Longer Social Rides
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Longer social rides take place on alternate Sundays, usually from City Square, Oakwood Clock, Pudsey Cenotaph or Moortown Co-op. Rides usually start between 8.30am in summer and 9.30am in winter.
Send an email to LCAGsocialrides@googlemail.com – for more information or for fortnightly e-mail updates. Most rides are 50 miles plus, although some shorter rides are organised occasionally. These rides are of a social nature. We don’t ride very fast and there is always a cafe or pub for lunch. Click here to read this years ride reports. For earlier ride reports, click over on the right hand side. Click on the main photo to view pictures from the latest LCAG longer ride. |
Cyclists from the Saturday Easy Riders shorter rides and the Sunday longer rides meet to go on a joint event    Riding through Roundhay Park, Leeds     Wyeback cycle route to Temple Newsam          On route towards the A-63 M1 link road, Leeds  Shared use Cycle and pedestrian path alongside the A-63  Leaving the A-63 and entering the grounds of Temple Newsam, Leeds  Returning through Primrose Valley section of Leeds Cycle Network on route to Roundhay park  Wyeback section of Leeds Cycle network   Roundhay Park, Leeds    Christmas lunch at the Roundhay Fox Pub     'Christmas tree' style hat with accompaning lights                               
Photos by Steve Jones |
| Date | Start time | From | Destination | Navigator | Dist (m) | Possible short cut/Notes |
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| 16/10/11 | 09.00 | City Square | Pollington | Frank | 60 | Train Knottingley, Pontefract or Castleford |
| 30/10/11 | 09.00 | Moortown | Skipton | Ian | 55 | Train Skipton or Ilkley |
| 13/11/11 | 09.30 | Moortown | Summerbridge | Jon | 50 | Train Harrogate |
| 27/11/11 | 09.30 | City Square | Bingley | Steve H | 50 | Train Bingley |
| 11/12/11 | 10:00 | Moortown | Tockwith (Cyclists Carol Service) | Andy G | 50 | Train Cattal |
| 17/12/11 | 09.30 | Roundhay Park | Christmas ride (NB This is on saturday – there will be a short ride followed by lunch – booking for lunch required) | Jon | 12 | |
| 08/01/12 | 09.30 | TBC | New Year Ride | Steve J | 40 | |
| 22/01/12 | 09.30 | City Square | Dewsbury | Barry | 40 | Train Dewsbury |
| 05/02/12 | 09.30 | Moortown | Ilkley | Steve H | 40 | Train Ilkley |
| 19/02/12 | 09.30 | Moortown | Burnsall | Andy G | 50 | Train Ilkley |
| 04/03/12 | 09.30 | Moortown | Knaresborough | Matt | 40 | Train |
| 18/03/12 | 09.30 | Oakwood Clock | York | Jon | 55 | Train York |
| 01/04/12 | 09.30 | TBC | A foolish ride! |
For location of start points, click on the links below…
Steve Jones says:
Hello,
I’d like to say that the new website design is a massive improvement on the previous one both in terms of the layout and the ability to give feedback.
Having attended the social rides for sometime an extra bit of information for new riders which might useful could be the distance for each ride if riders take the short cut. This may encourage more people to give the rides a go.
28 November 2009, 2:22 pmJon Farley says:
Thanks for the positive feedback Steve – I will pass on your suggestion to ride leaders and see if they can provide an approximate short cut mileage. I assume you mean where people can take the train back? There is also the ‘breakfast option’ where people join the ride as far as the breakfast stop and then return by their own route. If anyone is planning to do this remember to bring a map so you can find your way home!
28 November 2009, 6:25 pm