Cycle Coventry news: Half term special

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Cycle Coventry news: Half Term Special


Cycling in WM

In this issue:


Learn to Ride Sessions for children in half term

Ready Set Ride

Go Cycling in half term with British Cycling's free Learn to Ride sessions for children age 4-15. Please book your place online. Sessions take place inside at a city centre venue. Bikes and helmets are provided for use during the session. For more ideas about helping your child learn to ride visit readysetride.co.uk 


Book indoor cycle training for adults

Cycle training is now available at a new indoor venue in the city centre. Learn to ride and cycle skills sessions are available to book online.

  • Learn to Ride – I have little or no experience  
  • Cycle Confidence - I can already ride a bike and would like to develop my skills in a traffic-free area 

Bring a roadworthy bike and helmet if you have one. Don't worry if you don't have one as bikes and helmets can be provided for the session.

 


Midland Mencap - Cycling with Confidence Course

Cycling with Confidence

Cycling with Confidence is a free course at Centre AT7 for anybody over 16 years old, and will support participants to build confidence in their local communities. There really is a bike for everyone and their fleet includes…..adult & children’s trikes, Wheel chair front loader, 2 wheel bikes both adapted and mainstream, tandems, side by side cycles and even balance bikes! For more information and to book: Call: 0121 442 2944 or email Midland Mencap


CycleFest Gallery

CycleFest

CycleFest took place outside Coventry Transport Museum on Saturday 25 September. Check out the gallery to see local people enjoying cycling activities.

 


E-Power Day - 28 October

Our Future Moves

Have a go on e-bikes and other forms of micro-mobility on Thursday 28 October as Millennium Place hosts E-Power Day from 10am-4pm as part of Our Future Moves! 

The free E-Power Day event gives you the opportunity to not only find out more about micro-mobility and how it could fit into your everyday life but also gives you the chance to trial some of these new products in a safe, controlled environment.


Ride to the Run - Coventry Festival of Running - 31 Oct

Festival of Running logo

If you're taking part in Coventry Festival of Running on 31 October, you can plan your journey to the Race Village at University Square with the Travel Assistant. Click on the cycle icon to see West Midlands Cycle Hire docking stations nearby. Sign up for the West Midlands Cycle Hire App and your first 30 minute ride is free.

Supporters can find docks all around the city centre circuit and by the drinks station at Moseley Avenue. 


Coundon Cycleway Update

coundon

If you're heading to watch the half marathon why not take a ride along the first completed section of the Coundon Cycleway between Moseley Avenue shops and Westhill Road shops, which is around the 11 mile mark.  


Healthy Travel to Work

Healthy Travel

Healthy travel is helping more organisations thrive
Physically active staff feel better, are healthier and are more productive, benefitting both your business and your employees. 

An easy way to get more staff active is to encourage them to cycle or walk for all, or part, of their commute.
Find out how your organisation can take the first steps 


Lullaby - 7 November

Lullaby

Historic Coventry Trust present – Lullaby by Luke Jerram on Sunday 7 Nov – from 4.30pm – 7pm.  Two flotillas of twinkling bikes playing an ambient soundscape will be passing through the streets of Longford and Cheylesmore converging at the Abundance in Foleshill marking Diwali on 7th November. In honour of the Starley family, godfathers of bicycle invention, bikes will ride past memorials in London Road Cemetery playing especially commissioned bike bells in tune with the soundscape.  Together we will celebrate Coventry as a City that moves of invention and innovation. Wrap up warm, come out of your home and wave us by. More information on the routes and timings 


Thanks for the Bike Donations to Refugees

Bike Donation

Thanks to the donors who brought unwanted bikes to CycleFest to donate to The Bike Project for reuse by local refugees and asylum seekers. The nearest regular donation point is in Balsall Heath.  Find out more about how to become a local drop off point please contact


Last Chance to see Our Future Moves Exhibition

Our Future Moves

#OurFutureMoves exhibition with cycling exhibits is on at Coventry Transport Museum until the end of October. (*Entry to the museum and exhibition is free for Go CV card holders)


West Midlands Cycle Hire - New Docking Stations

West Midlands Cycle Hire now has extra docks in the city centre and at Tile Hill Station, Cannon Park and Canley. Here are the latest offers:


Smart Lights Update

SeeSense

200 local people will be using smart bike lights to collect data on their regular journeys. Successful applicants will be contacted by 31 October.


For information on learning to ride, routes, bike shops visit www.coventry.gov.uk/cycling.