Noida Cycling Club was founded on 10th April 2011 by Aman Puri  with the primary idea to motivate and get the mass into the sport of cycling to enjoy its endless benefits. It is also an initiative to protect the environment, create a community of like-minded people to ride together on weekends and introduce newbies on the road to ride and explore the city. 

NCC was started when Aman Puri established NCC following his idea to devise a beginners’ oriented group for newbies which was immensely supported by Prateek Gupta, Mohsin Ahmed and Abhinav Gupta joining the initial rides and introducing the new group in town. So, a club that started with just 4 members, now boasts 5000+ members is a sign of how we have successfully conducted rides throughout the years.

NCC has always cared for the environment, and we are a proud group of cyclists promoting zero carbon footprint. We strongly believe in the concept of biking to work, school, colleges and other such places and produce zero carbon footprint. It also contributes towards a positive impact on health as we exercise and burn calories while sweating to work! NCC has also performed tree plantation rides in the past, wherein we planted tree saplings to promote tree plantation around the city, and our riders have taken part in many cyclothons to increase awareness about the environment and health. 

Since its inception, NCC has continuously been organising rides and have come across people who have bodily ailments. Thus, their willingness to join the club after being suggested by their respective doctors for overall wellbeing. Cycling plays one of the major roles in improving cardiovascular health along with the joints and ligaments that lead to rehabilitation from injuries.

We have had riders with severe knee pain as well as those with arthritis. Their desire to cycle regularly has helped them to cope up with their knee injuries. Cycling is a technical sport, but when done correctly, it has a lot of health benefits. On the other hand, when the same is performed with the wrong posture or technique, it can lead to lifetime injuries. We at NCC ensure right from the first ride that the riding technique of a rider is always correct so that there are no chances of injuries. We give special emphasis on the techniques of a rider that includes correct seat height, reach from saddle to the handlebar, the height of the handlebar and also the size of the frame. Once everything is correct, and to a satisfactory level, we guide the rider towards better pedalling and breathing techniques.

Today, NCC has 5000+ members onboard through Facebook and on a voluntary basis. Each member comes with a belief and to have fun. NCC is a big community with members of all age groups (8 to 79 to be precise till date) from different professional backgrounds, like students, business or working-class people and even retired servicemen. Differentiating between riders is against our morality. Any person with his/her bike and helmet willing to join us at The Great India Place Mall (GIP), Noida, is our rider and we believe in treating each rider equally. It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that NCC is among the groups with the most female cyclists in India, and we arrange female-specific rides with special arrangements to promote cycling among women. 

In 2016, we started with three female-specific rides where we emphasised on female-focused rides. It was the year when we hosted eight female riders on a ride unlike other existing groups in the country who do not host as many female-based rides on a regular non-social event basis. And ever since we have organised our regular NCC rides and not social rides again, with a special focus on female riders. 

NCC is the hub for a host of students coming from schools and colleges of different grades, and we are happy to ride with them. The response has been positive so far, and we appreciate the trust of those parents who send their kids to ride with us early mornings. We also take pride in organising rides for school kids where they receive the opportunity to gather scores of wisdom from senior riders of the club. The primary advantage is their chance to learn a list of professional skills, in both cycling and other areas. Like for example, we have IIT aspiring kids who get to interact with IIT pass outs on the same ride as well as business-minded kids who gather entrepreneurship skills from big-time businessmen joining us on rides. Thus, the community is growing remarkably with each passing year, that too at a stronger and faster pace.

NCC has collaborated with a lot of NGOs in the last few years and performed many social-cause rides to support the organisations and their people. It includes many cyclothons, social awareness campaigns and blanket distribution rides during winters to people living on roadsides. Other successful events include traffic awareness campaigns with Noida Police and Noida Authority to reduce the number of accidents in the city and create awareness about the benefits of cycling. 

NCC has conducted over 1000 rides since 2011, including midweek and regular weekend rides. In 2017, we started with a challenge series where riders were presented with official certificates on completion of the challenge. It had been a great success as we were able to carry out many such challenges and received positive responses. It was an initiative to train beginners and seasoned riders willing to start cycling and develop better stamina respectively through the sport. We keep planning such a series filled with fantastic challenges, thrills and of course, difficulties! In the past years with our team of amazing admins, we have happily conducted the rides, also plan to expand on the same lines. Our Facebook & Instagram page has become a platform for riders of all levels to obtain the positivity of the sport, and stay motivated to make it a part of their lives. We also collaborated with many groups and organisations who are in the similar sport, and we are more than happy to share the field as we believe in motivating to get more people outdoors to experience a positive, fit and healthy lifestyle.