ABOUT CYCLING (ADULTS)
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Our Club
ANZA Cycling is Singapore's largest social cycling club with over 300 active members. Annual membership is $69.
We get together for rides every morning but our big day out is Saturday with a range of groups catering to most abilities. We have rides for experienced road racers, through to non-drafting rides for triathletes, easier-paced rides for social cyclists, as well as specific rides for our long-distance lovers and mud-splattered mountain bikers. Groups leave The Longhouse on Thomson Road at 7am sharp every Saturday, 52 weeks a year.
Groups range in size from 8 to 18 riders, with distance and pace also varying. Rides range from a 90km 'fast' group that might typically average 38kph (cruising at 40+kph), to a shorter 70km ride, with different groups averaging somewhere between 29-35kph. The easer-paced rides sometimes even stop for a coffee somewhere along the way...!
Member Benefits
The club provides support for cycling-based activities throughout Singapore. These include:
- Daily rides starting at 6am from "Rats Corner" at the top of Orchard Road or The Longhouse (check our website) for details.
- Social events with a free monthly breakfast for club members, a Christmas Party and regular nights out at Brewerkz, one of our main sponsors.
- International trips with organised rides throughout the region, such as Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Bali and the Indonesian islands of Bintan and Batam.
- Training camps for triathletes and cyclists to prepare for events, such as the Singapore 70.3 Half Ironman (held annually in March) and IMWA, Busselton Full Ironman (held annually in December) among others.
Club Sections
With so many members, the club is informally divided into several streams:
Road Racing:
The emphasis here is on speed, speed and speed. We send riders to many races across south-east Asia each year, with weekly fast training rides to improve riders' skill, endurance and strength. In recent years, ANZA cyclists have enjoyed great success at Thailand's Tour of Friendship and Indonesia's Tour de Bintan.
MTB (Mountain Biking):
Our 'tough-as-guts' trail hackers get together for regular social/training rides in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and the MTB tracks at Kent Ridge, Tampines and Pulau Ubin. Many MTB riders join Hash rides and also take part in MTB and adventure races across the region.
Triathlon:
ANZA Cycling regularly sends triathletes (cyclists who also like to swim and run...) to compete in ITU and sprint events in the region as well as full and half Ironman distance events around the globe. Our triathletes have had great success racing in Europe, Japan and SEA, Australia and also Florida and Hawaii.
Audax:
This section is for our long-distance cyclists, with day-long tours taken at a steady pace, planned out with stops for food and water. The distances range from 180km up to the monster of them all; the 600km ride deep into Malaysia's palm plantations and back. Several members have used these rides to successfully train for and complete the incredibly gruelling Paris-Brest-Paris 1200km event, which takes place every 4 years. The only rule of thumb is to meet back at Brewerkz afterwards for some amber "refuelling".
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are proud to be sponsored by Brewerkz and we always choose to head to Brewerkz for our post-ride and event celebrations.
In addition to Brewerkz we also have a number of fantastic supporters all of which provide additional benefits to members. Just check out www.anzacycling.com for more details!
To start enjoying the benefits of being a member of ANZA Cycling, please register via the link above.
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