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📍 Cape Town cycling club
🚴 Free weekly group rides
🌍 Guided rides & cycling holidays
⛰️ Road • Gravel • MTB
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New here? Welcome 👋🤩

Swipe through for everything you need to know about South Side Cycles ⏩

If you have any questions, ask in the comments or pop us a DM.

See you on the bike 🚴‍♀️ by @southsidecycles_

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10 months ago

Looking for a group ride in Cape Town but have no idea where to start? I’ve got you 🚴🏼‍♀️👇🏼

I get DMs almost daily weekly where to find group rides in different parts of Cape Town… so I had to put them all in one post 🤭

Save this for your next ride and send it to someone looking for a cycling community! 🫶🏼

Please remember: ride details are always changing, so check the club’s latest update before joining. And if I’ve missed your favourite group, tag them below! 👇🏼 taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @southsidecycles_

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9 hours ago

Summer is coming and we are here for it ☕️ by @southsidecycles_

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Now I know how everyone else feels behind me!

#DraftMe #cardiowithfabio taken in Cape Town, South Africa by @southsidecycles_

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Cycling = happiness 🥹✨ by @southsidecycles_

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7 days ago

Still trying to find the words for the most incredible week at the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Japan 🇯🇵🌍🚲

This was so much more than just a race for me. Alongside training and preparing to race myself, I had the privilege of planning, organising and managing the entire experience for a group of 24 South African cyclists (and one Zimbabwean) travelling to Japan to take on Worlds.

From the months of logistics, travel plans, accommodation, race entries and endless moving parts, to race-week nerves, coffee runs, lost-in-translation moments and cheering everyone across the finish line…
it was full on, slightly chaotic and honestly so special.

To get to see a world-level race up close - riders from all over the world, so many different journeys meeting on the same start line, and the shared buzz of everyone chasing their own goal - was something I’ll never forget.

And I’m beyond proud of every single person in our group who showed up, raced hard and crossed that finish line 💛

Thank you to @southsidecycles_ and @expeditionedu_ for trusting me with this opportunity and helping bring this experience to life. I’m so grateful for the people, the lessons, the laughs and the reminder that cycling really can take you places.

I also have to give a shout-out to the @ctcycletour 💛 This year’s race was a UCI Gran Fondo World Series qualifier, and qualifying there is what made this whole Japan World Champs experience possible. From racing through home in Cape Town to lining up at a World Championship in Japan — such a full-circle moment.

The World Champs chapter may be over, but I still have another month in Japan to explore, ride, eat all the things and soak up every second of this beautiful country ✨ More Japan adventures incoming 🇯🇵

#UCIGranFondoWorldChampionships #JapanCycling #SouthSideCycles #ExpeditionEdu by @southsidecycles_

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2 months ago

💜 Girls Club #4 | SSC × Liv | Women’s Month Ride | Flourish Donation Drive

Join us on Sunday, 16 August for a special Women’s Month Girls Club Ride in collaboration with Liv.

📍 Meet: Active Hobo, Westlake
🕖 Time: 07:00 for a 07:30 roll out

🚴 Route Options

🚴 60km Route (21/23km/hr)
Tokai → Muizenberg → Simon’s Town → Smitswinkel → Scarborough → Kommetjie → Fish Hoek → Main Road → Tokai

🚴 80km Route (24/26 km/hr)
Tokai → Muizenberg → Simon’s Town → Smitswinkel → Scarborough → Kommetjie → Black Hill → Main Road → Tokai

This isn’t a complete beginner ride, but if you’re comfortable riding in a group and confident with the distance and pace, you’ll fit right in. We will also regroup at the top of the big climbs and have leads & sweeps so no one gets left behind ✨

Expect stunning scenery, plenty of chats, a few spicy climbs and coffee together afterwards at Bootlegger ☕️✨

🌸 Flourish Moms Donation Drive 🌸

This ride is also a collection point for donations in support of the Flourish Programme, which supports pregnant women and mothers during the critical first 1,000 days of a child’s life through maternal support, nutrition and early childhood development.

