Propel is a cycling club based in Telford. Formed at the end of 2018 by local cyclists, it is designed to provide a sociable group riding atmosphere with an emphasis on safety and good riding etiquette. The Club is registered with British Cycling and the Cyling Time Trials (CTT), to allow members to time trial, and is a member of the Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association (SCCA) for local time-trialling. They are predominately a road club; some members opt for gravel and mountain biking as well, but the road is the most common way of accessing the sport, so you will need a bike designed for road use (some people refer to these as racing bikes) with gearing and equipment to make your ride safe, enjoyable and above all comfortable and to manage your energy usage efficiently. Propel offer Saturday and Sunday club rides that are ridden as a group. Saturday is aimed at building up to longer distances, so 90 minutes to 2 hours at a pace that ensures everyone is comfortable. Sundays alternate between a 30-35 mile ride and a 40-50 mile ride, allowing members to build fitness or opt to stay at a distance they are happy with, always with a café stop approximately mid-way. The Club do expect that before taking part in a Sunday ride you are happy with riding the distance, as getting half-way and having to ride back tired and possibly unwell will spoil your enjoyment and future experience (they will always look after you, but first and foremost you need to look after yourself). Propel commit to keep the number of riders in any group to a manageable size for safety and enjoyment. The Club has agreed a policy that limits the maximum number of riders in any group on the road to 12, after this point the ride will split into multiple groups heading either to different locations or the same location with a defined gap between them to ensure that they do not bunch up later. This is not only for the rider’s safety, but also to ensure other road users are not faced with long lines of cyclists that are difficult to overtake on the county’s often narrow roads. For more information, please follow the related link to visit their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/propelcc Shropshire Cycling Clubs Association website. https://shropshirecca.uk/ British Cycling website. https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/ We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.
