Rides and Events

Bedgebury Forest Cycle Club is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Our ethos is to support off road cycling in the South East based at Bedgebury Forest. We welcome members that join for leisure and shared interest, maintaining an inclusive attitude for fitness and ability.

Rides & Events Schedule

The free basic skills session for adults is  09:00-09:45 at the training area. The social club ride starts from the meeting point at 10:00 until 12:00

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Group Skills Session (Adult Coaching)

This is a 45 min group coaching session that covers basic skills of balance and bike handling with two of our coaches. It’s designed for beginers and intermediates but useful to anyone who wants brush up on core skills and loose some bad habits. We begin at 9am at our training area so it’s good to arrive about 10mins before. To find the training area from the meeting point (photo below), proceed up the gravel road to the crossroads. At the crossroads, continue up the hill and look for a turning to the right about 10mins walk from the crossroad.  There will usually be a Bedgebury Forest Cycle Club flag on the side of the road. Google map link to training area.

After the 45min session, we invite you to the 10am club ride where you’re welcome to practice and discuss skills along the way. There is no charge but for your second session we ask you to become a member costing £15 per year.

If you have any questions please get in touch via our contact form.

Saturday Club Rides at Bedgebury

If you’d like to do a group ride with us please consider joining a Saturday morning club ride. This is a time where we welcome newcomers and provide support for beginer and intermediate riders. These points cover questions we’re often asked:

• Any off road bike is ok from gravel to electric bikes as long as it’s in reasonable condition
• The pace is managable with many stops along the way to regroup faster and slower riders
• If you feel like you may not have the fitness to complete 14km in 2hrs we offer shortcuts when needed
• If you want to bring your child to ride with we can also offer shortcuts if needed
• There are British Cycling qualified coaches on every ride if you want to ask for skills advice
• All coaches have recieved first aid training
• You can do a first ride with us without membership but after that we’d like you to join. It’s £15 per year.
• About once a month we do a basic skills session with a group at 9am at our training area.

For the club ride we meet about 09:50 at the meeting point with the signs at the start of the gravel road next to the bike wash (photo below). We set off at 10:00 and return for 12:00.

If you have any questions please get in touch via our contact form.

Meeting point

The meeting point in the car park is at the start of the lower gravel road heading up into the forest. There are signs on the post for Go Ape and also signs for cycle route information and a large map. There’s also a circle of large rocks of about knee height. This is opposite Quench Cycles and the bike wash.