MEMBERSHIP
The cost of Annual Membership is £20. Please sign up using our online form here. New members get a free trial period for a few weeks before committing, during which you're welcome to join any of our scheduled rides and can join our members only discord and facebook group. Once the trial period ends, you get a Payment Request in the Spond App, giving you the choice of paying and becoming a fully paid up member, or not paying and leaving the club.
Benefits
Once you're a member you:
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Are welcome to join the club rides, and can join Discord and the Facebook group where the club chat happens.
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Can buy club kit
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Compete with the club either road racing, TT or cyclocross.​​​
British Cycling Benefits
You don't have to be a British Cycling (BC) member to join alba, but they offer a lot of worthwhile benefits depending on the level of membership that you take with them.
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They have a package for commuting that includes third party cover and legal assistance, one for racing that includes your race licence and another level that gives you a discount from BIKMO cycle insurance.
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To see what is on offer and the latest packages, visit: https://membership.britishcycling.org.uk/
Local Discounts
We like to support our local bike shop & services; without them the cycling community would be a very different group. We have a formal scheme giving you 25% discount at OTE Sports while other places will give you a discount if you ask and show your card.
Membership Renewal
Members receive a Payment Requestin the Spond App. There will be an item under 'Payments' on the home page of Spond, click that to progress and once paid, your membership will be renewed for another year, payment really is super easy and secure.