If you’re quick, places are still available on tomorrow’s Women’s Freedom Ride in Central London. London Cycling Campaign increased the number, so if you tried before and didn’t succeed, it’s worth trying again. And we’d love to see you on our ride from Redbridge to join the main ride (and bring you safely back!) Don’t forget to book places on both rides if you need them. Booking links are on our rides page here.

It’s going to be cold like today so dress accordingly. There won’t be much time to stop at a cafe, so we’re recommending you bring something to eat. And one correction: the Elizabeth Line will be closed east of Stratford, so come with us or cycle part of the way.

See you tomorrow!

The Women’s Freedom Ride is a London wide event that will begin at Marble Arch on Sunday 5 March at 11.30.

We will be leading a ride from Redbridge, with a choice of three starting points in the borough, to meet up with the main event and of course bring you safely home afterwards.

Details and booking links are on our rides page here.

We look forward to seeing you on the ride.

Redbridge Cycling Campaign’s 2023 rides season is about to kick off with more rides planned than ever.

The first big event is the Women’s Wonder Ride in Central London on Sunday, 5 March. International Women’s Day is the following Wednesday.

For a major programme of rides, we need more marshals, so if you fancy your hand at marshalling, please come along and have a go. It’s fun and really isn’t that difficult.

Redbidge Cycling Campaign’s own marshal training session will start from Wanstead Park Tea Hut on Sunday 19th February at 2 pm. Please just come along, or email us at redbridge@lcc.org.uk. We especially want to put in a plea for female marshals to help with the Women’s Wonder Ride.

There is also marshal training organised centrally by the London Cycling Campaign:

26th Feb, 10:00-12:30, Clerkenwell https://lcc.org.uk/default-events/ride-marshal-course-clerkenwell/

26th Feb pre-ride recce starting at Marble Arch, meet at 12:50 for 1pm start https://lcc.org.uk/default-events/pre-ride-recce/

If you live in Redbridge and sign up for one of the central sessions, we’d love to know about it, so please email us on redbridge@lcc.org.uk.

Come back to this page for more details of our rides programme as it unfolds. We hope to see you on your bike soon!

Read Redbridge Cycling Campaign’s response to this initiative by the London Borough of Redbridge here.

Thank you to all thirty of you who responded to the rides survey.

All your answers have been pored over with great interest by the rides organisers. What you enjoy most is learning new routes, meeting other cyclists and you especially love our marshals, who make you feel safe. There are some great ideas for improvement, such as start points in different parts of the borough and training rides of gradually increasing distance as the season progresses.

The opening rides of the 2023 season will be announced soon so come back to this page to be the first to sign up!