The fantastic folks at Transport For London did a sponsored ride from London to Canterbury.  This was the third year they've done a "Challenge"

Date was = 6th June, 2009

Raised a very impressive £15,170.13

ROUTE

• London - starting at Greenwich
• http://www.re-cycle.org/How_To/Sponsored_Ride/Rides/UK/London_to_Canterb...

Meeting at 07:15 at BOTTOM of Greenwich Park (King William Walk) outside the Vietnamese restaurant (straight on from The Cutty Sark and over main road)

• Dartford
• Chatham
• Tunbridge
• Royal Tunbridge Wells
• Ashford
• Canterbury

Stop and Rests

(Water, bananas, malt loaf, Jelly babies only will be provided)

Knowle Road (circa 1 mile before Burham)
Mum & Dad Tucker

Horsmonden Village Green (as on the trial run)
Beth Grainger & Geetha Bala

Stubbs Cross (on Ashford cut-across)
Mark Berzins (& another?)

Bike presentation, of things to consider - given by Duncan at the group meeting, 27th Feb.

Download as Powerpoint - or -  OpenOffice

Re~Cycle to provide support functions

• Mechanic tweak + pump at start of ride

• Mechanic in Van   -  Our head mechanic, 'the man with plan and van', Adrian

Catch Up Stations

• Sustrans (asked Chris 10/1/09)
• Local bike clubs

Training

• Velodrome – exercise – team building (Merlin asked 8/2/09)

Tuesday evening sessions Bring your own bike Starting in April 19:00 - 21:00 (or until dark) Adults £4 http://www.vcl.org.uk

• LCC - bike buddy scheme

ONGOING RE~CYCLE / TFL 'THINGS'

Herne Hill Velodrome

• Reunion ride + other TfL folk
• They're happy for us to use it
• Perhaps donation from riders to Re~Cycle
• Picnic / BBQ?
• Merlin's contact is Peter Cattermole (Financial Controller) and their site says Jason Cattermole Chair & General Management, so should be ok
• More info http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com
• Just noticed on new site that Rollapaluza are based at Herne Hill

Rollapaluza

• Static bike ride competitino - interdepartment, get subcontractors along, works indoors in winter
• More info - http://www.rollapaluza.com
• Merlin knows Max who knows them, have asked for contact and charity deal
• Can set up sperate page - when have contact with them

OTHER WAYS TFL CAN HELP

Bikes from train stations

Storage

Both large (for main hub/depot) and small (feed-in/spoke)

• at train stations
• Depots
• Smaller more central spaces
• Waiting for development
• http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/commercialopportunities/1277.aspx

Publicity

• Adverts on trains + stations etc
• In house newsletter
• Their page in Metro
• Tube cards (ads on tubes) as people read them - use filler space - Merlin's seen empty ones on regular basis, Jublee line

Olympics

Re~Cycle would like to provide bikes for people to get around the complexes, and then ship them off to Africa afterwards, for the next generation of athletes, as well as spreading the benefits of the Olympics.  They say they want them to be green – bike reuse is deep green!