At Southdown Velo, we are passionate about promoting women’s cycling at all levels.

Typically, most cycling clubs have a membership that is only 10-15% women but Southdown Velo are on a mission to change that.

Cycling is a sport that is equally accessible to all genders so we are keen to try and address the barriers that are preventing women participating in this wonderful sport.

If you are completely new to cycling we suggest you look at the British Cycling Breeze rides program (address) that runs local rides for all women.

If you are already a cyclist, but not sure about group riding or riding with a club, then contact us to arrange an accompanied Gateway ride

If you are already a competent cyclist and would like to join a mixed but women-friendly, active club that runs several rides a week then we would love you to join us on our regular rides.

And if you are interested in racing whether on the Track or Time trials, we believe we can offer the support, contacts and encouragement to make this happen.

Southdown Velo is enthusiastically involved in any local initiatives to support Women’s cycling. We have previously run events sponsored by British Cycling, such as bike mechanics, bike maintenance, stretch and yoga for cyclist and bike fitting. We are in the process of working with the Chichester Bike Project to organise more of these.

Please contact us if you would like to know more.

We believe Southdown Velo is the best local club for all women cyclists and look forward to welcoming you soon!