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A Cycling Club For Everyone
Bolsover & District Cycling Club is a large cycling club based in Bolsover, we have over 200 active members and take part in events across a wide range of cycling disciplines including road riding, TT, hill climbs, cyclocross, mountain biking and track as well as others!
Discover all you need to know about the club – find out about us, our social rides, competitive riding, Go Ride coaching for young people, and everything else our club offers. Check out our ride and event calendar to see what’s going on.
Upcoming Events
| Jul 6 Wed 2022 The Wednesday Shifters, Retirees & Slackers road ride leaves from The Pillar at 09:30 AM. The pace will adjust to suit those turning up. We usually have a café stop along the way. Please be self sufficient with pump, tubes, etc. and post on the B&DCC Facebook group page if intending to join. This week’s route will be announced on our Facebook group and can be downloaded from our Shifters, Retirees & Slackers route page. This is an automated repeat calendar event – please check the Facebook group page to ensure the ride is going ahead this week. Jul 8 Fri 2022 Go Ride is suitable for all children riding pedal bikes, ideally with gears, and with two working brakes. The skills young riders will learn are generic across all of cycling’s varied and fun disciplines and will develop a young rider’s confidence and overall cycling ability. Our Go Ride coaches will be providing sessions suitable for all levels of rider ability. In addition to our coaching sessions, we offer family rides on traffic-free, off-road routes suitable for kids and parents throughout the year. There is more information for parents on the British Cycling site here. B&DCC Go Ride session details and family rides are shared via our dedicated B&DCC Go-Ride Facebook Group. Like and Follow our page to keep up to date with our latest sessions, rides and news. Jul 9 Sat 2022  This Saturday’s Cockadoodle Ride is our hilliest offering around The Handleys, Ridgeway and Killamarsh. . Here’s the route on Strava: https://www.strava.com/routes/6625435 You’ll need to be self-sufficient with inners, pump, multitool and the route. It’s a red graded ride so should average around 14-15mph on this route. This Saturdays Sparrowfart will be a red pace ride averaging 15/16mph. Here’s the link to this week’s route: You’ll need to be self-sufficient with inners, pump, multitool and the route loaded. Sparrowfart rides are ‘red’ graded and typically hilly. They normally average around 15/16mph depending on the route. See our Road Ride Rules. Jul 10 Sun 2022 This week’s routes are available to peruse and download via the links below. Please note: The Sunday Social Green route provided below is used at the ride leader’s discretion. The ride leader may choose to provide their own route. See the B&DCC Facebook group for the latest updates. Sunday Social Green Hilly (1 chilli) Please see the ride description located here for details on our new ‘Chilli’ system for pace,terrain and perceived difficulty. All riders are to be self-sufficient with regard to spare inner tubes, pump, tools and the route. New to the club? Turn up at 8:50 AM at the cenotaph and say hello to someone: we’re friendly and you’ll be looked after. Drop us a line at sundayrides@banddcc.org.uk to let us know you’ll be joining us on the ride. Jul 13 Wed 2022 The Wednesday Shifters, Retirees & Slackers road ride leaves from The Pillar at 09:30 AM. The pace will adjust to suit those turning up. We usually have a café stop along the way. Please be self sufficient with pump, tubes, etc. and post on the B&DCC Facebook group page if intending to join. This week’s route will be announced on our Facebook group and can be downloaded from our Shifters, Retirees & Slackers route page. This is an automated repeat calendar event – please check the Facebook group page to ensure the ride is going ahead this week. Jul 15 Fri 2022 Go Ride is suitable for all children riding pedal bikes, ideally with gears, and with two working brakes. The skills young riders will learn are generic across all of cycling’s varied and fun disciplines and will develop a young rider’s confidence and overall cycling ability. Our Go Ride coaches will be providing sessions suitable for all levels of rider ability. In addition to our coaching sessions, we offer family rides on traffic-free, off-road routes suitable for kids and parents throughout the year. There is more information for parents on the British Cycling site here. B&DCC Go Ride session details and family rides are shared via our dedicated B&DCC Go-Ride Facebook Group. Like and Follow our page to keep up to date with our latest sessions, rides and news. Jul 16 Sat 2022 This Saturdays Sparrowfart will be a red pace ride averaging 15/16mph. Here’s the link to this week’s route: You’ll need to be self-sufficient with inners, pump, multitool and the route loaded. Sparrowfart rides are ‘red’ graded and typically hilly. They normally average around 15/16mph depending on the route. See our Road Ride Rules. This Saturday’s Cockadoodle Ride heads out towards Anston, going past the butterfly farm then undulating back to bozzer. Here’s the route on Strava: https://www.strava.com/routes/4417858 You’ll need to be self-sufficient with inners, pump, multitool and the route. It’s a red graded ride so should average around 17mph on this route. Jul 17 Sun 2022 This week’s routes are available to peruse and download via the links below. Please note: The Sunday Social Green route provided below is used at the ride leader’s discretion. The ride leader may choose to provide their own route. See the B&DCC Facebook group for the latest updates. Sunday Social Green Flat (1 chilli) Please see the ride description located here for details on our new ‘Chilli’ system for pace,terrain and perceived difficulty. All