{"id":7447,"date":"2014-06-09T09:06:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T08:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=7447"},"modified":"2014-06-09T09:10:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T08:10:43","slug":"life-is-%e2%80%9cbetter-by-bike%e2%80%9d-come-find-out-why-at-bike-week-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/06\/life-is-%e2%80%9cbetter-by-bike%e2%80%9d-come-find-out-why-at-bike-week-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is \u201cBetter by Bike\u201d – Come find out why at Bike Week 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sustainable transport charity, Sustrans and the Derry Access Forum have teamed up with local cycling clubs and community groups to deliver a range of exciting events as part of Bike Week 2014.<\/h1>\n

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The theme of this year\u2019s festival, made possible through funding from DRD-Travelwise, the Public Health Agency and Derry City Council, is \u201cBetter by Bike\u201d<\/p>\n

Deputy Mayor, Alderman Gary Middleton, who helped launch the festival programme in Ebrington with local primary school pupils, has described the festival as \u2018extremely accessible and having something for everybody.\u2019 Speaking about the range of events for this year\u2019s Bike Week he added: \u201cBike Week encourages people to think of other forms of transport and maybe think about leaving the car behind and getting on their bike instead.\u00a0 With over 15km of traffic-free riverside greenways, not to mention the Peace Bridge, there has never been a better time to take to two wheels.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s festival will see the return of the Quayside Maiden City Crit on Tuesday 10th<\/sup> June.\u00a0 Building on the success of last year\u2019s race, two city centre races will be on offer with the first race starting at 7pm sharp and huge crowds are expected. \u00a0Spectator admission is free and all ages are welcome.\u00a0 Event registration is \u00a313 and is now open by visiting www.entrycentral.com\/Quayside_Maiden_City_criterium<\/a><\/p>\n

The Two Bridges Family Cycle will take place on Saturday June 14th <\/sup>in aid of Foyle Hospice. Registration is open at www.foylehospice.com<\/a> is only \u00a35 and will automatically enter you into a draw for a new children\u2019s bike.<\/p>\n

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Ross McGill, Sustrans Bike Officer said: \u201cNo bike, No bother – there are a range of events in which you can take advantage of free rides, bike maintenance clinics and training.\u00a0 As part of the programme we are asking people to swap one journey during Bike Week that they would normally make by car for the bike – be it to school, the shop or work.\u00a0 As an added incentive if you register your journey you\u2019ll automatically be entered into a draw to win a new bike, courtesy of The Dept. of Regional Development\u2019s Cycling Unit!<\/p>\n

If access to bikes is an issue you can get a lend of a bike and any necessary kit for free, courtesy of the lovely people at Claudy Cycles. So no valid excuses this year!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Terms and conditions apply and availability is limited.\u00a0 To find out more and to register to swap a journey simply go to www.derrycity.gov.uk\/bikeweek<\/a> or contact Sustrans on 028 71 365151 or derry-londonderry@sustrans.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

The full programme is being delivered across the city and can be downloaded from www.derrycity.gov.uk\/bikeweek<\/a> or contacting Sustrans NW office on 028 71 365151 on Facebook and Twitter @SustransNI<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sustainable transport charity, Sustrans and the Derry Access Forum have teamed up with local cycling clubs and community groups to deliver a range of exciting events as part of Bike Week 2014. The theme of this year\u2019s festival, made possible through funding from DRD-Travelwise, the Public Health Agency and Derry City Council, is \u201cBetter … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7447"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7453,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447\/revisions\/7453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}