The Tuesday ‘Slackers’ hills ride leaves at 9:30am (after the morning coffee) from the Coppernose café, across the road from Hampton Court Palace. Distance is approximately 80km and returns around 1pm. It can be longer, so best not to have a time commitment too early in the afternoon.
These mid-week rides were first established by members with a flexible approach to work or retired members hence the nickname “Slackers”. The rides nowadays are populated by members from all corners of the club especially when taking holidays or during career gaps.
“Slackers” doesn’t necessarily refer to the pace of the ride though!
Like the Park Ride, riders organise themselves into groups of similar pace and like the Park Ride being in the right group increases your enjoyment! There is no intention to drop riders, but it can happen in the faster groups, so riders in these groups need to be self-reliant and be happy to drop to a group behind (if there is one). The route, along with how the groups plan to ride e.g. pace, regrouping after climbs, coffee stop (if any!) are all agreed just before departure and depends on who turns up and the weather.
Any first timers should make themselves known so they can get the most out of it.
For details on all our club rides click here and for our Route Book click here.
All our club rides are for club members only unless otherwise stated. To join London Dynamo, click here.
