Birmingham’s Friendliest Cycling Club
Gorilla Cycling Club’s mission is to bring people together through cycling. With Gorilla café acting as our clubhouses, you’ll find a welcoming home for our meet ups and social events. Come and join the Troop!
Come Ride With Us
Rides take place throughout the week (weather allowing). With up to 10 groups going out on any day, our rides cater for social riders through to the most hardened of criterium racers.
All rides are currently FREE of charge and open to all.
Join Our Club
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Join Birmingham’s Friendliest Cycling Club every Thursday and Sunday.
Rides take place from our clubhouse, where you’ll find a pace and friendly crew that is perfect for you.
Come and join the Troop!
Latest News
Check out the latest club news and goings on inside the monkey house
Gorilla T-shirt
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Forget those other brands, this is what all the bearded hipsters are wearing now off the bike. Your new go-to tee where you can show your loyalty to the troop post ride, plus the black colour will help hide the beer stains!
The perfect gift, instantly delivered via email to your favourite cyclist
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Each voucher has a unique code and can be redeemed against purchases at checkout on the Gorilla Cafe website against memberships, workshop services or our shop.
Gift cards are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase.
How We Roll… 🚴🚴♀️🚴♂️
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Club Rules
Please familiarise yourself with the important stuff about our club and how we operate. It is a club requirement that you read this document and follow what it asks you. Its purpose is to make sure that we are safe and all have a good time.
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Signals and Calls
Knowing the basics of cycling hand signals can help you navigate trails and share the road. Making other cyclists aware of your speed and direction can also prevent accidents. Learn more about the calls and signals we use on our group rides.
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Follow us on Strava
Keep up with all the goings-on at Gorilla Cycle Club by joining our Strava group. Here you can access leaderboards, recent activity and group posts. Please note to join our Strava club, you'll need to be a full member of our cycling club.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Please make sure your bike is in a safe, roadworthy condition and you're wearing a correctly fitting helmet and approriate clothing (most of our riders will wear cycling specific clothing but it's not compulsory. We also ask you to bring the tools needed to fix a puncture (spare inner tube, tyre levers, and a pump or CO2. If the ride will be out during low light or darkness then appropriate front and rear lights are compulsory and if the weather is poor then mudguards are encouraged.
We also recommend that you carry ID (e.g. driving licence), water and food (e.g. banana or energy bars/gels) to keep you fuelled during your ride, money and your phone.
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If you're new to riding in a group then our ride leaders will be happy to talk you through the basics and make sure that you feel comfortable before and during the ride. They'll talk you through the simple set of calls and hand signals that we use to point out hazards and ensure that the group is aware of what each other is doing.
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Our regular club rides are mostly on the road but we also have club rides on gravel and canal towpaths. Members also race crits, TTs, cyclocross and triathlons.
All of our group rides are suitable for drop handlebar bikes, with suitable tyres. Please leave the TT bikes or bar extensions at home for group rides. This is to help make sure that you and your fellow riders are safe.
Cycling club contact.
If you have any additional questions regarding our cyling club, please get in touch with us and a member of our team will be happy to help.
