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Using this page, you can join the Campaign or renew your membership online using your credit card, debit card, or PayPal account. Our secure, encrypted payments are managed by PayPal (Europe) using industry-leading security and fraud prevention systems. Alternatively, click here if you wish to join or renew using a printed form and payment by cheque. To join or renew online, follow these simple steps:

1) From the list below, choose the type of membership you want and note the fee. Membership is valid until the end of the following September. Joining after April 1st in any year entitles you to membership until the end of September in the following year.

Individual Membership £5.00
Unwaged\Under 16\OAP £3.00
Family Membership* £10.00
Life Membership £50.00

Click here for information about membership categories and membership benefits.

2) Add to the membership fee the amount of any additional donation you may wish to make to support the work of the Campaign. This will be your total payment amount, which is referred to as your ‘Donation Amount’ on our payments page.

3) Make your payment by clicking the button below. Note that if you do not have a PayPal account, you can still pay online. Just click the ‘Continue’ link which is located at the bottom left of the payments page by the payment card logos.

Once your payment has been made, you will be returned to this website in order to complete and submit your membership application form.

Chester Cycling Campaign Meetings

Meetings on First Wednesday of the Month

Chester Cycling Campaign meets on the first Wednesday of every month (except for the month of January) at 7:30 p.m. here:

Upstairs Meeting Room (follow the signs)
Custom House Pub
67 Watergate Street
Chester
CH1 2LB

Click here for a map (opens in new window).

Everyone is welcome. Please feel free to come along and find out how you can become involved.

Draft Agenda For Next Meeting

At each Campaign meeting, the agenda for the following meeting is planned.  Members are welcome to come along and share their ideas and energy, and to raise matters that they would like discussed.

Agenda For Next Meeting

Meeting Minutes

The Chester Cycling Campaign is involved in a wide range of activity, including liaison with developers, putting the views of cyclists to public bodies, producing literature, and public relations.  You can keep informed about these activities by reading the minutes of our meetings which are regularly posted on this website.  Minutes are posted here approximately one month after the date of the meeting.  (File sizes vary between 10 KB and 1 MB.)

All documents below are provided in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Reader. Left click on the links below to open and view the documents.  Right click on a link, and choose ‘Save Target As’ to download a file to your computer.

No meeting took place in August 2010.

Minutes of July 2010 Meeting

Minutes of June 2010 Meeting

Minutes of May 2010 Meeting

Minutes of April 2010 Meeting

Minutes of March 2010 Meeting

Minutes of February 2010 Annual General Meeting

No meeting took place in January 2010.

Minutes of December 2009 Meeting

Minutes of November 2009 Meeting

Minutes of October 2009 Meeting

Minutes of September 2009 Meeting

Minutes of August 2009 Meeting

If you feel that you can contribute to any of our work, please contact the Campaign or just come along to one of our meetings.

Results of Cycle Parking Survey Published

Chester Cycling Campaign has completed an extensive survey of cycle parking facilities in and around the city. This is has been a thorough survey conducted by a team of Campaign members who have logged the details of every cycle rack they could find, including the location, the type of racks and the number of racks.

In addition, while volunteers have been auditing what is already available, they have also been listing places where they feel additional cycle parking should be installed. The results of all of this work have now been published in the two reports below. The reports show that while some areas have adequate provision, other parts of the ciy have woeful provision, the Greyhound Retail Park being one notorious example.

Have a look at the reports and let us know if you spot any gaps. We want the information held in the database to be as complete as possible, as the data is to be fed into the CDT planning process.

Click here to view the full report of cycle stands currently available by location.

Click here to view the full report of suggested cycle stand locations by area.

Report Hazardous Potholes For Quick Response

Potholes in roads present a particular hazard for cyclists – either because they have to swerve to avoid them or risk coming off or damaging their bike if they ride over them.

Initial indications are the the new Cheshire West and Chester Council respond quickly to reports of hazardous potholes.  One Campaign member found that the Council had filled a hole in his road within 48 hours of it being reported through the CTC’s Fill That Hole website.

Any member of the public can visit the Fill That Hole website to report potholes in the road.  All reports are forwarded on to the relevant Highway Authority for priority action.  If any accidents to cyclists occur at the reported site after the report, the CTC will be able to provide legally valid evidence of the report.

If you do report a pothole to the council using the CTC’s website, you may wish return here to submit a comment describing the outcome and speed of response.

Adult Cycle Training

If you would like information about adult cycle training, here are a couple of possibilities.

1) Cycle Chester offers cycle training for adults at a cost of £5.00 per hour. For more information, contact Gareth Lewis on 01244 973948 or email info@cyclechester.com

2) Alternatively search on the Bikeability website for cycle trainers in our local area:

http://www.bikeability.org.uk/

These are the only local cycle training resources that we are aware of. Please let us know of any others that we might include on this web page.

