Bristol Cycle Festival
Featuring nearly 50 events over 9 days, it’s a celebration of cycling, organised by volunteers and enthusiasts from the local community.
They’ve got rides, talks, games, crafts, and films, ranging from family-friendly play sessions, to challenges for the toughest cyclist.
Highlights for 2013 include:
- Traffic-free roads and city centre games for this year’s Carnivelo and Big Bike Spectacular.
- Activities and Tour coverage all week at Roll for the Soul, the bicycle café on Quay Street.
- The return of the legendary Vintage Velo, a spiffing retro bike ride.
- The Dundry Drubber – ride four times up Bristol’s most fearsome hill.
- An expanded programme of talks from academics, adventurers and artists.
- A ride to a picnic on an organic farm in the beautiful Chew Valley.
- Bike maintenance courses, from introductory to advanced.
- New rides, including a trip up the tower at Blaise Castle, a tour of Bristol’s Hollywood connections, and an unreliable history of the Knights Templar.
- A tandem weekend away on Devon’s Tarka Trail for visually impaired riders.
For full details, check out the online programme, or look for the paper version coming to shops, cafés, tourist information centres and bicycle wheels around Bristol!
The Festival is staged with the support of Bike Week, Bristol City Council, Better by Bike and Lyons Davidson.
