Cyclewear brand Rapha has opened its doors with a pop-up at Canary Wharf, offering its latest collections and a schedule of events, curated routes and community activities.
Out of its Reuters Plaza base, Rapha is offering a packed agenda of events to help you explore the docks, quays and waterways of the East End
It says, “Our route library and itinerary of self-guided events will have riders cycling around the city in ways they’d never expect, revealing lesser-known areas of the capital.”
Essentials
Dates: 27 July – 27 September 2020
Address: Reuters Plaza, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AJ
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12pm-6pm. Bank holidays 11am-6pm.
What’s happening
Weekly workshops
Covering everything from route planning to strength training, and roadside repairs to riding in groups, the Pop-Up workshops will develop your cycling and improve your time on the bike. The free classes will be held once a week. Click here for tickets and more details.
Local Route Library
The quayside lanes and single-track paths of East London offer new and exciting ways of exploring the city that will seem unfamiliar to even the most long-serving of residents. With the help of our official ride leaders, we have collated a series of rides that take you around the city, across the Thames, and out to the home counties, showcasing what the city and its surroundings have to offer. Click here to view the routes.
September 6: Women’s 100
Like our other Clubhouses, the Pop-Up will be gladly welcoming riders taking part in the Women’s 100 on September 6th, with the open plaza offering the perfect meeting and finishing place for a ride. With 100km routes provided and rewards for the finishers, the Pop-Up will be a hub for women’s cycling.
September 19-20: City Island Challenge
Rapha is challenging riders to put their route planning skills to the test and pass through a series of mandated checkpoints across the Docklands, sharing their adventure along the way. You can pass each checkpoint in any order, over one or two days, as long as they start and finish in the same location. There will be a commemorative prize for all finishers. Click here for full event information.
About Rapha, by Rapha
Rapha was established in 2004 to address a need for stylish, high performance cycling clothing. It now provides products for every cyclist and continues to push the boundaries of innovation in cycle wear. Alongside this, Rapha has cultivated a global community of passionate riders who come together as members of the Rapha Cycling Club (RCC), the largest club of its kind in the world.
Rapha’s retail model and unique brand values come to life in its many rides and events and global network of Clubhouses that combine retail, cafés and cycling culture all under the same roof.
Website: rapha.cc
Instagram: @rapha, @rapha_uk
Twitter: @rapha