Cycle Coventry news and events - January

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Cycle Coventry news and events - January

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Free cycle training - indoors and out

Help keep New Year's resolutions with FREE cycle training sessions for all the family, on Saturdays at Coventry Sports Centre and Grace Academy.

  • Learn to ride for adults and children indoors
  • Novice courses for adults indoors
  • Improver and advanced courses outdoors
  • Bikes and helmets to borrow

Book your free place 

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Find a ride on your smartphone

Looking for a ride? Follow a tour or plan your own with the free Bike Citizens App on your smartphone. 

  • Coventry History Tour - 2 mile loop
  • Sowe Valley - 5 miles mostly traffic free
  • Kenilworth Greenway - 7 mile loop
  • Coventry Canal - 11 miles traffic free
  • Longford Lanes - 17 miles

Download Bike Citizens free from the App Store and Google Play and turn your smartphone into cycle nav. 

To celebrate the launch of the tours we have 25 Finn Smartphone handlebar mounts to give away. To claim one first download Bike Citizens then pop into Coventry Tourist Information Centre, off Bayley Lane, CV1 5RN. One Finn per person while stocks last. 

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Be inspired by the Bicycle film - 19 January

Bicycle Film

Watch the film "Bicycle", directed by BAFTA winner and keen cyclist Michael B.Clifford. It is an affectionate and humorous look at the history of the bicycle and includes interviews from several contemporary cycling personalities.

  • Tuesday 19 January - 8pm
  • The Friends Meeting House, Hill St, CV1 4AN
  • Event hosted by CTC Coventry (£1.50 entry) 
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Become a Coventry Canal Towpath Ranger

Towpath Rangers

Help make towpaths safer and more enjoyable for everyone by becoming a volunteer ranger with the Canal & River Trust. Sign up online by 31 January or contact Liz Wood about the induction event on Thursday 11 February at Coventry Canal Basin. 

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Share your skills as a Cycle Workshop Volunteer

Bike Maintenance

Are you interested in bicycle maintenance and are motivated and dedicated to helping others?  Langley House Trust is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join a new cycle workshop project in Coventry: 

  •  Befriending and mentoring clients around repairing bicycles for the community. 
  • Supporting clients in developing skills and habits that will improve their self-esteem and equip them for move-on and employment.

Find out more.

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For more information and cycle maps visit our webpage www.coventry.gov.uk/cycling.