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Since it’s formation in March 1998 the club has increased its membership to over 400 children and takes them out on weekend rides and, during the school holidays, on camping trips etc. It has also provided bicycles for a number of them to keep for their own use. These are bicycles that have been supplied by the police as stolen but untraceable and not in a good enough condition for the police to send them to auction. The club has put these bicycles in good condition and made them roadworthy before giving them to children who would never otherwise have one.
The club has introduced some of the more promising members to cycle racing and six of the members completed their first ten-mile time-trial last year. Next year we aim to have a full racing team and compete in both ten and 25-mile time trials.
We also have a BMX racing team which has had considerable success. The club champion, Toby Wehrun, has won ten of the twelve races he has comppeted in.
Another thing we intend doing next year is setting up a Bike-Bus scheme to take children to and from school. This will not only be better for the children participating by making them more fit and healthy, but also reduce traffic congestion near the schools. However, this can only begin when we get some more tandems, and we do not have room for more tandems until our new bicycle storage shed is built, hopefully next spring.
The Club chairman is the Cycling “Get Set” manager for Rochdale and the surrounding area. (The “Get Set” scheme has replaced the Cycling Proficiency Test.) Under this scheme the club trains children from various schools in cycling skills and roadcraft. The club also has links with Scott house where it teaches adults with learning difficulties first to ride a bike and then roadcraft. When they are sufficiently proficient the club takes them out for short rides, - one of the few opportunities the residents get to venture off the premises
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