Group Rides
We all were once new to group riding and racing, and group riding is a great way to ride with the club and be a part of the cycling community! Learning to race bicycles takes a combination of fitness, passion, skill, and craft. The more you ride, and the more you ride with experienced riders, the more you will learn the craft. Learning by doing and taking advice and feedback will help you build your knowledge and confidence in the group. The Buffalo Bicycling Club now offers a FREE Group Ride/Group Workout membership for an easy way to get riding with us in the club. It allows you to do group rides on our calendar, including the Strava Segment group rides and the two Time Trials on Grand Island (5/28 and 7/2). If you want to upgrade later to do our club races, it’s easy! Click here for membership details. (Fine print is we ask you to sign up for insurance purposes even though the membership is free)
OUR GROUP RIDES
The Buffalo Bicycling Club will be partnering with the Niagara Frontier Bicycle Club (NFBC) and the 716 Wayland Brewing Rides this year for highlighted weekend and weeknight rides on our event calendar.
The Buffalo Bicycling Club will also be leading Group Workouts this year! One of our experienced riders will lead a ride with a workout in the middle. Think of it as riding together over to a hill to do hill repeats at your own pace, or a short circuit loop working on sprinting. These will help you push yourself and get new training ideas.
Check the Events Calendar for all of our Group Ride and Group Workout dates this season. We will add new ones at the start of each month
COMMUNITY ROAD GROUP RIDES
We also want to highlight a range of group ride offerings around the Buffalo area and encourage our members to attend! For these, please click on the link below, which will take you to that group’s ride info on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or Strava so you can get the most up-to-date weekly ride information.
716 Rides at Wayland Brewing (Orchard Park). A Buffalo Bicycling Club co-facilitator this year! They host rides from April-September on various Thursdays and Sundays.
Campus Cycling Collective (City of Buffalo- Niagara St)– Wednesday Night rides with A-B-C groups leaving Campus Wheelworks on Niagara St for various pace groups and distances.
Niagara Frontier Bicycle Club (various). A Buffalo Bicycling Club affiliate partner on specific shared rides, but they offer much more. Your Buffalo Bicycling Club membership covers the shared rides, otherwise an NFBC membership is required. They ride every day, usually 2-3 rides per day in the Northtowns and Southtowns
Niagara Shootout (North Tonawanda). A near-weekly fast weekend group ride with 2 long race-pace segments. 60 mile route in Niagara County
Northstar Bike Shop Ride (Amherst)– Weekly rides from Northstar Bikes on the corner of Hopkins and Klein.
Slow Roll Buffalo (City of Buffalo)– A weekly community ride through various city neighborhoods with official traffic escort
Shickluna Women’s Devo Ride (City of Buffalo- Hertel Ave)— Led by women for women, leaving Shickluna Bike Shop on Sundays for longer rides and on Mondays for skills development.
Tom’s Pro Bike Shop (Lancaster and Orchard Park)— Every Saturday morning rides leaving from the various Tom’s Pro Bike locations on a rotating basis.
Tuesday Night Riding Collective (East Aurora)– Weekly group ride with hard efforts up hills and regrouping.