Dulwich Hill club loves new
riders, whether you’re a recreational or competitive cyclist, or somewhere in
between but mostly want to ride, train and socialise with an unpretentious bunch.
DHBC have members doing road, track,
touring, social rides, charity rides, tandem riding, fixie rides, bicycle
advocacy and everything in between.
We have a motto for our racing
and that’s - there's a grade for everyone.
So if your fast or slow, young or
old you’re welcome to ride with us. So we can get to know each other better
please take a moment to fill out our self assessment and email it back to us.
But first a couple of FAQ's you may have.
No - We have a ride that is especially for riders of all fitness levels - Saturday Slowies (See the Road page for more details). We encourage new riders to join in with this ride and build fitness from there.
We promote a 'try before you buy (at your own risk)' policy for your first two or three rides, so as long as your equipment and helmet are suitable you can ride with us. After that we do insist you make a choice of wanting to join the club and get a licence, or not proceed with riding with the club. Its very important for insurance, for rules (including UCI and State and Australian Laws), and for organisational purposes, that people join if they enjoy riding with DHBC.
For a Recreational Licence to do Saturday slowies and other training rides the cost in 2010 is $77 a year (or $16.50 for U/19's). Please see the "how to join" page for details.
DHBC complies with the RTA and Cycling Australia's helmet policy. Your helmet must be clearly marked with an Australian Standard Approved Notification (a silver and red sticker). We also suggest good quality cycling shoes, cycling nicks and gloves. Both front and rear lights are required for any time it's dark (including summer mornings) and especially winter mornings. It is also a good idea to wear warm clothes for winter rides. DHBC also enforces a strict "no personal music player" policy on all club rides so please leave the iPod at home.
For Saturday Slowies you can use a Road, Mountain, Hybrid or whatever. However a road bike is needed for our training rides to Waterfall and the RNP and return on Sundays.
Best way to start is to check out one of our training sessions at Tempe (Canterbury) Velodrome. Monday and Wednesday nights 6pm to 9pm. Come and have a look and meet some of our track riders. Also see the Track page for more information
To contact the club and tell us your interested in riding with us please fill in the new rider form below. The submitted form will be emailed to the clubs new rider officer.
