Thursday 19th March 2026
Garden City Wheelers
We are a social cycling group and we ride on the third Thursday of every month. We cycle in North Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire and occasionally into Cambridgeshire. The distance covered is anything up to 30 miles. Our group is supported by The Forty Plus Cycling Club and is of mixed experience and ability, so all adults are welcome. We welcome e-bike riders. We aim these rides at beginners and those who haven't cycled for a while. We will ride at the speed of the slowest rider. We meet at the Fountain in Broadway Gardens for a 10:30 am start and ride to a pub, garden centre or café for lunch.
Please check the LALG newsletter or the group events section of this website for our destination, approximate mileage and an idea of the terrain.
We aim to cycle all year round, weather permitting.
Please read the safety guidance about group cycle rides as linked below.
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Safety Information: Cycling Rules
Contact Details
Stuart C - 07710 507069
Group Events
Thursday 16 April 2026, 10:30am
Thursday 21 May 2026, 10:30am
Thursday 18 June 2026, 10:30am
Thursday 16 July 2026, 10:30am
Thursday 20 August 2026, 10:30am
Group Articles
Thursday 19th Feb 2026
This morning's ride was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Thursday 15th January 2026
Ride cancelled due to inclement weather
Thursday 18th December 2025
Ride cancelled due to inclement weather
Thursday 20th November 2025
Todays ride was cancelled due to the cold conditions and the potential for ice.
Codicote - SpokesCycles
21st November 2024
This ride has been cancelled due to the cold weather and the risk of ice!
Codicote & SpokesCycles
Thursday 18th July 24
It was a nice warm sunny day. A nice ride over to Codicote with the thought of their famous cheese toastie on arrival at Spokes. A total of 11 cyclists but not all came with us, we were met there by three members. It was such a nice day, so the lunch was a little longer than usual. The ride back was in various small groups depending on their destination.
LGC and return was a total of 25 miles.
Thursday 16th May 2024
The Pegston ride was cancelled due to the weather conditions.
Thursday 21 March 2024
Five of us set off from Broadway Gardens, myself, Mia, John H, John D and Geoff P took the lead for Shuttleworth Aerodrome. We were met at Arlesey by Nige and Paul F. We decided to split into two groups with myself, Paul, John H and Geoff taking the more direct route via Ireland and Old Walden while Mia, Nige and John D leading, put in a few extra miles via Cardington and Cople. We were met at Shuttleworth by Richard who had made his way via Ashwell.
Thursday 18th January 2024
This ride was cancelled due to adverse weather.
Thursday 21st December 2023
The ride went ahead but we have no records for this ride.
Thursday 19th October
The ride was cancelled due to adverse weather.
Thursday 17th August.
Eight of us set off from Letchworth with Geoff P leading, Geoff H, Stuart, John H, Mia, Kris, Rob and Judith, joining for their second ride with us. Nige joined us at Wymondley. Rather than cycling straight there, we did a small circuit vis Shilly Green, Three Houses Lane and Whitwell. Adrian and Mick joined us for lunch in The Strathmore Arms. It's a pleasant spot in the garden there, despite the succession of aircraft taking off from Luton!
Thursday 20th July
We had a pretty good turnout today, with two new riders (Judith and Rob) and a long-term absentee (welcome back Roy!) joining us. We had enough folk (and leaders!) to have two groups, with Geoff P joining us, so he led Stuart, Roy, John H, Judith and Rob, and I took Geoff H, John D, Richard and Nige on a longer route. Angie met us at Shuttleworth so there were 12 in all, first time we've had as many in a while.
Thursday 16th June
Another hot day saw six set off from LGC; myself, Mia, Richard, John D and both Geoffs, P and H! We took our usual route out as far as Stanford, where Geoff P, unfortunately, suffered a puncture. Luckily it's only a short hop to the pub from there, so we pumped it up and Geoff made his way there, while the rest of us went on a loop to get the miles in! We joined him at pretty much bang on midday and had a very enjoyable lunch in a shady spot in the pub garden. Always a suitable venue for this.
Thursday 16th February 2023
Only five riders came out for the ride to Southill Adrian, Angie, Geoff, Andy who met us at Arlesey and myself Stuart. We were seven for lunch as Geoff P and Paul met us there. Adrian led the ride which can be seen on Strava if anybody is interested. On our return, the group took their own routes back.
Thursday 15th December
This ride was cancelled due to inclement weather.
The photo is of us (North Herts Section of the Forty Plus Cycling Club) enjoying our Christmas lunch in The Rising Sun Halls Green the previous Thursday.
Thursday 17th November.
Today's ride to Southill did not go ahead due to inclement weather!
We didn't have much luck with today's ride, which was obviously a non-starter. The original plan was to ride to Codicote stopping at The Vanstone Garden Centre for lunch. Unfortunately, the restaurant went out of business so we changed the destination to Southhill and The White Horse for lunch but it was not to be.
Thursday, June 16th
A good turn out for our monthly Garden City Wheeler's ride, with 11 starting from the fountain in two groups;
Contact Details
Stuart C - 07710 507069
