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EST. 2011 · PARISRide with us
S/01 · Club bookParis · Île-de-France

We keep our
cadence at ninety-two
and our company at six.

A small, serious road club. Endurance, racing, and gravel. Members are paired for a season and ride to the same tempo until the tempo becomes theirs.

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Members
74
Average FTP
3.9W/kg
Annual km
164,000
Coffee stops
1,904yr
S/02 · The rhythm of discipline

The road
keeps its own
time.

01Cadence keeps its riders honest. The rhythm of ninety-two revolutions a minute is not a number we chase. It is the tempo we have agreed to live at on the bike — unhurried, unshaken, and able to hold a line when the road bends.

02We pair riders. Every member rides with a partner for a season: matched for wattage, for temperament, for the way they climb. You do not earn our jersey on Strava. You earn it in the final forty kilometres of a Sunday ride, at the back of a double paceline, pulling the person next to you home.

03The club trains in the Pyrenees each August. Two weeks at a small stone house above Argelès-Gazost, where the coffee is short and the espresso machine is older than the oldest rider. Mornings begin with a silent roll-out. Evenings end with cards and an early bed.

Pull quote
— Laurent Vialle
Directeur Sportif

“A club is not a logo on a jersey. It is the last kilometre, when the strongest rider sits up, drifts back, and puts a hand on the hip of the rider who is suffering most.”

S/03 · The ride book

Six standing rides.

R/01Sunday

Bunch Ride

The weekly roll-out. Four café stops, one mechanical allowed, and a silent agreement to wait at the top of the Col de Bize for the last rider home.

120 km
820 m
Z2 — 32 km/h avg
Whole club · 6-abreast
R/02Tuesday

Night Crit Prep

Thirty minutes of steady before the lights. Six sets of four laps on the industrial loop, corner practice, and a sprint ladder against each other, not the clock.

42 km
110 m
Z4 intervals · 380W peaks
Race squad · 12 riders
R/03Thursday

Threshold Ride

Three by twenty on the flat river road. Paired by FTP so no-one sits on and no-one blows. We end at Boulangerie Piron for bread you can smell a kilometre before.

78 km
640 m
FTP — 280W holds
Endurance pair · 8 riders
R/04Weekend

Granfondo

The club's long day. Four alpine passes, one feed zone, a shared plate of risotto, and the train home with wet kit and quiet satisfaction.

205 km
3,100 m
Z2/Z3 mixed
All comers · 24 riders
R/05Winter

Base Ride

Off-season engine building on gravel-lined country lanes. Heated vests, wool caps, thick gloves. A long ride where nothing hurts and nothing is proven.

140 km
410 m
Z1 · 26 km/h
Open club · 18 riders
R/06Saturday

Gravel Saturday

Forest service roads north of the watershed. 40c rubber, a small repair kit, and the understanding that puncture stops are social, not punitive.

92 km
1,180 m
Mixed terrain · 24 km/h
Gravel arm · 10 riders
KOM · 2025 BOARD
Polka-dot jersey

Astrid has held
the club KOM
for fourteen months.

Col de Joux Plane, 11.6 km at 8.5%. 41:18 on 28 June, 2024. It is unlikely to fall in 2026, but someone in the sprinter cohort is training for it quietly and we are not supposed to know.

Climb
Col de Joux Plane · 1,691 m
Record41:18
Gradient8.5% avg · 11.4% max
Held byAstrid Hallberg
Since28 / 06 / 24
S/04 · Roster

Five from
the season.

The club does not publish a top-of-roster. These five are representative of the disciplines, paces, and temperaments you will ride alongside on a Sunday.

Elodie Marchetti
#01Climber

Elodie Marchetti

FTP4.9 W/kg
Z3 avg268 W

2nd, La Vaujany — 2024

Thibault Corré
#02Rouleur

Thibault Corré

FTP4.3 W/kg
Z3 avg312 W

1st, Paris-Chartres team TT

Niamh Sheridan
#03Time-trial

Niamh Sheridan

FTP4.6 W/kg
Z3 avg290 W

IRE 25mi record — 52:18

Rafael Vidal
#04Sprinter

Rafael Vidal

FTP4.1 W/kg
Z3 avg1,480 W peak

3 stage wins, Volta a Girona

Astrid Hallberg
#05Climber

Astrid Hallberg

FTP5.1 W/kg
Z3 avg246 W

KOM — Col de Joux Plane, F40

S/05 · Route book

Four signature
routes.

RT/ASunday staple

Col des Fleurs

Distance
86 km
Ascent
1,640 m
0 km86 km

A single climb, a long descent, and a stone bridge halfway where the club photographs itself once a year.

