BRUSSELS BIG BRACKETS

SOCIAL OR COMPETITIVE RIDERS, BBB WELCOMES ALL CYCLING ENTHUSIASTS

Our Cycling Club includes a “recreational” group and a performance section (BBB Racing). We focus on solidarity and diversity and welcome members with different cycling skills and ambition.

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RIDE WITH US!

Covid-19 // BBB Official statement - registration via Strava is compulsory for all our activities ;
- riding in groups, you must respect our Covid-guidelines.

Due to strict insurance requirements, all participants must be fully-fledged members of the Brussels Big Brackets Cycling Club. Test-rides are allowed provided that you are personally properly insured.
You’ll find in our Ride etiquette (.pdf) basic rules of group riding that everyone should be aware of.

RIDE WITH BRUSSELS BIG BRACKETS

We offer a schedule of cycling rides all year round.
For up-to-date information, check out our STRAVA ACCOUNT (members only).

BBB "SUNDAY" RIDE, all year round

Join the BBB “iconic” ride! We gather every Sunday in the Bois de la Cambre at 8.30am.

We form 4 to 6 different groups led by experienced road-captains. Choose which speed (from ~22 to 30+ km/h) and which distance (from ~60 to 100km) suits you best! More info here.

OTHER BBB "WEEKLY RIDES"

BBB “Early Birds” Ride (45km, ~26km/h) • FRIDAY MORNING (6.30am)
Chill ride through the Pajottenland (from April to late September)
Starting point: Quai de Veeweyde 32, Anderlecht. More info here.
BBB Gravel Rides, to be announced soon.
You can already download our suggested routes.
BBB Indoor Sessions
Meetups on Zwift proposed during winter-time.

We additionally propose regular other activities like initiation track-days in Rochefort or form club-teams for cycling-events (BRM, cyclosportives races, gravel races…).

RIDE WITH BBB RACING

BBB Racing accommodates all cyclists who aim at improving to competition level. We organise structured training rides and race-oriented training sessions. BBB Racing targets riders of all abilities interested in any kind of competition: ECW races, gran fondos, sportives, time trials, gravel, etc.

BBB RACING WEEKLY PROGRAM

For up-to-date information, check out our STRAVA ACCOUNT (members only).

We join BBB members for BBB Sunday, Gravel or Early Birds Rides as well.

TYPICAL BBB RACING SPRING/SUMMER WEEK

WEDNESDAY EVENING (occasional – 6.30pm) • Specific training sessions (~60km).
Organised periodically to concentrate on a specific aspect of cycling
THURSDAY EVENING (6.30pm) • BBB Racing race training (55-60km)
Race simulation type-training over a pre-defined segment (20-25km) on a safe course.
SATURDAY MORNING (9.00am) • BBB Racing long rides (90-150km+)
Rides published every week with an advertised average speed and a set course.
SUNDAY MORNING (8.30am) • BBB long rides
We take part in BBB Sunday Rides and regularly help leading some of the groups.

We additionally provide a comprehensive plan of indoor training sessions during winter.
Some of us take part in the HC – Tour de Wavre organized by our friends from Hors Catégorie every Tuesday evening (18.30 – from April to late September)

MEETING POINT

We generally gather at the “kiosk” in the Bois de la Cambre in Brussels.

We often end with drinks on the terrace of our basecamp and partner Hors Catégorie.

DISCOVER THE BBB ROUTES

Our routes are prepared and reviewed by experienced BBB members. You can download them for free and use them to discover the Brussels region by yourself. We also use them during our rides and training sessions.

BBB KIT

Classic in black or white or fresh-new in pink and dark blue (for our Racing Team), our club jersey is iconic.
We proudly wear red and green, the colors of the city of Brussels, as well.

MEMBERSHIP

PRICING | INSURANCES | BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS

You should both register with BBB and get a license.

You want to join our recreational section?
(1) In any case, complete your BBB membership
(2) You want a FFBC or a VWB licence? We’ll take care of your licence.
You want a Cycling Vlaanderen licence? Register by yourself with Cycling Vlaanderen.

You want to join the BBB Racing section?
(1) Complete your BBB membership
(2) Subscribe to an Elite 3 or Master licence by yourself on Cycling Vlaanderen website (with BBB as your club)