This is where the Tunnel Hill Trolls came from. Like minded people that didn't want to join a club. (Not knocking clubs by the way. If I was 'up North, I'd probably join the Bogtrotters)
There's still no membership fee and no requirements to DO anything if you don't want to. But we have a website, lots of organised rides (MTB, Road and even the odd motorbike ride) for all abilites, a nice big gazebo with our logo on it (Fek knows who paid for that!) and our last jersey order was something like 60+ in number.
Yes we have an 'AGM' but it's really just beer and nibbles round someone's house and a discussion about what races and big trips we're gonna do. Stuff gets written down, cleared up, and put on the website.
We have lots of people capable of leading rides, and we know people everywhere if we fancy going somewhere else for a day out.
Things happen in a fluid sort of way – Got an idea, fancy a ride? Put it on the forum and see what interest you get. It's VERY social.
People drift in and out, because they can and they don't feel obliged to do anything. Currently 406 members on the forum, so it works for us….