London Dynamo offers more club rides, more route and pace variety than any other London club. Our cycling club rides are for adult members only. To find out how junior members can participate in junior club rides, please contact us here.
Our most popular weekly ride, held in Richmond Park for more than 20 years. Groups of 8 ride four anticlockwise laps of the park’s road circuit (approximately 26 miles/42 km) in through-and-off formation. It’s a great way to learn or hone your group riding skills.
Saturdays also host our Dynamellow ride at the same meeting point, starting half an hour after the main Saturday Park Ride above. These rides are for members who would prefer to ride at a slower, less competitive pace. Ideal for newcomers, slower riders, those recovering from injury, or members putting new skills into practice. Oh, did we mention it’s also only three laps. This ride has an absolute ‘no drop’ policy.
Saturday Park Rides meet at Pen Ponds Cafe car park at the seasonal times below:
07:45 February: 4th Saturday to March: 3rd Saturday
07:30 March: 4th Saturday to October: 2nd Saturday
08:30 October: 3rd Saturday to February: 3rd Saturday
Surrey Hills and Windsor weekly rides. Cyclists need a regular long endurance ride to improve fitness. This is ours. Depending on the weather and the members who turn up that day, there are usually groups heading out to Windsor or the Surrey Hills and sometimes even further afield! Distances average 50-62 miles/80-100km. Every Sunday, you will also find a non-drop group heading off to the same destination but with a ‘no one left behind mantra’, ideal for newcomers or anyone who has never ridden that distance before. Bring a pump, inner tubes, drink and energy food. The midway point is a stop at a friendly cafe for a well earned sticky bun, coffee and friendly banter.
Sundays also host our Sunday Explorer rides. The focus of these rides will be to ride varied flat and/or hilly routes into the Surrey or Kent Hills and even to the Chilterns or Essex. They will be paced at a slower steady pace. The clue is in the title, they are designed to explore and enjoy our beautiful countryside and lanes. Wait at the top, no drop style ride. Typical distances of 50 miles/80km and includes cafe stop. Same departure point and start time as the regular Sunday Ride above.
Sunday Rides meet each week at 8.30am at Hampton Court train station car park.
This ride is run both Tuesdays and Thursdays but the destination varies. For those lucky few who don’t need to be at work… or prefer not to. Known to its disciples as the Slackers Ride. The destination can vary but is usually Surrey Hills on a Tuesday. Pace is steady, though faster riders can be accommodated in split groups, and the rides include a cake stop. Distances are approximately 50 miles/80km.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30am. Meet at Dish Cafe opposite Hampton Court Train Station.
Also known as the WNR. A midweek hard workout for experienced riders and racers. The ethos of this ride is ‘turn up, get dropped‘. It’s fast and unrelenting. When its all finished, expect a warm pat on the back from the friendliest bunch of cyclists you could hope to meet. We ride Richmond Park laps. Distance is approximately 28 miles/45 km.
Wednesdays, usually 6:45pm up to a 7:15pm start depending on the daylight. Meeting point is at Roehampton Gate car park next to Colicci cafe. Check the Forum for more details.
This ride is run both Tuesdays and Thursdays but the destination varies. Known to its disciples as the Slackers Ride as its aimed at those lucky few who don’t need to be at work… or pretending to be working form home…wink wink. The destination can vary but is usually Windsor on a Thursday. Pace is steady, though faster riders can be accommodated in split groups, and the rides include a cake stop. Distances are approximately 50 miles/80km.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30am. Meet at Dish Cafe opposite Hampton Court Train Station.
Whether you prefer women-only rides or mixed group rides, or even a bit of both, the choice is entirely yours.
For those who are already members, we aim to organise a women-only ride once per month, details of which are shared in the women’s London Dynamo WhatsApp group. This WhatsApp group is also used regularly to communicate other ad-hoc plans and find people to ride with.
Throughout the year, we also aim to host a couple of women’s open days in which women who are not currently members can take the opportunity to join a women-only ride with us, usually followed by a coffee and socialising at a local cafe.
For more information about our women’s rides, please contact our Women’s Captain.
Junior rides are available to both male and female members (14-17 years), and generally mirror those offered to the wider membership. Riders are placed in appropriate groups with a view to their skills and capabilities.
We use a Chaperone System with an identified adult club member. This ensures that a Junior receives advice and support as required. Parents/guardians are kept advised on the rides offered on a weekly basis, and are also aware which of the club rides their Junior is attending.
We also hold epic rides throughout the year.
The annual round the island tour of the Isle of Wight has two route lengths. A longer and hillier full circumnavigation of the island and a shorter gentler route. The club provide supports cars and a social lunch stop is organised for a well earned break.
The famous London-Brighton-London ride on closed roads. Typically leaving from Wandsworth common, this route follows the classic route to Brighton and then loops back to our starting point in Wandsworth. In Brighton we stop for a well earned breakfast.
The Big Ride encourages everyone to socialise and get to know their fellow Dynamo. Offering both a short and long routes, this is a non-drop ride on a classic route in the Surrey Hills. Routes may vary every year. The ride is followed by a stop in a pub for social refreshments.
The annual Christmas Ride to Windsor departs from Dish Cafe. We ride to Windsor and return to our spiritual home in Richmond Park where we eat a hearty club Christmas lunch in a nearby pub. These rides will be advertised on our club Forum as well as our social media.
The club Forum is very active with members self-organising groups to ride some of the UK’s favourite Sportives including the Kentish Killer, the Hell of the Ashdown, the Dragon Ride and many other classics. Members even travel together to ride some of the most prestigious international Sportives or endurance races including the Maratona Dles Dolomites, La Marmotte, Mallorca 312 and L’Etape du Tour. None of these Sportives or endurance races are affiliated in any way with London Dynamo and require members to self-organise.
London Dynamo is a British Cycling affiliated cycling club.