The second national Cycle to Work Day is on Thursday and top employers from across the UK are getting on board and offering their support for the campaign, which aims to demonstrate the benefits of encouraging cycling in to and from the workplace. Employers large and small are showing how important cycling is to them…
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Take part in Britain’s Biggest Bike Breakfast on 4th September
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Whether you believe that or not, there’s no denying that for many of us the thought of a coffee and croissant (or orange juice and porridge, for the more health conscious) waiting for us at our place of work is bound to bring a…
Bike Week was fantastic, says Stevenage CTC
Stevenage CTC staged at least one bike ride every day of Bike Week, with nearly 600 people taking part in Stevenage and North Herts CTC activities. The most popular events were the Baldock Cycle Challenge; the Stevenage Circular; Wednesday evening’s ride from Old Stevenage to Norton in Letchworth and Teddy Bears on Bicycles Picnic. Bike…
Parliamentary bike ride pix
On Wednesday, MPs and peers – many of them members of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group – rode to parliament from the Dutch embassy on a beautiful sunny day. (Above) Roads minister Robert Goodwill with Dutch Ambassador Laetitia van den Assum. Pix by John Mallow.
Weather forecast for Bike Week
There are nearly 900 events to choose from, most of them bike rides of one sort or another. Get on out there!
Win use of a Car Bike Port for your company for the duration of Bike Week!
Lack of cycle parking where you work but tons of car parking spaces? Cycle Hoop is offering to supply one of its iconic Car Bike Ports for the duration of Bike Week. Win some bike space for your colleagues who would love to cycle in if only they had somewhere safe to lock their bikes….
“Everybody should ride bicycle”
Thanks to Mungo’s Hi Fi.
Something for everyone at the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling
On the evening of 12th June author Carlton Reid will be giving the first talk at the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling. Earlier in the day there will led rides and the first qualifying rounds for the “How fast can you fold a Brompton” competition. Reid will be talking about his forthcoming cycling-and-motoring history book and…
Got a bike? Live in Glasgow? Take part in Mauricio Kagel’s “A Breeze for 111 cyclists”
The University of Glasgow is seeking participants for a Bike Week performance of ‘Eine Brise (A Breeze) for 111 cyclists’ by Mauricio Kagel. This will be staged on Sunday 15th June. Eine Brise (A Breeze) is an avant garde musical performance piece for 111 bicyclists written by Mauricio Kagel lasting one-and-a-half minutes organised by Music…
Cycle to the ArcelorMittal Orbit for 10% discount and a free water bottle
During Bike Week – 14th-22nd June – the first 500 cyclists who visit the ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London, will receive a 10 percent discount on the entrance fee and receive a FREE water bottle from the visitor centre. Look, the water bottle’s got the Bike Week logo on it!