riders are to be self-sufficient with regard to spare inner tubes, pump, tools and the route. New to the club? Turn up at 8:50 AM at the cenotaph and say hello to someone: we’re friendly and you’ll be looked after. Drop us a line at sundayrides@banddcc.org.uk to let us know you’ll be joining us on the ride. Jul 20 Wed 2022 The Wednesday Shifters, Retirees & Slackers road ride leaves from The Pillar at 09:30 AM. The pace will adjust to suit those turning up. We usually have a café stop along the way. Please be self sufficient with pump, tubes, etc. and post on the B&DCC Facebook group page if intending to join. This week’s route will be announced on our Facebook group and can be downloaded from our Shifters, Retirees & Slackers route page. This is an automated repeat calendar event – please check the Facebook group page to ensure the ride is going ahead this week. Jul 22 Fri 2022 Go Ride is suitable for all children riding pedal bikes, ideally with gears, and with two working brakes. The skills young riders will learn are generic across all of cycling’s varied and fun disciplines and will develop a young rider’s confidence and overall cycling ability. Our Go Ride coaches will be providing sessions suitable for all levels of rider ability. In addition to our coaching sessions, we offer family rides on traffic-free, off-road routes suitable for kids and parents throughout the year. There is more information for parents on the British Cycling site here. B&DCC Go Ride session details and family rides are shared via our dedicated B&DCC Go-Ride Facebook Group. Like and Follow our page to keep up to date with our latest sessions, rides and news. Jul 23 Sat 2022 This Saturdays Sparrowfart will be a red pace ride averaging 15/16mph. Here’s the link to this week’s route: You’ll need to be self-sufficient with inners, pump, multitool and the route loaded. Sparrowfart rides are ‘red’ graded and typically hilly. They normally average around 15/16mph depending on the route. See our Road Ride Rules. This Saturday’s Cockadoodle Ride is southerly route around Tibshelf and a leg burning Carr Lane to finish. Here’s the route on Strava: https://www.strava.com/routes/4417848 You’ll need to be self-sufficient with inners, pump, multitool and the route. It’s a red graded ride so should average around 14-16mph on this route. Jul 24 Sun 2022 This week’s routes are available to peruse and download via the links below. Please note: The Sunday Social Green route provided below is used at the ride leader’s discretion. The ride leader may choose to provide their own route. See the B&DCC Facebook group for the latest updates. Sunday Social Green Hilly (1 chilli) Please see the ride description located here for details on our new ‘Chilli’ system for pace,terrain and perceived difficulty. All riders are to be self-sufficient with regard to spare inner tubes, pump, tools and the route. New to the club? Turn up at 8:50 AM at the cenotaph and say hello to someone: we’re friendly and you’ll be looked after. Drop us a line at sundayrides@banddcc.org.uk to let us know you’ll be joining us on the ride. Jul 27 Wed 2022 The Wednesday Shifters, Retirees & Slackers road ride leaves from The Pillar at 09:30 AM. The pace will adjust to suit those turning up. We usually have a café stop along the way. Please be self sufficient with pump, tubes, etc. and post on the B&DCC Facebook group page if intending to join. This week’s route will be announced on our Facebook group and can be downloaded from our Shifters, Retirees & Slackers route page. This is an automated repeat calendar event – please check the Facebook group page to ensure the ride is going ahead this week. Jul 29 Fri 2022 Go Ride is suitable for all children riding pedal bikes, ideally with gears, and with two working brakes. The skills young riders will learn are generic across all of cycling’s varied and fun disciplines and will develop a young rider’s confidence and overall cycling ability. Our Go Ride coaches will be providing sessions suitable for all levels of rider ability. In addition to our coaching sessions, we offer family rides on traffic-free, off-road routes suitable for kids and parents throughout the year. There is more information for parents on the British Cycling site here. B&DCC Go Ride session details and family rides are shared via our dedicated B&DCC Go-Ride Facebook Group. Like and Follow our page to keep up to date with our latest sessions, rides and news. Jul 30 Sat 2022 This Saturday’s Cockadoodle Ride is mostly flat, out to Edwinstow then back up the hill to Bolsover. Here’s the route on Strava: https://www.strava.com/routes/6392381 You’ll need to be self-sufficient with inners, pump, multitool and the route. It’s a red graded ride so should average around 17mph on this route. This Saturdays Sparrowfart will be a red pace ride averaging 15/16mph. Here’s the link to this week’s route: You’ll need to be self-sufficient with inners, pump, multitool and the route loaded. Sparrowfart rides are ‘red’ graded and typically hilly. They normally average around 15/16mph depending on the route. See our Road Ride Rules. Jul 31 Sun 2022 This week’s routes are available to peruse and download via the links below. Please note: The Sunday Social Green route provided below is used at the ride leader’s discretion. The ride leader may choose to provide their own route. See the B&DCC Facebook group for the latest updates. Sunday Social Green Flat (1 chilli) Please see the ride description located here for details on our new ‘Chilli’ system for pace, terrain and perceived difficulty. All riders are to be self-sufficient with regard to spare inner tubes, pump, tools and the route. New to the club? Turn up at 8:50 AM at the cenotaph and say hello to someone: we’re friendly and you’ll be looked after. Drop us a line at sundayrides@banddcc.org.uk to let us know you’ll be joining us on the ride. Subscribe |