RT/BQueen stage

Trois Vallées

Distance
142 km
Ascent
2,780 m
0 km142 km

Three valleys, three cols. The middle ramp at kilometre 78 settles the question of how your winter went.

RT/CThreshold

River Road Loop

Distance
68 km
Ascent
310 m
0 km68 km

Flat as a carpenter's square. The threshold ride takes this every Thursday between April and October.

RT/DGravel

Gravel North

Distance
92 km
Ascent
1,180 m
0 km92 km

Unpaved service road, two watersheds, one river crossing that is knee-deep in May and ankle-deep in August.

S/06 · Fit room

The bike
fits the rider.

The club runs a fit room in the back of the workshop on Rue Dauphine. Members fit for nothing, season-members for 120 euro, non-members for 240 euro. Booked the second Saturday of every month.

Bikes supported
  • Race roadSub 7.0 kg · electronic · 50/34 · 11-30
  • Endurance roadIsospeed frame · 32 mm tyre · 2-bolt or 3-bolt
  • Time-trialUCI-legal only · no beam bikes · helmet fit included
  • Gravel40-45 mm tyre · 1x preferred · club recommends 700c
Fit process · four stages · ~3 hours
01

Measurement

Saddle height, reach, stack, cleat position, and foot-to-knee tracking under pedal load. Recorded and filed.

02

Motion capture

Three-camera rig at 120 fps. We read your hips, not your head. A twenty minute effort at Z3 tells the truth.

03

Cockpit build

Stem length, bar width, hood rotation. Club owns a parts cabinet, so you leave on the right cockpit that day.

04

Ride confirm

A 90-minute follow-up after two weeks. Small adjustments only. Most riders need nothing.

Maillot jaune · training principles
S/07 · Five rules for a ride

The rules
we ride by.

Written by the founding five in 2011, on a napkin at Café de la Mairie. Unchanged since. Every new member recites them on the first Sunday out.

  1. 01

    Arrive early. Leave together.

  2. 02

    Pull for as long as you can. Then pull a little more.

  3. 03

    The wheel in front of you is a promise.

  4. 04

    A good ride is not a fast ride. A good ride is a ride that brings everyone home.

  5. 05

    Ride a steel bike once a year so you remember why carbon is a privilege.

S/08 · Season calendar

Twelve
months, one rhythm.

JAN01 / 12
Feature

Winter Rollers · indoor block

FEB02 / 12
Feature

Base Camp — Catalunya

MAR03 / 12
Feature

First bunch ride of spring

APR04 / 12
Feature

Club Time Trial · River Road

MAY05 / 12
Feature

KOM Hunt Weekend

JUN06 / 12
Feature

L'Etape Ride (club entry)

JUL07 / 12
Feature

Tour viewing — day 9 finish

AUG08 / 12
Feature

Pyrenees Training Camp

SEP09 / 12
Feature

Paris-Brest-Paris prep block

OCT10 / 12
Feature

Granfondo + harvest dinner

NOV11 / 12
Feature

Gravel season — Forest North

DEC12 / 12
Feature

Rollers · maintenance week

Directeur Sportif
S/09 · Directeur Sportif

Laurent
Vialle.

Age 57·DS since 2014·From Pau, FR

Laurent rode twelve seasons at continental level, most memorably an eighth overall at the 1997 Tour de l'Avenir and two stage wins at the Tour du Limousin. He came to Cadence after a decade running the junior programme at VC Pau, where he earned a reputation for making ordinary riders finish above themselves. He speaks slowly, writes training logs by hand, and keeps a typewritten race book on every member of the club.

Palmarès
12 wins
Members coached
118
KOMs held
4 · all retired
S/10 · Frequently asked

Questions
from the
application pile.

Six that the committee reads most often. Longer answers live in the handbook, which you will receive if the committee invites you to the third ride.

We take four new members a year. Applications open in October. You will be invited to three rides before the committee decides.

We ask for 3.2 W/kg as a soft floor, not a ceiling. More important: consistency across a six-month training log, and a willingness to ride for the person next to you.

No. About a third of the club races. A third ride endurance events only. The last third ride for the Sunday bunch and nothing else. All three belong.

EUR 1,650 per rider, all-in: bed, board, two rides a day with ride lead, mechanical support, and the house wine. Flights and bike shipping are separate.

Yes. Gravel Saturday runs ten months of the year. We lend a gravel bike for the first two rides so you can decide before you buy.

Every ride is mixed. We specifically hold a women's-led Thursday through the summer block. About 40% of the club is women and the number is rising.

S/11 · Apply

Ride with
Cadence in 2026.

Four openings. Applications close 14 October. An honest training log, two references from riders who know the road, and a willingness to be paired with a rider you did not choose.

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Cadence Road Cycling Club
14 Rue Dauphine, 75006 Paris
ride@cadence.cc
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