Our Non Member and Club Rides

Rides to suit everyone

WOW Ride Calendar –see what’s currently available

Explaining the different types of rides – what’s best for you?

There is something for all level of riders – road or off-road, slower or faster paced, shorter or longer distances, few lumps and bumps or full-on hill climbing – it’s all here

We love welcoming riders of all abilities. You might want to develop your cycling confidence on the road or in a group, or develop your stamina and speed. Perhaps you’re already an accomplished cyclist

Whatever your motivation we hope  Women on Wheels has something for you, so for details of rides keep an eye on the WOW Ride Calendar and on our Facebook page 

It’s also fun to arrange informal rides amongst friends. Guidance on how to do this is here.

Club Bike Rides

We offer a whole range of club rides from beginners to advanced.  Some of our rides will be led using the British Cycling Breeze programme and others include non-Breeze club rides also led by trained leaders. The only difference you’ll notice is the way in which the leaders manage junctions on a ride.  Breeze rides take the worry out of decision making at junctions as leaders will marshall you out, while on non-Breeze rides you’ll make your own decisions at junctions.

Each ride will be published on the Let’s Ride website, and if you are a member of the closed Facebook group too you will also receive notifications for each ride.  Please make sure you read ALL of the blurb BEFORE you sign up for the ride, to make sure it’s the right ride for you.

Please also make sure that you are comfortable with the essential skills required for each ride BEFORE signing up.  If you are not comfortable then please message the ride leader to help you consider whether this ride is suitable for you, as if it’s not it can spoil the ride for others, as well as be detrimental to the safety and efficiency of the group.  We do also put on coaching sessions to help develop your essential group riding skills, so keep an eye open for those.

Each ride notice will tell you: who the leader(s) is, where you will need to meet, the distance, the pace, what you need to bring and any other important information.

WOW Steady

With our WOW Steady, we start to introduce the pace of the ride.  We highly recommend that you join our Strava group – www.strava.com/clubs/Wowworcs as this will give you a good idea of how fast you are riding and will help you to choose which level of the ride is suitable for you.  We will build your confidence in riding in a group, as well as introduce pointing out hazards to other riders.   Note these rides are now only suitable for hybrids and road bikes.

• Up to 25 miles
• AVERAGE pace of 10-12mph
• Quiet country lanes, mostly flat, may have some hills
• Suitable for hybrids and road bikes only

If you have already joined us for a Steady Ride and feel ready to progress onto the next level then why not check out WOW Introduction to Intermediate.

WOW Intermediate

Your riding in a group is pretty slick now, you are comfortable riding in a tight group, pointing out hazards, as well as signal and drink from your water bottle while riding .

Please ensure you are comfortable with these essential skills BEFORE coming out on one of our Intermediates.  If you are not comfortable then please consider whether this ride is suitable for you, as if it’s not it can spoil the ride for others, as well as be detrimental to the safety of the group and make it extremely difficult for our volunteer ride leaders to manage the group too.

• up to 35 miles
• 12-13mph AVERAGE PACE
• A mixture of quiet country lanes, some busier roads, undulating, flat or hilly 
• Road bikes ONLY

If you are comfortable with one of our Intermediate rides and would like to progress to the next level then why not check out our Introduction to Advanced ride.

WOW Advanced

These rides are suitable for riders who regularly ride over 30 miles at an average pace of 13-15mph, who can ride in a tight group, point out hazards and drink while riding.

• Over 35 miles
• 13+ mph AVERAGE PACE
• A mixture of quiet country lanes, some busier roads, undulating, flat or hilly 
• Suitable for road bikes ONLY

WOW Fitness Rides (Summer evenings ONLY)

In the Summer months, we offer fitness rides which are usually on a Wednesday evening.

These rides are predominantly faster-paced rides which are short loops of around 4-5 miles.  We aim to ride these loops three or four times with each loop getting gradually quicker. They are a great way to help build your fitness and stamina, as well as improve your group riding skills.  For these rides, you need to be a bit more self-sufficient, so the opportunity to drop out of any loop is always there for you.  The rides don’t stop but will often end up with some well-earned refreshments at the pub afterwards.