BRUSSELS BIG BRACKETS

We welcome all cycling enthusiasts willing to join a multicultural Brussels based peloton and to share their passion.

BBB includes both a recreational group and a performance section

Our Cycling Club welcomes members with diverse cycling skills and ambition: easy riders, sharp cyclosportifs, competitors, etc.

The recreational section offers a schedule of Sunday cycling tours throughout the year. We participate as a group in various tours organised under the VWB, Cycling Vlaanderen and FFBC calendars. We sometimes organise a trip or weekend tour and, of course, some social events as well.

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.

About BBB

About BBB Racing

RIDE WITH US!

Covid-19 // BBB Official statement All our activities, rides and events are cancelled until further notice. From March 8th, you can ride on your own or in groups of 10 or less members. You can join us for indoor cycling sessions as well. Check out our Facebook Page and/or the news section for more info. We hope to be back for official rides in April.

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 some basic rules of group riding that everyone should be aware of.

Ride with Brussels Big Brackets

We gather every Sunday at 8.30 (at 9.00 during the darkest weeks of winter).

Rides between 90km and 110km
– Group “Velocity” (A+): No speed-limit. You might be dropped. Be prepared!
– Group “Endurance” (A): 27-28 km/h. This is a no-drop group. We start and come back together!
Rides between 60km and 80km
– Group “Challenge” (B+): 25-27 km/h. You’re dropped out? Just wait for the “Discovery group”, they are riding 5 to 10 minutes after!
– Group “Discovery” (B): 22-24 km/h. This is a no-drop group. We start and come back together!

Ride with BBB Racing

Training rides:

Specific training sessions. These sessions are organized on a weekly basis and follow a pre-established riding style and distance.
Make sure your fitness level matches the training session requirements.

Races:

Throughout the season, we will select some races and events we want to participate in together.

MEETING POINT

Brussels Big Brackets members gather at the kiosk of the”Bois de la Cambre”, in Brussels.

DISCOVER THE BBB ROUTES

Our routes are prepared and reviewed by experienced BBB members. You can download them for free and use it 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, our club jersey is iconic.
We proudly wear red and green, the colors of the city of Brussels as well.

MEMBERSHIP

Become a BBB member

You want to join our recreational section?
Members should both have a valid membership with BBB and get a license with any of the following federations, according to your preference: Fédération Francophone Belge de Cyclotourisme (FFBC – affiliation n°1006) and the Vlaamse Wielrijdersbond (VWB – n°400), as well Cycling Vlaanderen (n°12015014). We’ll take care of your registration with FFBC and VWB. You’ll have to register by yourself with Cycling Vlaanderen.

You want to join the BBB Racing section?
Subscribe to an Elite 3 licence by yourself directly on Cycling Vlaanderen website and select BBB as your club. Do not forget to complete your BBB membership afterwards!

THE BBB TEAM

Any question or suggestion regarding our Cycling Club?

Jean-Philippe Thivet

President
jpthivet@brusselsbigbrackets.eu

Emiel Van Druten

Secretary
info@brusselsbigbrackets.eu

Fabio Cristofoletto

Treasurer
fcristofoletto@brusselsbigbrackets.eu

Nicolas Brookes

BBB Racing
racing@brusselsbigbrackets.eu

Pierre Collowald

Sponsors and institutions
pcollowald@brusselsbigbrackets.eu