The South Lakes Group
Your local group of the RSF the off-road cycle touring club
 For cyclists who love off road leisure cycling in South Lakes and Yorkshire Dales

Useful Information & Links Section

 

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Useful information Section

Local Cycling Clubs
Cumbria Cycling Club A local cycling touring club in the Lakes which organises day rides and YHA Weekends.
The Bogtrotters Mountain Bike Club.
Lancaster Cycling Club.
Lancaster University Cycling Club.
Kendal and District Cycle Scene.
Lancaster CTC Section.
Eden Valley CTC Section.
DYNAMO:  Lancaster & District Cycle Campaign.
Lune Racing Cycling Club.
Kent Valley Road Club.
Garstang Cycling Club.
Mudpackers Mountain Bike Club: A mountain biking club on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border.
National Cycling Clubs
The Rough-Stuff Fellowship.
Cyclists’ Touring Club.
Audax UK.
London Cycling Campaign.
Sustrans.
Welsh Cycling Association.
Ordre des Cols Durs.
Wheels for All.
Tandem Club.
Cycling Time Trails.
National Clarion Cycling Club.
Other Cycling Clubs
South Manchester CTC Section.
Information on Scotland
The Hebridean Island of Mull The Real Jurassic Park of Scotland
Local Cycling Forums
Ride the Lakes.com:This is a brand new internet forum created by Mountain Bikers in the Lake District for Mountain Bikers who ride in and around the Lake District.
Other Organisations
The Lake District Area of The Ramblers Association.
The Lake District National Park Authority.
The Friends of the Earth.
The National Byway.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
Areas Outstanding Natural Beauty
Arnside and Silverdale.
Forest of  Bowland.
Nidderdale.
North Pennines.
Solway Coast.
Information on Iceland
ME Iceland pages Useful information on cycle touring in Iceland (Site recommend by Ivan Viehoff).
Member’s Web sites
Masterlyinactivity.com  is the website of Tracey Maund and Colin Champion. Joan Cornish has set up a website of her cycle tour of the Shetland Islands.Here link too new member Stephen Limbert website. Here link Joel Metx website who lives in USA.
Camping Stoves: an address for primus parts etc.
Places to visit on Tour: in the lakes. in the Yorskshire Dales, in North Lancashire.
Members  Offers: click here for list of members who offer their services to fellow members.
Local Government: Lancashire County Council, Lancaster City, Preston, Ribble Valley.
For local information on: Lancaster and Morecambe Bay Area, In Cumbria,
Web sites with Cycle routes: from Kendal, from Windermere.
Long distance cycle routes or trails: click here for a complete list.
Useful Shops on the Web for the Cyclist: click here for a complete list
Holiday Companies: Mountain biking,
Cycling Clubs: in the UK.
Members Books: click here for a complete list.
Useful Guide Books: click here for a complete list.
Cycling on Canals: click here for more information.
General Information web sites: click here for more information.
Access Days on Warcop Training Area .
Starting a new area group.
Lancashire Highways Partnership: for reporting defects (Potholes, faulty streetlighting etc).
British Columbia Camping: Direct contacts, descriptions, photos and maps for campsites, RV  parks and camping in British Columbia, Canada.
Lancaster City Council’s travel and transport website.
Lancaster City Council’s cycling website.
Pendle Bike Fest: The Fest encourages people to get on their bikes and into a healthier lifestyle and promotes cycling as a wonderful way of enjoying the Pendle countryside. The Fest is organized by Pennine Events.
Hedging cutting on Highways.
Advertise with RSF (Rough-Stuff Fellowship) The UK’s oldest off-road cycling club.
Lancashire Country Council’s Cycling Website.
CTC off road trails project, would please leave your comments on the South Lakes Group Forum.
Details of obstructions on Bridleways and Paths in Lancashire can be forward to countrysideservices@env.lancscc.gov.uk
Mountain Biking Websites: Mountain Bike Cumbria,
Tourist Information Centres: In the Yorkshire Dales,
Cumbria Cycle Co-ordination Group: Index page for Notes,  Notes from  October 2006 Meeting,
Lancaster District Cycling and Walking Forum: click here to see notes past meeting of this forum.
CTC Lancaster and Cumbria DA: 2006 minutes of  the AGM.
Links to sites of interest in North Wales.
CTC websites for reporting obstructions on tracks and pot holes on roads.