The Peleton in Dublin

There will be great talk in the media this summer about the Tour De France starting in Ireland. Much of the excitement will centre on the unique opportunity to broadcast our green fields to millions of potential tourists; the racing community will see the event as a springboard for rejuvenating Irish cycle racing; the cycling campaign will view this event as a celebration of the bicycle, but also a golden opportunity to highlight the slow action in improving the lot of city cyclists.

Membership Reminder

If you haven’t paid your annual subscription yet, Jim Wolfe, Membership Secretary, would love to hear from you. Send him your cheques made out to Dublin Cycling Campaign (£10 waged, £5 unwaged) at 5 Loreto Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 Tel: 4933169 / 4921925.

Calling all Cyclists

well, some at least

Cyclists are invited to do a Midsummer Cycle, Dublin to Kilkenny, and raise a few quid for Focus Ireland, the organisation which gives help and basic services to the homeless in Dublin.

The facts: Cycle Dublin – Kilkenny, 70 miles, on Saturday June 20. Stay the night in Kilkenny – you will get a list of places to stay with prices and you make your own arrangements. Have a bit of a hooley in Kilkenny that night. Focus bus you and your bike back to Dublin next day.

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Dates for your Diary

March 9: Dublin Cycling Campaign

April 20: monthly meetings 8.00 p.m.

May 11: Mother Redcaps, Christchurch.

March 17: St Patrick’s Day. See main article.

March 23: Dublin Cycling Campaign ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 8.00 p.m. Mother Redcaps, Christchurch.

March 26: Spin the City. Gather at the Central Bank on Dame Street at 5.30 p.m.

May 28: Cycle to Work Day.

June 20: Cycle Dublin to Kilkenny for Focus Ireland.

Membership Reminder

If you haven’t paid your annual subscription yet, Jim Wolfe, Membership Secretary, would love to hear from you. Send him your cheques made out to Dublin Cycling Campaign (£10 waged, £5 unwaged) at 5 Loreto Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 Tel: 4933169 / 4921925.

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DCC AGM

On Monday the 23rd of March at 7.45pm, in Mother Red Cap’s Tavern, Christchurch, the Dublin Cycling Campaign will hold its AGM. We will review the year’s work and plan the next 12 month’s campaigns. All members are urged to attend and make suggestions as to what they would like to see the DCC concentrating on in 1998.

Music-free Room Needed

Due to circumstances not under our control our meetings at Mother Redcaps have been difficult of late as the upstairs room, which we have used in the past, is frequently unavailable. We have tried to hold meetings in a corner of the large and fairly sparsely populated bar but we have to compete with a television set and music coming through ubiquitous loudspeakers from which there is no escape.

The Peleton in Dublin