On the day of the opening ceremony of the 2020(21) Tokyo Olympics, we take a look at the 1964 version where Balham CC’s Terry West competed in the Men’s Individual Road Race Continue reading Balham CC and the Tokyo Olympics: Terry West and the 1964 Men’s Road Race
We’ve sponsored a bike and named it after our founder Continue reading Balham CC supports Wheels For Wellbeing ‘Sponsor A Cycle’ Scheme
Balham CC hits a significant milestone, entering a team in an E-race for the first time in its 124-year history. Continue reading Balham CC enter E-race for first time
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
