Where Cycling Meets the Yorkshire Dales
The Ilkley Cycling Club (ICC) is an active promoter of rides and cycling activities in the Wharfe Valley. Besides many weekly group rides, the Club sponsors major cycling events, including the Ilkley Town Centre Races and the White Rose Classic sportive exploring the best routes in the Yorkshire Dales. To celebrate the changing seasons, there is a summer solstice moon-rise ride to Yorkshire's highest point and a more bracing ride to witness the winter solstice sun rise.
As an inclusive Club, look at our active youth training program, rides for gravel and mountain bikes, and a budding e-Bike section.
Be a Webmaster
The Club website is a cooperative effort. Like Wikipedia, you can contribute directly to this site: create a ride with the Rides App, add Calendar events, and even add pages to most the menus.
Once you log into this site, add new pages with these steps:
- select the menu you want,
- scroll to bottom of menu,
- select "+Add New" at the bottom,
- create the page you want.
Choose a topic that is both cycling related and something that other Club Members will be interested in. Be sure to add an image or two to make it visually appealing.
Except for Home and Faves menus, you can modify existing pages, e.g. fix a typo!, or create new pages. To move a menu item up or down the list, contact our Web Master.
Sunday 20 October
Candy Floss and Ice Cream Audax
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A choice of two rides starting from Longridge (about 10 miles west of Clitheroe) - 207km or 115km - both rides going across the River Wyre on a ferry, past Blackpool Tower and back to Longridge
Saturday 26 October
Sue Ryder Settle Loop Challenge
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Choose to run, walk or mountain bike this 10 mile loop on the hilly trails above the beautiful market town of Settle, in the Yorkshire Dales, and help support Sue Ryder.
Thursday 31 October
Ned Boulting's Marginal Mystery Tour: And all that.
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Ned Boulting's Marginal Mystery Tour
Local Partners and Supporters
Many local businesses support the Club in various ways, from discounts offered to members to event sponsorship. For example, Lister Horsfall jewelers have been the headline sponsor to the Town Centre Races for a number of years. All the local bike shops, including Ilkley's own Wheelbase and 93 Cycles, but also including other shops further afield, such as All Terrain in Saltaire, Chevin in Otley, Paceline in Cross Hills, and Prologue in Harrogate offer Club members discounts.
Our partners are a diverse group of businesses, not just cycling related.
Get to know who supports the Club. And don't be shy to ask other local businesses why they are already an ICC Supporter!
Get the kit
As Club members we like to ride in Club kit. Typically kit orders go out a couple of times a year. Members will receive an email when the order window is open.
More details here on ordering Club Kit.
Mud Flaps – During the winter months, when the roads always have a sheen, your tyres throw muck up on you, and those behind you. Mud guards are great - for you, but if you ride in a group, then a mud flap in back is mandatory. You can order mudflaps online here. They come in pairs, front and back, and in a selection of widths and lengths.
If you need help fitting mud guards and/or flaps, ask around in the Club, or go into one of the local shops that support the Club.
Join Ilkley CC
Become part of the biggest club in the UK and get access to: Club training rides, Coaching, Competitive Time Trials, Cyclo-Cross racing, Recreational rides, Road racing, Sportives, Track racing and Women only sessions… You’ll also get some great member benefits :)