Fancy training to be a British Cycling Ride Leader?
Do you love cycling for fun? Are you passionate about getting your local community on a bike?
British Cycling are looking for confident recreational cyclists to train as British Cycling Ride Leaders and Route Planners. You don’t need to be a cycling expert or competitive racer, just be confident riding in a group and have a good level of cycling fitness. They welcome all kinds of cyclists as long as you have heaps of enthusiasm and you're happy to support beginner bike riders and families.
A British Cycling Ride Leader is a friendly, confident, chatty individual who love’s encouraging others to cycle and is happy to work as part of a team.
The assessed one-day course qualifies you to deliver guided bike rides for groups of beginner and intermediate level adults and accompanied children on roads and cycle paths.
There are British Cycling Ride Leader courses coming up in the locations listed below. If you live locally and can commit to leading Sky Ride Local guided bike rides in this area, then please read on and get in touch:
Coventry – 12 October 2013
Newcastle – 12 October 2013 – FULL
Harrogate (North Yorkshire) – 19 October 2013
Swindon – 19 October 2013
Plymouth – 2 November 2013
Colin Bird, Birmingham Ride Leader, said:
I found the Ride Leader course a fantastic experience and will be recommending the course to everyone!
In addition to free training, we’ll provide you with branded kit, a British Cycling Ride membership, payment for leading and assisting on rides; plus plenty of other goodies.
In return, they expect their Ride Leaders to be flexible with their weekend availability and commit to leading rides on no less than four weekends during 2014. All rides are delivered on set routes, at set times, specified by British Cycling, the majority of rides will take place on Sundays during the spring and summer months.
