This year's Bike Week is promoting 'everyday cycling for health and fitness'. Many fun events will be aimed at novice or lapsed cyclists, including children and young families. Hundreds of Bike2Work rides are being organised by employers and workplace bicycle user groups, helping to reduce the number of unnecessary car journeys made by commuters.
Most Bike Week events are free to enter. Some will raise funds for charities, including Leukaemia Research. Organisers range from local authorities to cycling clubs, National Cycle Network volunteer rangers to campaigning groups. All Bike Week and Bike2Work events and rides are listed at www.bikeweek.org.uk (or telephone 01243 527444).
The first national Bike Week was held in 1923. Last year more than 1,400 events attracted 250,000 cyclists. Bike Week is organised for 16 organisations* that want to encourage 'more people to cycle more often', funded by UK governments (England, London, Scotland and Wales) and sponsored by the cycle industry's Bike Hub.
Further information for potential event organisers, participants and media is available from Nick Harvey, Bike Week & Bike2Work National Co-ordinator, email
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Bike Week HQ
10 South Pallant
Chichester
PO19 1SU
Phone: 01243 527444
Email:
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Check your bike
13.01.2006 10:52
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