Dulwich Paragon cycling club reaches 500 members

Dulwich Paragon, 500th member

Cycling in Britain may be booming, however some old-school bike clubs are finding it hard to entice new recruits. But that's not a problem for Dulwich Paragon, which recently reached its landmark 500th member.

"We've actually come from a pretty low base - in 1983 or '84 we were down to about 20 to 30 active members," club chairman Nigel Wood said. "Then, in about 1990, we had some club members who realised that we couldn't continue like that or we'd fizzle out.

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