Why Join Us?
1) Once in a lifetime trips
2) Friendly inclusive atmosphere
3) Great deals for bike parks and strength and conditioning
What do we do?
Welcome to Bournemouth University Cycling Club.
Dorset is one of the most beautiful areas of the country for cycling. This club offers a variety of rides including social rides, velodrome sessions, club rides, mountain biking and competitive races. It is a great way to meet people and explore your local area.
As long as you are a student at BU or AUB, have an interest in cycling and have access to a bike then this is the club for you.
Our Membership - £40
- Unlimited access and discounted race entry to Tidworth, Windhill and Rogate mountain bike parks. (Usually £7/session)
- Unlimited access and 20 hours coached track sessions at Bournemouth Velodrome. (Dates TBC)
- Coached weekly 1 hour cycling specific strength and conditioning session at SportBU. (Friday 3pm, SportBU)
- Subsidised overnight trips and a £60 discount to our epic end of year Alps week!
- Subsidised BUCS races and other race events throughout the year.
- Access to our branded SportsBU mountain bike and BUCC road club kit.
- All members are covered by our SUBU insurance at our events.
Compete for BUCC
Ou teams competed at BUCS road and downhill races in the past which were amazing and we shall be stepping it up this year in the hope for some good results. Please contact us if you are interested in joining us for any BUCS or local cycling competitions.
If you are new to racing please don't hesistate to talk to us about this as most of these events have all ranges of abilities.
BUCS Downhill Mountain Biking
BUCS Road Race
BUCS Time Trial
Club Trips
After the success of the mountain bike weekends we did last year we shall be continuing to run them to a larger variety of places. Below are links to what we have planned for you!
Road bikers are also very welcome on these trips but please contact us first as these routes can be demanding and require good level of fitness.
Merthyr Tydfil Weekend, December (XC, DH)
Snowdonia Weekend, May (Road, XC, DH)
Morzine, Alps 2018
This is a fantastic oppertunity to experience some of the best road cycling and mountain biking that Europe has to offer. Morzine is a beautiful town in the French mountains and provides great accessibility to the Alps through amazing chair lift and road networks. Join us for an amazing week rammed full of riding, chilling, beer and crashing!
Check out the SUBU event page for all the trip information and subscribe to the Facebook event for updates.
We ran this trip last year to great success so make sure to get signed up for 2019. Check out our amazing group video from 2017! (2018 video coming soon!)
Key Events
Morzine 2018
Merthyr Tydfil Weekend, December (XC, DH)
Snowdonia Weekend, May (Road, XC, DH)
When and Where?
See above schedule
Meet the Committee
President: Vedangi Kulkarni
Communications: Jack Kingman
Treasurer: Donato De Nicola
Health & Safety: Tom Blackman
Equipment & Events: Callum Howard