathon running background, Kevin joined the club in 2022 to give triathlon a try. Since then he's completed a number of triathlon events, including a couple at Ironman distance.
Kevin often leads the social rides on a Sunday morning (as much for the cake as for the cycling) and is a regular at the Friday velodrome sessions.
Bike Captain / James Cleaves
James joined Windrush around 2023. You can find him at some of our local crit races and he’s a great proponent of getting on the velodrome, and hitting those off-road tracks and trails.