We will be collecting the following products:
💖 Hygiene products (especially sanitary pads)
💖 Wet wipes or disposable nappies
💖 Baby clothes or blankets (new or pre-loved)
💖 Baby books or educational toys (new or pre-loved)
💖 Baby toiletries (soap, bum cream, Vaseline, cotton wool, surgical spirits)
💖 Toiletries for mums (soap, roll-on, toothbrushes, toothpaste)
💖 Face cloths for mum and baby

Every donation, no matter how big or small, will help support local mums and babies. Thank you for helping us make a difference this Women’s Month. 💜

Sorry… no boys allowed. 💅

Please RSVP on Strava, and don’t forget to bring along a donation 🚴‍♀️✨ by @southsidecycles_

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2 months ago

🌸 FLOURISH PROGRAMME UPDATE 🌸

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated items or contributed financially so far. Your support is so appreciated and will make a real difference to the mums and babies we’re supporting. 💜

We’re still collecting donations until 21 August!

Items needed:
• Hygiene products, especially sanitary pads
• Wet wipes and disposable nappies
• Baby clothes and blankets, new or pre-loved
• Baby books
• Educational or soft toys
• Face cloths for mum and baby
• Baby soap and toiletries
• Soap, roll-on, toothbrushes and toothpaste for mums
• Cotton wool and surgical spirits
• Baby Vaseline and bum cream

📍 Drop-off points:
• Active Hobo, Westlake
• Ollie’s Clubhouse, Sea Point
• Chapman’s Peak Cycles, Hout Bay

Monetary donations:

FNB
Account Name: South Side Cycles
Account Number: 63168110674
Branch Code: 255355
Payment Reference: Name + Flourish

💖 A Special Request💖
The Flourish Programme is urgently looking for a twin stroller for one of the mums who has twin babies. If you have a second-hand twin stroller that you no longer need, or know someone who might be willing to donate one, please get in touch with me. We’d love to give it a new home where it’s really needed.

I’ll be visiting the Flourish Programme in Villiersdorp on 21 August and will personally deliver all the donations.

If you can’t get to one of the drop-off points, please reach out — I’m happy to arrange collection where possible.

And please share this with your friends, family and wider network. The more people we can reach, the more we can support these incredible mums and their babies this Women’s Month. 💜

Every donation, big or small, makes a difference. by @southsidecycles_

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2 months ago

WEWU FOR PURPOSE 💜

This Friday’s Weekend Warm Up is more than just a ride.

As part of our Women’s Month initiative, we’re collecting donations for the Flourish Programme, supporting pregnant women, mothers and babies during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life.

If you’re joining us, please bring one donation item to help support local mums and babies.

Most-needed items:
• Sanitary pads
• Wet wipes & nappies
• Baby clothes & blankets
• Baby toiletries
• Toiletries for mums
• Baby books & educational toys

📍 Active Hobo, Westlake
⏰ 5:00am arrival | 5:30am rollout
📏 40km & 50km routes

Ride with purpose. Donate with purpose. 💜 by @southsidecycles_

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2 months ago

🌸 Women’s Month Donation Drive 🌸

This month @southsidecycles_ @nana_cycling_capetown & @laylaschwell (Layla Loops) are teaming up to support pregnant women and young moms in Villiersdorp 💛

Swipe for items needed, ride dates & drop-off points 💫

Make sure to check out our last reel to learn more about the Flourish programme 🌸

If you have any questions or want to get involved, pop us a comment or DM 💌 by @southsidecycles_

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3 months ago

🌸 Women’s Month Flourish Donation Drive 🌸

This August, we’re collaborating with a few women-founded cycling clubs in Cape Town to collect items for the flourish programme in Villiersdorp to support pregnant women and young moms 💜

🍼 Products we’re collecting:
• Hygiene products, especially pads
• Wet wipes
• Disposable nappies
• Baby clothes, new or second-hand
• Baby books, new or second-hand
• Educational toys, new or second-hand
• Face cloths for mom and baby
• Baby soap
• Body soap for mom
• Roll-on
• Toothbrushes
• Toothpaste
• Surgical spirits
• Cotton wool
• Baby blankets
• Receiving blankets
• Baby Vaseline
• Bum cream (if possible - this is very needed)

The moms are always grateful and every contribution makes a difference 🤍

You’ll be able to drop off these items at any of the group rides hosted by @nana_cycling_capetown , @laylaschwell Layla Loops and @southsidecycles_ through the month of August.

Please check each club’s ride details on Strava for where and when you can drop off items and keep an eye out for our next post with more details & how to give a monetary donation 💌

Let’s support Flourish moms this Women’s Month 🌸 by @southsidecycles_

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3 months ago

Our Wednesday Loops around Chappies 🪩🚴‍♀️ by @southsidecycles_

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3 months ago