Welcome

Isis Cyclists enjoying an autumn ride along the Oxford Canal.

Welcome to Isis Cyclists, a cycling group for women in and around Oxford. Our purpose is to provide cycle rides of different length in order to encourage and support women to get on their bikes and enjoy cycling for leisure and transport. We aim to help women to feel fitter, enjoy being active, to become more confident cyclists and have fun.

We are an affiliate cycling club of Cycling UK and our activities are run by a group of experienced cyclists, most of whom are Cycling UK members. For further information, visit Who We Are and What We Do.

If you’re new to cycling with a large number of other people, you may find our Tips for Cycling in a Group and Meet the Ride Leaders pages informative.

Link to Our Monthly Programme of Rides

We aim to start each ride promptly and encourage people to meet 15 minutes before the advertised start time, so that the leader can welcome newcomers and explain the route. We don’t publish ride leaders’ contact details on this site, so if you have a question about a particular ride, please get in touch through the Contact Us page at least two days beforehand.

To receive our monthly newsletter, please write to the editor through the Contact Us page.


The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.

Ann Strong, Minneapolis Tribune, 1895

Note: Isis Cyclists has no funds of its own, and this website is hosted on a free WordPress account. This means that WordPress can place advertisements on the site, over which we have no control.