How can I find rides, events, and cycling advice on the LCC website?

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The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) site at lcc.org.uk puts rides, events, and practical cycling help in its main navigation, so you can reach them from any page. Use Rides & Events to find free LCC rides and events, including a map search for rides near you, and Help & Advice for tips, bike shops, and its Cycle Buddies scheme. Members also get access to legal advice through the campaign's legal partner, Osbornes Law. Featured events such as the London Cycling Festival appear on the homepage with a free ticket link.

Finding rides and events

The site's Rides & Events section is the starting point for anything you can turn up to. According to LCC's own event calendar, everyone is welcome to join free LCC rides and events, and you can use the map on that page to search for a ride near you.

What you'll find there:

  • Free LCC rides — open to everyone, not just members.
  • A map-based search — useful when you want something in your own borough rather than central London.
  • A monthly event calendar — LCC publishes these as news posts (for example, an August event calendar) so you can see what's coming up.

The homepage also carries featured events. The London Cycling Festival, run in partnership with Lime and Voi, brings rides and events to boroughs across the capital, and the homepage links to a free ticket page for it.

Getting cycling advice and support

Help & Advice in the main navigation is where the practical, non-campaign content lives. The menu lists:

Item What it's for
Top Tips General cycling guidance
Bike Shops Finding a shop
Cycle Buddies Riding with someone more experienced
Share the Joy LCC's community side
Community Fund Funding tied to community cycling
Legal Advice from Osbornes Law Legal help for members
Women's Network LCC's network for women who cycle

Two things are worth flagging. First, the legal advice line is a member benefit — LCC states that its legal partner Osbornes Law offers advice to all LCC members, so if you're not a member you'd need to join before using it. Second, Cycle Buddies is aimed at people who want company or reassurance while building confidence, which makes it a better fit than a general tips page if you're new to riding in traffic.

Where campaigns fit in

If your interest is advocacy rather than riding, the Campaigns menu covers Cycle Lanes, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, Freedom to Ride, Dangerous Junctions, End Lorry Danger, and Action On Cycle Theft, plus a "Streets For Cycling In Your Area" entry. These pages are for signing petitions, reading LCC's positions, and finding local campaigning. They sit alongside the ride and advice sections rather than replacing them, so a single visit can cover both what's on this week and what LCC is pushing for.

Membership and staying updated

LCC says it is supported by more than 12,000 members, and the site's Join and Donate buttons appear in the header and throughout the homepage. Joining is framed as both supporting the campaigning work and unlocking benefits — the legal advice arrangement with Osbornes Law is the concrete example given on the page.

To keep up to date, the homepage has a sign-up form for campaign news and actions, including ways to support LCC through donations and membership. That's the lowest-commitment route if you want event and campaign updates without joining straight away.

Quick answer

  • Rides and events: Rides & Events → map search or event calendar; free and open to all.
  • Advice: Help & Advice → Top Tips, Bike Shops, Cycle Buddies.
  • Legal help: via Osbornes Law, for LCC members.
  • Featured event: London Cycling Festival, free tickets linked from the homepage.
  • Campaigns: Campaigns menu, including Action On Cycle Theft and Freedom to Ride.