Current events
November 2023
Monday, 6 November: U3A ride to Aberavon
10.00am: Railway Inn, Killay. Click
here for details of the ride.
Saturday, 11 November: Wheelrights Routes Group meeting. (Cancelled. It was replaced by a Teams meeting on 13 Nov.)
10.00am in Ripples Café (West Cross foreshore).
Saturday, 25 November: Missing Link campaign walk/ride.
This event comprises a walk/cycle ride from Gowerton Surgery Car Park to Penclawdd Rugby Club timed to reach Penclawdd RC before the 2.30pm kickoff. Walkers depart 1.00pm; cyclists 1.50pm. As well as raising awareness of the campaign to upgrade the path this event will support the first rugby derby of the 23/24 rugby season. For more information click
here.
December 2023
Monday, 4 December: U3A ride: Gower Circular
10.00am: Railway Inn, Killay. Click
here for details of the ride.
Thursday, 7 December: Taming the car: insights from psychological research a talk by Prof Ian Walker.
6.30pm: Swansea Museum. Note: This will be an opportunity for those of you who missed Ian Walker's presentation to Wheelrights earlier this year (on 26 April).
Tuesday, 12 December: Wheelrights AGM
6.30pm: Environment centre, Pier Street, Swansea SA1 1RY. There will be no external speaker on this occasion; instead we will have an open discussion of recent developments and current issues. Nominations and agenda items should be sent to Wheelrights Secretary by the end of November. A post-meeting festive curry is planned at the nearby Rasoi Restaurant on the Waterfront (across the river via the Sail Bridge). If you would like to come along please let the Secretary know a.s.p. as he needs to confirm numbers in advance.
January 2024
Monday, 8 January: U3A ride: New Year ride to Clydach
10.00am: Railway Inn, Killay. Click
here for details of the ride.
Providers
Wheelrights.
As noted on the
About us page the events which
Wheelrights provide include promotional rides and evening meetings.
Several evening meetings a year are held for our members. (Watch this page.) Talks are given at some. These meetings are open (and free). Detailed planning is done in our Campaigns and Routes sub-groups. Members who feel they can help are encouraged to join one of these groups.
Sustrans
Sustrans main role is to create such important things as the National Cycle Network and Safe Routes to Schools. Currently their focus is on upgrading the NCN and encouraging cycle commuting. These aims are shared by Wheelrights. We hope also to help Sustrans - as we have in previous years - by manning stalls or supporting other activities organised by them.
Cycling UK
They changed their name from "CTC" to "Cycling UK" in 2016. On 1 January 2008 the local CTC group ceased to be a
District Association and became the
Swansea and West Wales CTC Member Group. (This group decided in 2016 to retain "CTC" in their name.) The old sections disappeared so that the rides which used to be the responsibility of the sections are now coordinated by the one group. They take place on Sundays, Wednesdays and often on another day. Most are at a moderate pace between 30 and 50 miles and are graded 1-5. Most are in the range 2-3 with Grade 1 indicating an easy ride suitable for the less fit or inexperienced cyclist.
Wheelrights provide Grade 1 rides by means of our Cappuccino rides.
Cycling UK are active nationally in campaigning across the UK for better cycle provision. For information about the local rides visit the
CTC Swansea page on CUK's website.
Other
Other events gleaned from wherever are included on this page.