OU Cycling Club

OU Cycling Club

The Open University Cycling Club was formed in 2015 by a group of OU staff and friends who cycled regularly together from the OU campus in Milton Keynes. We have since broadened to include members from across the UK and with interests in all sorts of cycling; including commuting, leisure rides, sportives, mountain biking, cyclocross, road racing, bikepacking, touring, duathlon and time trials. We still meet regularly for training and social group rides (Milton Keynes area), and we ride all year round.

Our activities are mainly based around the OU's Walton Hall campus, but the OU is a nationwide organisation and we welcome members from any part of the UK. We are an open club; OU staff, students, friends and family are welcome but no specific link to the OU is required if you would like to join us. At the time of writing membership is still only £6 per year which helps cover some of our admin costs.

To join us or find out more, please contact the club via one of the following methods:

To join the club now, please visit our British Cycling Club Profile

(N.B. you do not have to be a member of British Cycling to join the club).

Email the club with general or membership enquiries at OU-Cycling-Club@open.ac.uk.

Join the community online via our Viva Engage Group or OUCC Strava page (no membership commitment is required to follow our online groups).

Membership benefits:

• British Cycling Affiliated Club (for race and event entries under the OUCC club name).
• Social group rides (Milton Keynes area).
• Bike toolkit and spare inner tubes held at Walton Hall (free for members).
• OU cycling club branded jersey (available to purchase by special order).
• Discount on permits for trail riding in Aspley and Rushmere woods (conditions apply).
• Occasional newsletter and discount codes for cycling products and services.
• Occasional social events such as talks, trips or workshops.