meetings, events and rides

COGS Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month

A reminder that the COGS committee meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in the Salisbury Cycling & Social Club on Salt Lane. An agenda and previous minutes are sent out to members prior to the meeting.

The COGS regular monthly meetings are held on th last Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm at The Royal George, 17 Bedwin Street, SP1 3UT. We meet in the room behind the bar. Nearest cycle parking stands are probably the ones in Salt Lane Car park (which we used previously when at the Cycling Club).

The COGS Rides Programme for 2024

The COGS Rides Programme resumed on Thursday 18th April 2024 with a leisurely 7m ride round the Golden way. The weekly Thursday leisure and wellbeing evening rides will leave from the Salisbury Leisure Centre at 6:30pm until the end of August.

The 2024 rides programme can be viewed here: COGS Summer 2024 Leisure and wellbeing rides

Many thanks to Rob and the rides team for the planning and organising the rides, and to all the COGS ride leaders who assist - we look forward to seeing members out on the rides in 2024!

Saturday 14th Sept Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust Ride and Stride

Bagging churches in town and along the Chalk Valley, meet Five Rivers Leisure Centre 10 a.m.

Sunday 6th October, Silver Salisbury Ride

A gentle bike ride around the Golden Way for senior citizens, and anyone else who want to come! Meet Five Rivers Leisure Centre 2pm

Tuesday 29th October - COGS AGM

we plan to show the film 'Women don't cycle' - a film made during a cycle ride from Brussels to Tokyo about what it means to be a woman cycling in different countries around the world. Quaker meeting house, starting at 7:30. - get the date in your diary now

‘GridIron 100’ Sunday 13 October

Following last years sucess we again offer the choice of two routes. The original ‘Classic 100k’, designed to appeal to cyclists of a wide range of abilities and the inaugural ‘Challenge 100 mile’ - a much more demanding ride for the experienced cyclist. More information at ‘GridIron 100’ Sunday 13 October

Sunday 22nd September Mayors Ride

Join COGS and the Mayor of Salisbury Sven Hocking on International Car Free Day for a ride around the Golden Way, meet Guildhall Square 2:30 pm

Breeze Rides for Women

Ladies who Breeze Ride in Salisbury. This group is for any ladies who are want to ride out socially together, experienced leisure and road riders on a Saturday morning, with more gentle, road and cycle path shorter rides on a Sunday. The rides are for ladies who want to have a bit of fun exploring Salisbury and the surrounding area while keeping fit and doing their bit for the environment. No stress, no trying to beat each other or your own previous ride-tìme. These rides are foŕ pleasure and companionship and a slice of cake.

Click on SALISBURY BREEZERS for more information

Fisherton Street Gateway Project

The great news is that the Fisherton Street Gateway project is going ahead. The main aim of these changes ultimately to increase footfall for the traders on this part of the city.

The changes will transform Fisherton Street bringing wider pavements, improved air quality, comfortable environment for pedestrians and greater safety for cyclists.

You can make comments during the ‘Meet the Contractor’ event for on Tuesday 11th July (see below). At the event we will be providing information about the construction phase and you will also have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have. I think you may have received an invitation email to the event already.

Here is the latest press release about the event that will take place on Tuesday 11 July 2023 at the United Reformed Church in Fisherton Street between 2pm and 7pm.

Meet the contractor delivering the Fisherton Gateway scheme - Wiltshire Council

COGS Presentation "Turning Salisbury into a Cycling Utopia"

This took place on Tuesday 27th October 2020 and was a fascinating insight into the perspectives and thoughts of our Guest speaker David Wilson as how the city could be made into a more pleasant place where streets could be prioritise for people and not for cars. David is a chartered civil engineer and local resident who is head of the Transport & Movement topic group on Salisbury's Neighbourhood Plan steering group. He has over 30 years experience in traffic engineering and highway planning and works as Head of Transport Implementation for a neighbouring Council.

This presentation was delivered on zoom and we were lucky to have Jeremy Nettle amongst our view along with John Farquahar both of whom are interested in the perspectives of People Friendly Streets Salisbury. We will be working with David and the Neighbourhood Plan team to explore funding to improve other into and across the city.