- for example, Huddersfield Star Wheelers. Some club names are formed from multiple words - for example, Echelon Velodynamics Bicycle Club. Some UK club names have roots in political or social movements. The National Clarion Cycling Club spread socialist ideas by bicycle in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The name remains - Bury Clarion, Crewe Clarion, Fenland Clarion, London Clarion, North Cheshire Clarion, Nottingham Clarion, etc - but the politics has mostly disappeared. Other names reflect historical religious allegiance, such as Manchester St Christopher's Catholic Cycling Club) or jobs: RAF CC, Northumbria Police CC, GB Fire Service Road Team, Army Cycling Union. Others evoke the wandering nature of cycling - '34 Nomads, Altrincham Ravens, Lewes Wanderers, Colchester Rovers - or an aspiration: Norwood Paragon, Sheffield Phoenix, Dulwich Paragon. The early 21st century has also seen the development of internet-based clubs (e.g.: i-Team.cc, and Team Internet). National and transnational associations Cycling organizations or cycling associations are - similar to automobile associations - organizations for cyclists, bicycle sports and bicycle mobility, bicycle touring, advocating bicycle-friendliness and the bicycle and cycling in general. As such, they generally support sustainable transport. Larger national organizations, may have arisen from older, local cycling clubs. Activities Most associations have the commonality that they aim to promote cycling as an everyday activity, e.g. commuting. When the focus is on a specific aspect of cycling, we can distinguish between: Racing organizations. Tours and travel associations. Advocacy associations. Educational associations: with an emphasis on e.g. bicycle safety Mobility vs. sports Most organizations lean towards either cycling as a mobility or bicycle / BMX racing. The political goals can be quite different, because cycling as a mobility is an everyday issue and pervades questions about environmentalism, transport and sustainability. Sports associations emphasize the event character of cycling and do not usually try to advocate the aspects of bicycle as regular traffic vehicles. See also Adventure Cycling Association Association for the Urban Mobility on Bicycle Mobility as a service Bicycle-sharing system Global Alliance for EcoMobility Ixion Bicycle Club (1885) League of American Bicyclists World Cycling Alliance External links References