The idea of the Club came from Derek and John Roberts who called a meeting held on 25th June 1955 which was attended by H.G. Achard, Alex Behr, H J Maynard, D Powell and the Roberts brothers. The original aim was to study and exchange information on cycles and cycling; in addition, John Roberts suggested it would be possible to produce a quarterly magazine containing a real photograph of an old machine, and Derek Roberts thought it worth attempting an annual run for veteran cycles rather on the lines of the London to Brighton run for old cars, but from Ripley - the cyclists' Mecca of the late nineteenth century - instead of Brighton. The first magazine appeared in the autumn of 1955, the first run was held in 1956 from Ripley in Surrey to Hyde Park, London.