Want to get on your bike? Worried about cycling? If you are female and interested in building your confidence then Ealing Joyriders women bike rides are for you.
Joyriders organise fully led bike rides, for women, by women to help women gain confidence in their riding skills to the point where they are happy and comfortable riding a bike independently. Ealing Joyriders offer great bike rides at different levels to help build your confidence cycling around the area on their organised bike rides.
Upcoming bike rides include:
A Social Bike Ride for Women for Beginner+ level: cafe stop at Osterley Park
Saturday, 29 March 2025 from 10:00 to 14:00
This is a slower paced women’s only ride suitable for anyone who can pedal, brake and steer the bike and is comfortable on quiet roads, shared use paths and cycle lanes. The ride will be led by experienced ride leaders. The ride is approximately 10 miles. Meet at 10:00h by Ealing Council on the corner of Uxbridge Road and Longfield Avenue.
Please bring with you:
- A helmet if you wish to wear one
- Water and Snacks
- Money/Card
- Spare inner tube for your own bike
- A bike lock for your own bike
- Suncream if needed
About Joyriders
JoyRiders provide support to get women on their bikes. 30% of women say they would like to ride their bike regularly. Many perceived barriers have prevented these women from getting on a bike:
- 50% think the roads are too dangerous, or they lack the confidence
- 30% do not own a bike
- One in ten are worried they will be laughed at, for being the ‘wrong’ shape or wearing the ‘wrong’ things
- A third don’t know anyone to ride with, or don’t know how to find routes.
Their rides start at true Beginner level – short, social, stop/start slow rides to a spot for coffee and cake, then back again…covering 5 miles over 2 hours. Then Beginner+ steps up the distance – and (marginally) the speed. Also offered are Intermediate rides, then – when and if participants want to – onto Commuter and more Advanced rides. Their aim is for participants to ride independently. So far JoyRiders have helped 1000s of women to do this and want to help at least tens of 1000s more.
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