Buying or hiring a bike – getting a bike back on the road
Learning to ride – cycling with a ‘buddy’ – where to ride?
Family fun and fitness – encouraging more women to cycle
Bike2Work – individually or as part of an organised ride
Get off the beaten track – go cycling in the countryside
Bike Week co-ordinator Nick Harvey said: "We started with 11 options and settled on five that stand the best chance of getting more people cycling more often.
"I am expecting to register more than one thousand local events and rides in 2003, most of which will be eligible for free public liability insurance, website publicity and a wide range of promotional materials."
Bike2Work will run for the whole week, with participants requested to donate the money they save on fuel and parking or fares to Cancer Research UK.
500 major employers are being encouraged to promote cycling to work and existing workplace bicycle user groups (BUGs) will be helped to recruit new members.
Bike Week’s main funder is the Department for Transport, where transport minister John Spellar has requested more events that appeal to novice cyclists, especially women and families.
In 2002, approximately 50 percent of the estimated 200,000 participants in Bike Week events were new or returning cyclists. Of the 20+ million bikes owned in the UK, less than a third are used regularly.
More countryside rides will be promoted in 2003, including in rural areas that are still recovering from the effects of the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001. The Countryside Agency, Forestry Commission, National Byway, Ordnance Survey and the Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) are new members of the Bike Week Steering Group.
For a free Bike Week Event Organisers’ Guide email HQ@bikeweek.org.uk
Tel: 01243 543888.
BIKE WEEK STEERING GROUP:
Association of Cycle Traders
Association for Commuter Transport
Bicycle Association
British Schools Cycling Association
Countryside Agency
CTC
Cycle Campaign Network
Cycling Time Trials
Forestry Commission
London Cycling Campaign
The National Byway
National TravelWise Association
The National Trust
Ordnance Survey
Sustrans
Transport 2000
YHA (England & Wales).
BIKE WEEK CONTACTS:
Association of Cycle Traders
Email: chris@comptoncycles.co.uk
Association for Commuter Transport
Email: mail@act-uk.com
Bicycle Association
Email: patrick.barker@madison-cycles.com
British Schools Cycling Association
Email: jospehine.tym@talk21.com
Countryside Agency
Email: abigail.spooncer@countryside.gov.uk
CTC
Email: helen.aspell@ctc.org.uk
Cycle Campaign Network
Email: gdnsforall@aol.com
Cycling Time Trials
Email: n/a
Forestry Commission
Email: paddy.harrop@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
London Cycling Campaign
Email: markh@lcc.org.uk
The National Byway
Email: breckon@newsurf.net
National TravelWise Association
Email: lilian.goldberg@hertscc.gov.uk
The National Trust
Email: gina@gupex.fsnet.co.uk
Ordnance Survey
Email: jstokes@ordsvy.gov.uk
Sustrans
Email: shirleya@sustrans.org.uk
Transport 2000
Email: julia.samson@ctc.org.uk
YHA (England & Wales) Ltd
Email: magsrivett@yha.org.uk
Department for Transport
Email: jim.spooner@dft.gsi.gov.uk
Northern Ireland Department for Regional Development
Email: andy.bready@drdni.gov.uk
Transport for London
Email: patrickallcorn@tfl.gov.uk
Scottish Executive
Email: ewan.swaffield@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Welsh Assembly Government
Email: andrew.hemmings@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Cancer Research UK
Email jean.rolfe@cancer.org.uk