Organized Road rides occur every Friday morning at 7:00 AM leaving from the front gate of CAC. A typical road ride will consist of 5 to 15 riders and cover distances of 40 to 100 km. Skill level is divided to three groups CCC1 CCC2 and CCC3.
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CCC1 (race group) ride would be the full length long ride at heart busting pace. there will be designated stop points for regrouping that everyone will be made aware of and you will make sure everyone has made it. you may decide as a group on the day of what route you will take or may post an idea ahead of time for a route. race your asses off, you deserve it!! EGO’s, in full effect and recommended. (30-45 km/hr average)
CCC2 (tour group) ride would consist of the long or medium length ride done at a more leisurely pace with no drops and a sweeper to keep the group together and help out lagging riders. also having designated stop points which everyone will be aware of. group leader will decide the route taken. EGO’s, allowed but kept in check (20-30 km/hr average)
CCC3 (casual group) ride would be the shorter beginner ride with no drops and the group remains together for the entire ride. this group will encourage new riders to join and know they will have support and guidance as they build up their abilities to progress to the next group. we will have a policy that if even one new rider shows up then the leader will be responsible for riding with that person at whatever ability level they may be at. this is the only way to grow the group and get the word of mouth out that we are inclusive of anyone wanting to take up cycling. EGO’s, left at the front gate of CAC and can be reclaimed post ride!
we have a few differing routes that are possibilities for friday mornings.
- Mokkatum-auc- toll road-ring road
- Ring road-toll road-auc-ring road
- Ring road-toll road-heineken sign and back
- Korniche-ring road-canal road-sakara-dashur-west side korniche back then boat across nile
- Autostrad-helwan-beni suef toll booth and back
- Full ring road loop
Destination rides
- Ein Sukhna
- Fayoum
- Nile Delta
- Beni Suef
- Taba-Sharm
- Cairo Sharm
Off road or Mountain rides into Wadi Degla occur most Saturday mornings at 7:00 AM leaving from the front gate of CAC.
3agal Masr-Bike Store
Mountain Bike Egypt
Dear all
i’ve been riding bikes for more than 10 years, i went from Mohandseen to Helwan, visited 6th of October more than Once & once to the Moktam, anyway, please provide more details or contact for CCC2 as i want to join them starting next Friday isA, I’ve a nice “made in India” race bicycle which never failed me in a trip & I’ve never quit in a trip before
Regards
Yousef Zohdy
Yousef,
Come next Friday with your bike and a helmet and let’s see how it will turn out.
Dear ALl,
I bought a bike in the end of last summer. I took “tours” in egypt , going from heliopolis to almost everywhere, including the airport, nasr city by going to sheraton first, i went to zamalek from heliopolis once or twice in an early friday morning.
Now that i know that there is actually A GROUP in which i could cycle with is REALLy interesting, and want to know a couple of things, is it EVERY friday morning at 7.00 am? What is an EGO? and do i need anything else other than my bike? do we make regualar stops ? is cycling done quickly or just slow ( not extremely slow but at the same time not a race
) ? And do i just show up on the day of the ride (friday) AND finally my last question, how do i decide which group to join, the ccc1 or ccc2 ?
ALOT of questions, i know, but would be greatfull if you could answer them
Thanks
Dear sports friends,
I will be in Cairo for 10 days, and am looking for a team to go riding, on Sunday 17th October and on Sunday 24th Ocotber.
Would be glad to ride with you.
I will be staying in the Hilton Pyramids Resot Hotel in 6th October city. Is it easy to get out of there with a bike? WHat is the direction to take to get fast on a low traffic road?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers
David
David,
I think it is best if you join our Friday Rides (Friday is the weekend and you get the least traffic on the mornings that day).
We start the rides from Maadi, and it is relatively far from the hotel where you’re staying so you might consider coming to Maadi by car and have your bike with you so you can start riding there.
Email us here if you’re interested: cairocyclistsclub@yahoogroups.com
HI
THanks for your reply. Unfortunately I cannot ride on Friday, as I am working on that day, the only days I am free is Sunday.
Is sunday not good for riding? Where would you suggest me to go, is there a route you can suggest?
Thanks for your support.
David
Any weekday is kind of busy. You can always try the highway to Ein Sukhna city, it is definitely better than cycling in the streets of Cairo.
Thanks. Would you recommend to start fom where, Maadi?
And it is safe to ride on that high way?
Yes. Go all the way to the tollbooth and there you will find a nice parking lot for your car, then you can start riding towards Ein Sukhna. The road has low traffic on weekdays and no trucks allowed on it. It is around 90km long till the other tollbooth in Ein Sukhna (so if you go all the way and back to the car that is around 180km) and you can always turn from one of the U-turn tunnels on the road to get back to your car.
Many thanks for your information. How far is the tollboth at Maadi from the Hilton Pyramids Hotel I am staying in? 1h by car? I will take a taxi to go there….
HI! I’m updating a book on Egypt titled Culture Shock! Egypt by Susan L. Wilson and published by Marshall Cavendish Int’l Asia, in Singapore. Are Richard Beck (tel 350-6647) and Edwin Crosswhite (tel 352-6310) still the people to contact for info on Cycling Merit Badge programme for Boy Scout Troop 701? If not, who are the contact people for the club now?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Yumi
Hi all, hope to join next Friday (April 8) for the first time, if you’re riding that day. I imagine I’d be CCC2 level, at least for now. I might by cycling from Zamalek to Maadi first. Any idea how long that might take at warm-up pace?
Best wishes, Tom.