BRUSSELS BIG BRACKETS

SOCIAL OR COMPETITIVE RIDERS, BBB WELCOMES ALL CYCLING ENTHUSIASTS

Cyclo or racer, chill or fast ride-lover, short-distance, Gran fondo, road or gravel addict
Whatever your gender, age or cycling skills are

COME AND JOIN US!

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BBB, ESTABLISHED 2009 IN BRUSSELS

Brussels Big Brackets is the largest Cycling Club of The Brussels-Capital Region. We include a “recreational” group and a performance section (BBB Racing).
We focus on solidarity and diversity and welcome members with different cycling skills and ambition.

More than 240 people are fully-fledged members of the Brussels Big Brackets Cycling Club. Among them, a growing part of women. Brussels Big Brackets Cycling Club is proud to be multicultural, just like our beloved city, with more than 30 nationalities.

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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 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)
BBB Gravel Rides: you can ride along 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.

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.

PROUD OF OUR CLUB-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.