We cycled all together, we didn’t cycle at all; we cycled in twos and we cycled in sixes; we drafted and we rode two-metres apart; we cycled with no stops, with stops, with stops but no open shops. Our story of 2020. Continue reading 2020 in review – one extraordinary year
Some fantastic cycling photos from the Booth family album Continue reading PHOTOGRAPHS: Booth Family Archive 1950-1992
As part of the 2020 Lambeth Heritage Festival, we teamed up with the Streatham Society to share the story of 1890’s South London cycling boom. Continue reading Balham CC brings the South London cycling story to the Lambeth Heritage Festival
With restrictions on group club rides during the COVID-19 pandemic we launched the BCC Summer Challenge. Continue reading BCC members take on summer challenges in extraordinary times
So…on cycle to work day the blog editor was cajoled into writing an article for the company intranet. Here it is cut and pasted for the record Continue reading Things about cycling to work you wish you knew
James Buchanan adds first Balham CC hill climb competition entrant and podium to his BCC palmares Continue reading Buchanan adds Hill Climb podium to Balham CC firsts
Balham Cycling Club was born in 1897 at the back end of a bicycle boom. Whatever you did, whatever your social standing, in 1897 the bike had something for everyone and everyone wanted in. In this blog we take a look at cycling during the time of Balham CCs formation, both nationally and through the prism of the South London cycling scene Continue reading Balham CC, South London and the 19th century bicycle boom
This is the story of Tarver and Bowley, a Balham based bicycle manufacturer, best known for an extraordinary looking bike with spokes made of piano wire. Continue reading Piano wire plays part in Balham maker’s unique bike design
We explore the South London Diaries series for the first time in nearly three years. Includes an insight into the Matchless bicycle and the Bicycle and Tricycle Supply Association Continue reading The Matchless experience: South London cycling in 1884 (Part 2)
Club organises indoor fundraising challenge during Coronavirus lockdown Continue reading Club stays indoors to ride length of UK for St George’s Hospital
