CycleBradford

Hello people

On 22 May 2013,  Darron Speck will be doing a charity cycle ride from North Cape in Norway to Malta. This is the most northerly point in Europe to the most southerly country in Europe.

He will be cycling on his own, unsupported, carrying everything he need and wild camping along the way. It will be approximately 5000 miles.

It’s the equivalent of cycling from Land’s End to John O Grout’s over five and a half times without having a day off.

Starting in Norway, he will cycle through Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, over the Alps to Italy. All the way down Italy, across Sicily and then to Malta.   He is hoping to do the journey in  approx. three months.

He  will be doing this for a charity called Make-A-Wish Foundation.

 Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions. Since being established in the UK in 1986, we have granted more than 8,500 wishes.

There are 20,000 children and young people living in the UK with a life-threatening condition. And we want to grant a wish to every one of them.

You can follow his progress on my website (www.1man1bike.com), Facebook and Twitter if you interested, ask for details.

You can make a donation online via: https://www.justgiving.com/darronspeckcycleride

Please give generously

The go:cycling team will be having a presence along with Ilkley Cycling Club at the Ilkley Carnival this coming bank holiday Monday the 6th of May.

The Carnival will be located here… http://tinyurl.com/c5y842v

We will have a presence there from around 10am.  The Parade will arrive at the site around 12.15pm around about which time the Carnival will get busier (so I’m told).  The day will start to come to an end around 3pm.

For further details of the day check out http://www.ilkleycarnival.org/

Thanks

Hi All,

The promo material has been produced for Cycle Fest 2013.  The event will be held in Roberts Park on the afternoon of the 25th of May.  There will be activities in the park, this year to include a BBQ and pedal powered cinema at the Half Moon Cafe as well as a number of led rides with the park as the base.

See poster below for details…

go cycling cyclefest poster AW           Cycle Fest A5 Leaflet_AW

Next Wednesday (10th April) there will be a Bike Breakfast at the University of Bradford. That’s a free breakfast for everyone who cycles in to uni! This event is open to staff and students at the College and University, and to members of the community!

Just come along (with bike) to the paved area outside the Richmond Building anytime from 8am-12am to collect your breakfast voucher worth £5 which can be redeemed in University catering establishments.

We will also have a HGV lorry on site to highlight the blind spots and give some safer cycling tips.

Would all parties interested in attending the breakfast please email to tom.jones@bradford.gov.uk

Also on the 10th, from 12-2, there will be a Dr Bike Session run by Cycle-re-Cycle, so you can get a free safety check of your bike.

Hi All,

We are sorry to announce that due to the bad weather the easter family ride that had been organised for this Sunday has been cancelled.  We were due to meet at 13:30 in City Park this is no longer the case.

Sorry to all those who were looking forward to it.  We will perhaps look to do something later on in the year if the winter ever comes to an end!

Thanks,

Tom