Your Views! Social Survey Results Are In

Chilling out cyclists

Hi folks

Firstly, a big thank you to those of you who took the time to express your opinions.

I thought you might enjoy a quick run-down of the responses we received to the social survey. As you can see we’re already planning one of the top-ranked activities for next month, Curry Night… but can you guess which option took the top spot?

Your answers made entertaining reading, and covered the full spectrum from creative to sensible, witty to enthusiastic, grumpy… and even one from our youngest club member who is surely too small to be able to command a keyboard! 😉

Please do have a read through the lightly edited summary below. Be sure to scroll to the bottom to see the top ten according to popular vote… and find the answer to which activity holds the number one spot.

Response rate: 13% (38 responses from 287 emails sent)

What kind of social activities or events would you like to attend?

Skating

Non-cycling activities

Meals out

Pub evenings with rides out of town on summer evenings

Go Ape

Segway at Black Park

Pub nightsand curry nights are winners in my book so you’re definitely on the right track there

Tour de France

Tour of Britain club outing

Events at the velodrome like Revolution would be great

Hillingdon Family Fun Day

Days out to cycling events

Herne Hill

London Velodrome

Participation in London cycling events – e.g. Ride London

Trips to events elsewhere e.g. sixday events in Belgium

Tour of Flanders

Racewatching afternoons on big days (spring classics, Tour, etc) somewhere where there is a big screen with food and drink

Pub quiz

Bike polo

Family picnics

Afternoon tea and cake

Cafe visits

Cycling film festival type event

Guest speakers

Demonstrations of kit or equipment

Vintage and veteran

Eating out

Walks

Theatre in winter

The Willesden fun day is a good get together

Dinner with Pendleton!!!

Really enjoyed the training days at the track

The summer fun day

We all did the Freecycle in Central London last year which was mad but fun!

BBQ perhaps

Pub meet up

Quiz night

Seaside beano

Other outdoor sports activities

Cycle to Epping forest

Surrey hills

Cotswolds

Barbeques or any food at Hillingdon circuit training sessions

Quizzes

Picnics

Club ski / board outing

Family fun days

Afternoon coffees

Isle of Wight weekend

Anything involving tea and cake with relaxed social cycling is always welcome

Trips to see cycling films

The Good Friday track meeting

Pub meet ups

Autumn turbo plus club night

Something completely non-cycling activity e.g. brewery visit

Theatre trip that involve partners who dont cycle

Sometimes Riverside in Hammersmith show cycling films

Meal / drinks

Eating!

Music – jazz and straight

City exploration

Drinkin’!

Cycling film nights?

Quiz nights

A meal out

Visits to cycling related events and places

Perhaps all meeting up when Le Tour hits town

The pub runs fit the bill nicely

Track meets like the Revolution

A world cup

The cyclocross world cup next year in Milton Keynes

Tour de france stages in july

MTB days

Kayaking

Brewery visit

I like days at the circuit, like the Willesden fun day

I prefer events like the fun day because I can use it as training and socialise

Quiz evenings

Formal and informal dinners

Cycling weekends

Social evenings with clubmates

 

Can you volunteer any help, skills or other resources?

Canoeing

Rowing

Bar-B-Qing

Rollerblading – organise a session depending on interest

Organise some canoe sessions

Certainly no professional, but love to take photos at club events

Always happy to help in kitchen at events

I can write.

I’m a cute club mascot

Pudding clubs

Barn dance

Happy to have club run arrive at house for tea although Pinner not very exciting place.

I have done some Bikability training, can offer some road safety tips for cyclists.

Let all the members know what is happening not just those with email addresses.

Not really sure I have any useful social skills – I like drink though and have been a politician in my twenties and thirties.

Experienced mountain walker including winters in Scotland if anyone wants to climb hills!

I have no skills or talents at all

Already run 3 Audaxes so anything extra I would offer would be light touch, so something like coordinating booking of something.

Secrets – none I’m aware of? Advise of any adventure through the club website.

Only if people’s idea of social is sitting on a TT bike for days.. or staring at a computer all night? I’m not helping am I? 🙁

I have no skills or talents but am willing to help those who do.

Mailchimp skills

Video and photos

Web design

BBQ skills

Massive legs & good looks

I can help with web stuff, I’m both a trained photo finish operator and race organiser

I have secret graphic design talents

I can organise some events and host evenings at my house

 

Top ten results from social survey graph

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3 Responses to Your Views! Social Survey Results Are In

  1. Gladys Purdy says:

    Great list Charlotte. Pity about the curry night being on a Friday. It is murder with the traffic .

  2. Ian Why says:

    I think it’s probably best not to organize social events on the same evening as the club night unless they are taking place after training has finished. But I am looking forward to most of them.

  3. Miles Back says:

    Charlotte,

    Well done! That is certainly a varied list of suggestions. Good to see a film night being at the top of the list. There is an excellent little cinema in Willesden called the Lexi, which would be an ideal venue. I can certainly investigate further if you would like me too.

    Miles.

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