Whenever you or anyone else gets on a bike, you become part of the solution. Even if we’re just nipping to the shops or getting to work quickly. Sometimes it’s great to join with others as part of the change. That’s why Bristol Cycling Campaign has thousands of supporters, and why we support the monthly Critical Mass rides. This month the ride is a week early, on Friday 20th Sept, in order to support and be part of the youth lead Climate Strike day.  Some will be joining the #GeneralStrikeForClimate on College Green from…

When: Sunday 11th August. Meet at 10-30am for a 10-45am start Where: Start from Coffee#1 at 51 Welsh Back, BS1 4AN Distance: 18 miles Drinks or early lunch stop: Mario’s Café, central Stockwood The route heads out along the banks of the Floating Harbour to pick up the River Avon Trail. We take a very leisurely pace through the grassy Netham Park before enjoying city views from the open space of Avonview Cemetery. Following the Wesley Way we meander through Magpie Bottom and finally emerge from this wooded part of Hanham to drop down to the banks of the Avon. We cross the…

We hope you enjoyed Let’s Ride, despite the occasional downpour. It was great to meet the visitors to our stall – thanks again to those who have joined. We didn’t have a card reader at the event but you can still become a member by visiting bristolcycling.org.uk/about-us/join. We’d also like to thank all those involved in getting us ready for the event and those who responded to our call for volunteers on the day. We couldn’t have done it without you! We thought you might be interested to know that the…

On Sunday 16th. June, Bristol council are staging their “Let’s Ride” city-centre one-day cycling festival, whereby several city-centre roads around Millennium Square are opened exclusively to cyclists and pedestrians. The council have contracted the running of the event to British Cycling, who are sponsored by HSBC. This event used to be called “Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride”. If you have never attended it is exhilarating to see children and parents, novices and commuters enjoying cycling in such a large (7,000 attendees) event, relaxing free from intimidation from (a small but significant minority of) motorists. Very many of…

Bristol Cycling’s programme of rides this September has been designed to raise the spirits and keep us peddling into the crisp days of Autumn. And of course we’re joining the Carnivelo ride through Ashton Court to join the Cycle Sunday event on the Downs Please check out our What’s on page for more details and any last minute changes and feel free to print out a poster to display in your favourite community noticeboard: Bristol Cycling September A4 poster 2018 Sat 8 Sept: Ride & Stride sponsored Ride for Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust Medium – About 30 miles…