Become a Cycle Champion!

Business and other organisations can play a key role in increasing cycle rates.  The Chester Cycling Campaign is looking for individuals who can act as cycle champions in businesses and other organisation to encourage cycling in Chester.

Could you hand out leaflets, maps and advice? Could you provide information to businesses on what they can do to help increase cycling? Could you feed back to us ideas on what would help people get on their bikes?

If so, then please get in touch by submitting a comment to this article.

Suggest a Bike Rack Location

Ever cycled to your destination and found that there was no where to secure your bike? If cycling levels are to increase, then it needs to be made as easy as possible for people to leave their bikes safely and securely while they go about their business.

The Cycle Demonstration Town project may be able to make grants to businesses and other organisations for the installation of bike racks.

The Chester Cycling Campaign is currently carrying out an audit of existing locations so that these can be mapped. The next step will be to identify locations that might benefit from new or additional racks.

If you have any ideas of good locations for bike racks, then please leave a comment here and we will ensure that your suggestions are passed on the the CDT team.

Thanks!

Budget Available For Minor Works

The Cycle Demonstration Town Steering Group has announced that a sizeable budget will be available for minor projects to improve Chester’s cycling factilities. Ideas are welcome for how this money might be spent.  Let us know if you have a pet project that you would like to see happen as part of the CDT project!

Add a Comment to this article and your ideas will be passed on to members of the Steering Group.

Chester Cycling Campaign Membership

Membership Benefits

Members will get the following benefits:

• Opportunity to influence Chester cycling initiatives
• Discounts from local bike shops with your membership card
• Regular issues of Cyclomania, the Campaign’s quarterly newsletter
• Chance to take part in Chester cycling events

Your membership card entitles you to receive a discount in many local cycle shops, including:

• The Edge on Foregate Street, 10% on parts and accessories.
• Dave Miller on Frodsham Street, 10% on parts and accessories, complete bikes by negotiation.
• Bike Factory on Boughton, 10% on bikes, parts and accessories (excluding labour, special offers and sale items).

You could recover the cost of your membership with one purchase!

A full list of all member discounts is included in the membership pack sent to all new members and is available on request from the Membership Secretary.  The list can also be downloaded by clicking on the link below:

List of Discounts Available to Chester Cycling Campaign Members

Affiliated Membership of the CTC

Membership of the Chester Cycling Campaign also enables you to obtain Affiliated Membership of the CTC (the UK’s National Cyclists’ Organisation) at a reduced rate of £12.00 a year.  This provides individual members with:

• third party insurance with liability up to £10 million
• a CTC membership card giving access to a wide range of discounts and benefits (excluding access to CTC’s legal, touring and technical helplines)
• the weekly CTC email newsletter, “CycleClips”

Applications for CTC Affiliated Membership can be made by contacting the Chester Cycling Campaign Membership Secretary.

Membership Fees

Membership of the Chester Cycling Campaign is open to anyone who supports our aims. An annual subscription to the Campaign costs:

Individual Membership £5.00
Unwaged\Under 16\OAP £3.00
Family Membership* £10.00
Life Membership £50.00

* For two or more people living at the same address. Family members are entitled to all the benefits provided by the Chester Cycling Campaign, except that only one copy of the newsletter and any other information will be sent to each family.

Annual memberships are valid until 30 September 2010.

Special Offer

Joining after April 1st in any year entitles you to membership until the end of September in the following year!

Campaign T-shirts

Chester Cycling Campaign t-shirts are very popular with members, displaying the Campaign logo on the front and the “One Less Car” motto on the back.  The shirts are deep yellow, with the logos and text printed in
black.  Shirts are £7.50 each and are available in a range of children’s and adults’ sizes.  Contact
the membership secretary to arrange your purchase.

How to Join

Joining the Chester Cycling Campaign couldn’t be simpler.

Click here to join the Campaign online using your debit card, credit card, or PayPal account.

Alternatively, if you would prefer to join using a printed application form and cheque, print out and complete the membership application form below. Send it with a cheque for the correct amount to the address indicated on the form.

Chester Cycling Campaign Membership Application Form

We look forward to receiving your support!

Feel free to contact our Membership Secretary by submitting a comment if you have any problems or questions concerning membership of the Campaign:

Two Way Cycling in One Way Streets

Some cities have implemented a policy of allowing two-way cycling in one-way streets as a means of favouring cycling as a transport mode.  In some circumstances, this can cut journey times by bike significantly.  

The Chester Cycling Campaign is canvassing views on whether this could be implemented in Chester.  It has the advantages of being relatively inexpensive to implement and of being popular with cyclists.

Do you have any suggestions of roads in Chester where this could be implemented?  This could be a ‘Quick Win’ for the Cycle Demonstration Town project, and we want to make sure that any suggestions are passed on to the council.  Add your suggestions by adding a comment.

Thanks for any ideas you can contribute!